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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
WOODCHAR. 2500 years of woodland history in NW Europe studied through the analysis of archaeological remains of charcoal kilns
(
2024
-
2028
)
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
)
LEAP. Learning from the past. 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
)
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
)
Wooden archaeological artifacts from Flanders from the prehistory till modern times
(
2021
-
2022
)
Projects as co-supervisor
MesoMag. A geophysical perspective on mesolithic land use in complex environments
(
2023
-
2027
)
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
)
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
Poulain, Maxime, et al. “At the Apothecary : Life in an International District in 15th-Century Bruges.”
MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY
, 2025.
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 (BRUSSEL)
, vol. 33, 2025, pp. 61–67.
Ledger, Marissa, et al.
Een Onverwachte Reiziger
. Vol. 46, no. januari-maart, 2025, pp. 18–19.
De Cupere, Bea, et al., editors.
Alle Dieren Groot Ende Clene : Studies over Natuurwetenschappen En Archeologie
. Vol. 20, Onroerend Erfgoed, 2025, doi:10.55465/LVYU7136.
Haneca, Kristof, et al. “Natuurwetenschappen En Archeologie : Een Geslaagd Huwelijk!”
Alle Dieren Groot Ende Clene : Studies over Natuurwetenschappen En Archeologie
, edited by Bea De Cupere et al., vol. 20, Onroerend Erfgoed, 2025, pp. 1–20.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Archaeobotany and Statistics
