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Archaeological expedition 2021: Where is the Leusden?
Maritime archaeologists Jerzy Gawronski (CTO Amsterdam) and Michel L'Hours (French archaeological service DRASSM) are on an expedition to find the slave ship Leusden. Previous expeditions via Suriname and French Guiana have shown that the ship has probably stranded near the mouth of the Marowijne river off the coast of the current village Awala-Yalimapo in French Guiana. The drama of the Leusden radically sketches the violent context in which the slave trade took place.
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Hidden under the Amstel
Urban stories of Amsterdam told through archaeological finds from the North/South Line.
The construction in 2003-2018 of the new metro through the center of Amsterdam, the North/South line, gave access to a unique archaeological site at the Damrak and Rokin construction sites: the riverbed of the Amstel. Almost 700,000 finds have been collected here, which are connected to the history of Amsterdam from 1300 to 2000.
In 2018, the photo catalog Stuff with 13,000 finds was published, offering a functional picture story of objects and materials that were used in Amsterdam over the centuries. As a follow-up to this, Onder de Amstel was created, in which the narrative qualities of archaeological finds are central. Such remnants are tangible and they are connected to the daily reality of the past. In combination with historical writings and images, they put us on the trail of actual events, buildings and institutions and even people in Amsterdam in the past. -
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VOC schip De Amsterdam
Bij Hastings is in een storm meer dan 250 jaar geleden het schip De Amsterdam gestrand. De Amsterdam was net vanuit Texel vertrokken en beladen met vele goederen die de VOC wilde verschepen. In deze bloeitijd van de VOC bereisden deze schepen de wereldzeeën, maar was slavenhandel ook een van de redenen van haar succes. De stad Amsterdam was hier diep bij betrokken. Het schip de Amsterdam is als een tijdscapsule voor de kust van Hastings gezonken en kan ons inzicht geven in hoe de VOC destijds functioneerde.