Holy land: Medieval monks drained wetlands to build
Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 10:31
in Paleontology & Archaeology
By Stephanie PappasLiveScience A medieval monastery in Belgium went to major effort to drain wetlands on its land, building structures on artificially raised soil, a new study finds.Archaeologists excavated the Boudelo Abbey, once part of the medieval county of Flanders, in the 1970s. Until now, however, they had no idea that an extensive drained wetland surrounded the site. "They placed these abb...