Not that I am aware though plenty of skeletons linked to the siege have been
excavated all over Ostend and a recent mass grave has been recently
published in the yearbook of the Flemish Institute for Archaeology. However,
my knowledge is based on that paper and converstions over  a few beers with
Belgian colleagues. I will hopefully know more when the exhibition catalogue
arrives as it synthesises finds from the town.


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Subject: Re: Ostend Exhibition


> Just out of curiosity... have the excavations unearthed any elements of
the
> 1700 amputated limbs at the site?
>
> Pam Asbury-Smith
> SRI Tucson
>
>
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> From: "paul courtney" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:38 AM
> Subject: Ostend Exhibition
>
>
> Haven't been to see it though I have ordered the Flemish catalogue but
there
> is an exhibition on at the Walraversijde Centre on the outskirts of Ostend
> to mark the 1601-4 siege of Ostend by the Spanish. The 3 year siege was
one
> of the largest and bloodiest in European history. 2 surgeons at the siege
> claimed to have done 1700 amputations between them. Archaeological finds
> relating to the siege are on display from a number of sites in Ostend. The
> centre (site of a recent archaeology of fishing conerence) is based on the
> reconstruction of an excavated late medieval fishing village so is well
> worth a vist anyway to see the site and rich ceramic and glass finds. Also
a
> WWII battery on the site.
> Until Nov 11.
>