Projects
Dendara in the shadow of the temple. Cultural and natural landscape archaeology of an ancient Egyptian city from Prehistory to Late Antiquity KU Leuven
This project aims to investigate the archaeological site of Dendara, one of the most important cities in Upper Egypt during antiquity, in order to address the question of the sustainability of an ancient community in the face of Nilotic-Egyptian environmental, social and economic challenges from Prehistory to late Antiquity. The project is set around four key interconnected archaeological areas, crucial to a greater understanding of the ...
The impact of the physical characteristics of flint and their weathering on the preservation of prehistoric use wear traces Ghent University
The present project aims at analyzing the relationship between the technical properties of flint artefacts from the Scheldt valley and the origin and weathering of their micro wear traces. By characterizing the intrinsic properties, combined with functional experiments as well as weathering experiments, a new 3D registration protocol will follow the evolution of the micro wear traces in relation to the structure of the flint.
The evolution of prehistoric occupation in Sandy Flanders from an environmental perspective Ghent University
The present project aims at an interdisciplinary, GIS-related study of the land-use systems in Sandy Flanders (NW Belgium) from the late Stone Age (ca. 13,000 uncal. BP) until the Roman period. The main aim is to investigate the role and impact of the environment (vegetation, climate, soil) on the preshistoric settlement system in a multitemporal framework. The project will focus on 3 to 4 core-areas, 2 with a low site-density ("empty ...
Backup mandate Research Council: Through Bared Teeth: Using Incremental Dentine and Enamel Sampling and Isotopic Analyses to Recreate In-Life Mobility Patterns and Diet in Prehistoric Humans. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The life and thought of northern prehistoric hunter-gatherers: ethnographical and ethnoarchaeological theory and analysis of the behavioral and material expression of the relationship between ideology and ecology Ghent University
The research proposal consists of the application of the new anthropological paradigm to the study of northern European prehistoric hunter-gatherers with specific focus on the relationship between ecology - the reality of the world in which human beings must survive - and ideology - the human cognition and perception of that world. The new anthropological paradigm sees ecology and ideology as dynamic and dialectic entities, whose relationship ...
The use of river valleys by prehistoric hunter-gatherers: a study in the eastern Flemish Valley. KU Leuven
River valleys and basins have played a primordial role in the ecology of prehistoric huntergatherers, from their earliest Palaeolithic appearance to the last nomadic groups of the Holocene. Regional distribution maps unvariably show the close association of human occupations and hydrographic features. Obviously, the latter were important in huntergatherer subsistence but they may also have functioned as demographic corridors or sink/source ...
Reconstructing the Stonehenge Landscape through electromagnetic induction survey Ghent University
To understand the prehistoric human-landscape interactions that have shaped the Stonehenge landscape (UK), detailed palaeolandscape information is indispensable. While Stonehenge has been the focal point of archaeological studies for over four centuries, no intensive mapping of the Stonehenge soil has been conducted. The project aims to bridge this gap by reconstructing this past landscape starting from multi-receiver electromagnetic ...
Interantional thematic network archaealogical PROSPECTion Ghent University
PROSPECT is an international thematic network funded by Universitey Ghent with the objective of strenghtening existing excellence on the main theme of Archaeological Prospection.
Archaeological prospection entails detecting, characterizing end evaluating evidence for past human activities and environmental interaction. More than a technical toolset, it encourages holitstic understanding of the archaeological record, revealing how ...
MesoMag: a geophysical perspective on Mesolithic land use in complex environments. Ghent University
MesoMag aims to expand understanding of the Mesolithic beyond commonly researched wetlands. By combining environmental magnetism, archaeological prospection, and environmental archaeology, the project will develop novel survey approaches to study hunter-gatherer land use and impact in challenging dryland and mountainous upland settings. Focus will be on detecting fireplaces and fire events, which persistently influence magnetic soil ...