Projects

This research project focuses on the history of Prehispanic archaeology as practiced in Peru during the first half of the twentieth century. Rather than starting from a diffusion model in which an 'international' archeology established itself in Peru, this project studies the process of discipline formation in a local context with particular attention to the role of the state. It takes into account the specific historical ...

This project aims to develop a methodology for 3D documentation of archaeological excavations. This must be applied within the Flemish commercial archaeological sector and above represent both an economic and scientific innovation with respect to the conventional manual recording methods (eg. Measuring and subscribe).

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 ...

The Arch-Manche project will demonstrate how archaeology, art and maritime coastal heritage can be used to show long-term patterns of coastal change and the impact on human settlement. Study of this data allows understanding and modelling of past reactions to climate change to help with planning for the future.

The Belgian Continental Shelf is the smallest exclusive economic zone of the North Sea and is bounded by the French, British and Dutch Continental Shelves, however the number of economic and societal claims is very large, comprising fishing, military defence, sand extraction, maintenance dredging, shipping, wind farms, pipelines and cables. On top of that, the scarce economic resource of the Quaternary sediments of the Belgian Continental ...

Archaeology as an academic discipline studies patterns in past human communities. Data collected during fieldwork, typically excavations and increasingly survey-based projects, is extremely varied in nature, pertaining to all aspects of daily life in the past. In and of itself this primary archaeological evidence is mute. To make matters worse, some of the recovery methods of archaeological evidence are destructive in nature. Therefore, ...

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.