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Hans Vandendriessche
Hans Vandendriessche
hans.vandendriessche@ugent.be
Department
Department of Archaeology
Research group(s)
ARCHAEO - Archaeology
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Projects
Projects as supervisor
Large-scale salvage excavation and interdisciplinary study of the prehistoric wetland site of Kerkhove in the Upper Scheldt floodplain
(
2015
-
2019
)
Projects as co-supervisor
NEMIC. Neolithic microcultures. Unraveling early regional cultural variations
(
2025
-
2035
)
Projects as postdoc
Technological characterization and origins of the middle mesolithic in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt area. An inter-regional approach
(
2022
-
2024
)
Projects as PhD researcher
Lateglacial and early holocene lithic technology in the Belgian Scheldt valley
(
2019
-
2021
)
Large-scale, multidisciplinary investigation of a mesolithic wetland site in the floodplain of the upper Scheldt at Kerkhove
(
2015
-
2019
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Vandendriessche, Hans. “Can We Do More with Refits? Lithic Refitting as an Epistemological Tool and the Common Center Method (CCM).”
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
, vol. 74, 2026, doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105890.
van Hattum, IJk, et al. “Limited Human Mobility during the Neolithic Period in the Meuse and Mons Basin in Belgium : Multi-Element Isotopic Analysis.”
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SCIENCES
, vol. 18, no. 4, 2026, doi:10.1007/s12520-025-02398-x.
De Groote, Isabelle, et al. “Neolithic Mortuary Behaviour at La Faucille Cave, Meuse Basin (Belgium).”
Résumés Des Journées 2025 = 2025 Annual Meeting Programs
, vol. 37, no. S, 2025, doi:10.4000/133o9.
Schmidt, Isabell, et al. “Large Scale and Regional Demographic Responses to Climatic Changes in Europe during the Final Palaeolithic.”
PLOS ONE
, vol. 20, no. 4, 2025, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310942.
Vandendriessche, Hans, and Colas Guéret. “Pressure Knapping West of the Rhine during the Mesolithic? New Evidence from Kerkhove (Belgium).”
PLOS ONE
, vol. 20, no. 9, 2025, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330662.
Full bibliography
Teaching
General Introduction to Archaeology
Introduction to Prospection and Excavation Techniques
Prehistory of Northwestern Europe
Practicum: Material Culture of the Stone Age
Research Assignment
Master's Dissertation
Master's Dissertation
Academic Skills III: Bachelor's Essay
Master's Dissertation