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Brecht, the woman from Alkmaar

Photography: province North Holland. Clothing: Het Atelier van Toen. Body: van Gogh Modelmaking.

Project: (Nederlands) Huis van Hilde

Era: Modern Era
Period: died during The siege of Alkmaar, 1573
adult
Age: 26-35 years
In 2010 archaeologists excavated a small massgrave containing 9 individuals, among them one woman, 4 men, one young child and three teenagers. The woman reached the age of 26-35 years and was about 1.68 m tall. Her skeleton indicated that she was used to manual labour.The way she was buried and the location suggests that she died during the fights with the Spanish in the siege of Alkmaar. Women played an active part during the siege, they helped with the organisation, the transport and nursing of the wounded. They also helped defending the city walls by e.g. pouring hot pee over the enemy.
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location:

2010   Alkmaar

exhibitions:

Huis van Hilde
Castricum
link

client:

(Nederlands) province of Northern Hollandprovincie Noord Holland

cooperations:

M. Poulus en R.J. Jansen, AMC Amsterdam
scanning
M. van Stralen, ISI, UMC Utrecht
data conversion

maker body:

van Gogh Modelmaking
link

clothes:

Het Atelier van Toen
link

Project: (Nederlands) Huis van Hilde

Era: Modern Era
Period: died during The siege of Alkmaar, 1573
adult
Age: 26-35 years
In 2010 archaeologists excavated a small massgrave containing 9 individuals, among them one woman, 4 men, one young child and three teenagers. The woman reached the age of 26-35 years and was about 1.68 m tall. Her skeleton indicated that she was used to manual labour.The way she was buried and the location suggests that she died during the fights with the Spanish in the siege of Alkmaar. Women played an active part during the siege, they helped with the organisation, the transport and nursing of the wounded. They also helped defending the city walls by e.g. pouring hot pee over the enemy.
lees verder

location:

2010   Alkmaar

exhibitions:

Huis van Hilde
Castricum
link

client:

(Nederlands) province of Northern Hollandprovincie Noord Holland

cooperations:

M. Poulus en R.J. Jansen, AMC Amsterdam
scanning
M. van Stralen, ISI, UMC Utrecht
data conversion

maker body:

van Gogh Modelmaking
link

clothes:

Het Atelier van Toen
link
Publications
video
links
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