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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

Philippe Crombé
Department of Archaeology

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 ...

Assessing the effectiveness of reciprocal environmental agreements for sustainable wildlife management and poverty alleviation in the northern sector of the Dja Landscape, Cameroon Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp

Stijn Speelman
Projet Grands Singes, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp, Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp
The world natural capital is being depleted at an unprecedented rate, thus calling for effective strategies to be put in place for the sustainable management of natural resources. In a context of increasing demand for limited resources, developing suitable approaches to sustainable natural resource management can be challenging, yet result in economic opportunities, ecological integrity, and human wellbeing. If this challenge is to be met, the ...

The use of river valleys by prehistoric hunter-gatherers: a study in the eastern Flemish Valley. KU Leuven

Philip Van Peer
Archaeology, 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 ...

At The Crossroads: Biocultural interactions in Neolithic Belgium and the peopling of Western Europe Ghent University

Isabelle De Groote
Department of Archaeology

"At The Crossroads" aims to study the Neolithic period in Belgium, an area located at the heart of the migratory routes through Europe and Great Britain. Agriculture came to northwest Europe during the Neolithic through two waves: a western route following the Danube River and a southern route along the Mediterranean. Archaeological evidence suggests these two Neolithic cultures replaced the region's Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and ...