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Prof. Dr. Koen Deforce
Prof. Dr. Koen Deforce
koen.deforce@ugent.be
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3075-2564
Department
Department of Archaeology
Research group(s)
ARCHAEO - Archaeology
Other institution(s)
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Research Focus
Archaeology
Research Region
Western Europe
Additional tags
Archaeobotany
palaeoecology
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as supervisor
Playing with fire: Disentangling anthropogenic and climate induced fire events during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene in the sandy lowlands of Belgium and the southern Netherlands
(
2024
-
2027
)
WOODCHAR – 2500 years of woodland history in NW Europe studied through the analysis of archaeological remains of charcoal kilns.
(
2024
-
2028
)
Looking down the well. A reconstruction of the vegetation in Flanders from the bronze age till the late medieval period based on palynological data from wells
(
2023
-
2025
)
The impact of early modern military conflicts on the forests of Northwestern Europe (16th – early 19th century)
(
2023
-
2025
)
Learning from the past (LEAP): The impact of abrupt climate changes on society and environment in Belgium
(
2023
-
2026
)
ORG-ID. Identification and 14C dating of organic materials in archaeological ceramics
(
2023
-
2025
)
Wooden archaeological artifacts from Flanders from the prehistory till modern times
(
2021
-
2022
)
Projects as co-supervisor
PoTaRCh. Network for forest by-products charcoal, resin, tar, potash
(
2023
-
2027
)
CarNHum. Neanderthals, early anatomically modern humans and carnivores. Deciphering their interactions through proteomics, paleogenetics and radiocarbon dating
(
2023
-
2026
)
MesoMag. A geophysical perspective on mesolithic land use in complex environments
(
2023
-
2027
)
Rapid climate changes during the Mesolithic: Impact on man and environment in the southern part of the NW European plain
(
2022
-
2027
)
The Falerii Novi project
(
2015
-
2027
)
Lateglacial and Holocene environmental evolution of the Middle and Lower Scheldt basin in northern Belgium. A pollen and diatom study
(
2015
-
2019
)
Projects as researcher
Woodland Dynamics in the Anthropocene
(
2021
-
2031
)
Fueling the Furnace. An interdisciplinary study of forest soils as geoarchaeological archives
(
2018
-
2022
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Ledger, Marissa, et al.
Een Onverwachte Reiziger
. Vol. 46, no. januari-maart, 2025, pp. 18–19.
Delaere, Christophe, et al. “A Bronze Age Ferrule and Spearhead with Wooden Shaft from the Han-Sur-Lesse Cave (Rochefort, Prov. of Namur, Belgium): Two Ends of the Same Spear?”
Lunula
, vol. 33, 2025, pp. 61–67.
Poulain, Maxime, et al. “At the Apothecary: Life in an International District in 15th-Century Bruges.”
Medieval Archaeology
, 2025.
De Cupere, Bea, et al., editors.
Alle Dieren Groot Ende Clene. Studies over Natuurwetenschappen En Archeologie
. Vol. 20, Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed, 2025, doi:10.55465/LVYU7136.
Meylemans, Erwin, et al. “Opgraving van Een Deel van Een Grafveld Uit de Bronstijd Te Mechelen- Kerkenbos (Prov. Antwerpen, België).”
LUNULA. Archaeologia Protohistorica
, vol. 33, 2025, pp. 9–16.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Archaeobotany and Statistics
