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THE
CULTURE OF
PEATLANDS
• Institute for Heritage and Archtecture
• Dr. Michiel A.W. Gerding, historian of the provincie Drenthe• PO Box 117, 9400 AC Assen, Netherlands• [email protected]• 0031592305930
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The culture of peatlands: Archeological finds
The Weerdinge couple: bog bodies from Drenthe (Drents Museum)
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The culture of peatlands: Painting
• J.J. Mancadan: Peateries near Groningen (ca. 1650)
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The culture of peatlands: Painting
» Vincent van Gogh: Bridge in Veenoord (Drenthe), 1883
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The culture of peatlands: Historical photographs
• Peatbarge in Dutch canal (Hoogeveen ca. 1900)
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The culture of peatlands: Historical documents
• Pieter Serwouters: Lock, ca. 1630
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The culture of peatlands: Historical Cartography
• French Army:Topographical map 1812: Drenthe
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The culture of peatlands: Educational classroom poster
Heijenbrock: Peat-digging in Drenthe ca.1910
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The culture of peatlands: Documenting the past
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The culture of peatlands: Industrial heritage
Griendstveen Peatmoss litter factory in 1996 (photo: Harry Cock)
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The culture of peatlands: Social history of labour
Family labour in drying the sods ca. 1910
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The culture of peatlands: Landart
Peatpolis.nl, Drenthe 2003
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The culture of peatlands: Drawing
Kraaypoel: Stack of peat sods in Worpswede Germany
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The culture of peatlands: The importance of transport
Jouke Nijman: Loading up (ca. 1990)
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The culture of peatlands: modern technology
Active carbon factory with modern greenhouses on former peatlands
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The culture of peatlands
a sense of history
a source of inspiration
a common background
a basis for public relations
IPS Commission VIII