Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries

Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 4-2 (April 2013)

Anglo-Saxon immigration or continuity? Ezinge and the coastal area of the northern Netherlands in the Migration Period.

Annet Nieuwhof

Keywords: continuity, migration period, Anglo-Saxon pottery, Ezinge, Frisian identity, Roman Iron Age

1. Introduction

2. Short history of the discussion on the occupation during the 4th century

3. Pottery assemblages from Ezinge, Midlaren-De Bloemert and the Feddersen Wierde

3.2 Midlaren-De Bloemert

3.3 Feddersen Wierde

4. Pottery types and pottery dates

4.1 The 3rd century

4.2 The 4th and 5th centuries

4.3 The 5th and 6th centuries

5.2 Midlaren-De Bloemert

5.3 Feddersen Wierde

6.1 The introduction of the Anglo-Saxon style

6.2 Habitation during the 4th century

6.3 Reasons to leave or to stay

6.4 Reoccupation

Acknowledgments