Elliot Van Maldegem is a PhD researcher at the prehistoric archaeology research unit at Ghent University Department of Archaeology. His research is focused on reconstructing population dynamics within the Scheldt basin of western Belgium and Northern France, between the Mesolithic and Medieval Periods, through a multiproxy approach using summed probability distributions of radiocarbon dates, site count analyses and human impact scores derived from pollen data. This research is part of a larger project analyzing phosphate concentrations in the Scheldt river. The analysis of population dynamics will reveal what impact human activities have had on phosphate concentrations through time.