Projects
Cultural Heritage in Danger: Archaeology and Communities in Sicily during the Second World War (1940–45) Ghent University
The Second World War threatened the archaeological and cultural heritage of the countries involved in military operations. Bombing and ground operations in Sicily affected archaeological sites and museums. The EU-funded SICILYWAR project will reconstruct and study the acts and conflict between different factors: military forces, national authorities, archaeologists and local communities. It will study the way the authorities treated ...
Back to basics, with a twist. Applying visual and data analytics to constructing typology and chronology of material culture at ancient Sagalassos and for the discipline of Archaeology. KU Leuven
The construction of narratives is a typical activity of archaeology. This can be done at a variety of scales, ranging from regional historical studies, the waxing and waning of specific sites or at the level of the individual object. The crucial difference between narratives and story-telling, is that the former is situated within a disciplinary conceptual and methodological framework, and fully respects the rules of the game called science. ...
Back to basics, with a twist. Applying visual and data analytics to constructing typology and chronology of material culture at ancient Sagalassos and for the discipline of Archaeology KU Leuven
The construction of narratives is a typical activity of archaeology. This can be done at a variety of scales, ranging from regional historical studies, the waxing and waning of specific sites or at the level of the individual object. The crucial difference between narratives and story-telling, is that the former is situated within a disciplinary conceptual and methodological framework, and fully respects the rules of the game called science. ...
Contribution to the research balance for archaeology in Flanders, chapter Neolithic. KU Leuven
Dendara in the shadow of the temple. Cultural and natural landscape archaeology of an ancient Egyptian city from Prehistory to Late Antiquity KU Leuven
An Archaeology of Comparative Colonialism: material culture, institutions, and cultural change in Malta, c. AD 1530–1910 Ghent University
The project aims to produce a novel, material culture-led narrative of daily life in Malta, AD 1530-1910. Archaeological analyses of artefacts and space shall be integrated with archival evidence to produce a social interpretation, which shall be viewed through the prisms of colonial institutions and identity formation. The project culminates in a diachronic comparison of colonialism under three ruling groups.
Landscape Archaeology of the Great War: a Non-Invasive Approach Ghent University
The front zone of World War I left deep traces in the landscape, but also the landscape influenced the course of the war activities.The idea is that by reconstructing the evolution of the landscape a better understanding of this mutual influence will be obtained and can be used to set up a valuation map of potentially valuable locations or phenomena.
The chaîne opératoire of ancient glass production: archaeometry and archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman natron glass. KU Leuven
Flemish pottery and stone reference collection (FLEPOSTORES): a "hands-on" and digital open access reference database for geological materials in archaeology and cultural heritage Ghent University
FLEPOSTORES will be a Ghent University based Flemish reference system for researchers and students working in archaeology, geology and cultural heritage studies. Further building on existing reference collections within Ghent University and with 3 external partners, the database will offer an online open access platform and a hands-on collection of worked natural stone and pottery, from prehistoric till pre-industrial times (ca. ...