Projects
Archaeological Exploration of the Bronze Age Site of Sissi (Crete): towards a Study of Minoan social Organisation. KU Leuven
The genetic and archaeological synthesis of a Merovingian burial ground on the Flemish Coast. KU Leuven
After the report of a coincidence find in Koksijde, a late Merovingian settlement and burial ground were excavated at the beginning of 2017. This Koksijdse site proved to be particularly valuable due to the presence of building structures, cultural artifacts and ecological find material. Moreover, it was intriguing to find that the settlement phase was followed shortly afterwards by a burial field. The excavated buried remains consist of ...
Tracking regionality in Ancient Egypt: comparative analysis of archaeological remains from the 6th and 15th nomes of Upper Egypt between the Old and Middle Kingdoms (working title) KU Leuven
Within the framework of the C1 project entitled “Social dynamism as evidenced in archaeological remains from the sixth and fifteenth nomes of Upper Egypt between the Old and Middle Kingdoms (c. 2686-1650 BCE)” the PhD project will explore the question of regionality by means of a comparative investigation into the archaeological sites of Dendara and Dayr al-Barsha respectively. These two sites have both hosted important nomarchal metropoleis ...
Archaeological Synthesis Research 2019 - Conflict Archeology of the Second World War in Flanders Ghent University
There has been tremendous progress in the field since the early 21st century
of the conflict archeology of the First World War (Van Hollebeeke,
Stichelbaut et al. 2014) various initiatives of the Flemish Government (de Meyer
and Demeyere 2006, Dewilde 2006, Dewilde, de Meyer et al. 2007, Dewilde,
Verboven et al. 2016), a growing academic interest in ...
Ghent Archaeological Science Centre Ghent University
This core facility will provide state of the art analyses for artefacts and ecofacts from archaeological excavations. With the recognition of this facility, we will formalise the unique expertise of the department of archaeology for the study of stone, pottery, bone, and botanical remains from archaeological contexts with our well-established network of other labs and facilities at UGent. It will continue to offer existing services, such as ...
Centre for Archaeological Sciences 2 - New methods for research in demognd interregional exchange KU Leuven
The Centre for Archaeological Sciences (CAS) acts as a hub for the development of exact scientific approaches to be applied to archaeological research questions. Advanced interdisciplinary research serving archaeology, but developed in the biomedical, engineering or science labs of KU Leuven is stimulated, and made available to international archaeologists in the field or in museums worldwide.
An archaeological approach on early interactions between hunter-gatherers and sedentary food-producers in Western Central Africa. Ghent University
The question of prehistoric contact between indigenous hunter-gatherers and the first sedentary
communities in Western Central Africa has so far mainly been addressed by linguists, geneticists
and historians in relation to the Bantu Expansion, which is the initial migration of Bantu-speaking
communities across sub-Saharan Africa. Unlike in other parts of the continent and the world,
archaeologists have never ...
All aboard! An archaeological approach to Belgian diaspora communities in the United States of America Ghent University
Over the course of the 19th and early 20th century, over 30 million Europeans would settle in Canada or the USA. The port of Antwerp functioned as one of the major hubs from which those people departed. Indeed, between 1843 and 1913 over 2.7 million people embarked on boats
leaving for the New World. The Belgians amongst these migrants are cautiously estimated at 200.000. Many of them originated from the region to the north of Ghent and ...