The motivation for the archaeological research at Firdgum, in the present-day province of Friesland (the Netherlands), was threefold. In the first place, there is a scientific interest in the relationship between habitation and landscape in a former salt-marsh area. In the case of Firdgum, the research location on one the northernmost salt-marsh ridges of Westergo is of special interest. The research at Firdgum forms an important addition to earlier excavations of terp sites at Wijnaldum-Tjitsma, Djongum-Heringa, Peins-Oost and Achlum within the same part of Friesland located on more southern salt-marsh ridges.
- Settlement mound
- Terp-section research
- Spatial/chronological development
- Erosion and bioturbation
- Micromorphology
- Roman Period
- Medieval Period, Early
- Medieval Period, Late
- Rijksmonument 46210
- Firdgum