terp

... The coastal areas of the Wadden Sea and the IJsselmeer in the north and west are marine clay regions, but agriculture is practiced in the north, and livestock farming has been popular in the west since the Middle Ages, with the black-and-white Dutch Friesian dairy cow being particularly well known, and the cattle market in Leeuwarden being the most important annual event. From the 3rd century BC, hundreds of mounds called terps (meaning "villages" in Frisian) were settled, and between the 10th and mid-16th centuries, dikes were built connecting the terps, which were reclaimed and became the sea polders. The area is home to a unique type of large house farmhouse known as the "head-neck-body" type. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…　北部および西部の，ワッデン海Waddenzee，アイセル湖の沿岸地帯は海成粘土の地域だが，北部では農業が行われ，西部では中世から牧畜が盛んで，ことに育種については白黒の乳牛オランダ･フリーシアン種が知られ，レーワルデンの牛市はもっとも重要な年中行事である。前3世紀以降，土を盛り上げた数百のテルプterp(フリース語で〈村落〉の意)と呼ばれる丘に定住が行われ，10～16世紀中ごろにテルプを結ぶ堤防が築かれ，干拓されて海ポルダーとなった。一帯には，〈頭･首･胴型〉と呼ばれる，特有の大家屋農家が見られる。…

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