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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
LEAP. Learning from the past. The impact of abrupt climate changes on society and environment in Belgium
(
2023
-
2025
)
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
)
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 (EU COST Action project CA22155)
(
2023
-
2027
)
Rapid climate changes during the Mesolithic. Impact on man and environment in the southern part of the NW European plain
(
2022
-
2027
)
Lateglacial and Holocene environmental evolution of the Middle and Lower Scheldt basin in northern Belgium. A pollen and diatom study
(
2015
-
2019
)
The Falerii Novi project
(
2015
-
2027
)
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
Meylemans, E., et al. “The Environment and Its Exploitation along the Lower Scheldt River during the Roman Period (Wichelen, Belgium - Late 1st to 3rd Centuries AD).”
ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
, 2024, pp. 1–18, doi:10.1080/14614103.2022.2108305.
Dekoninck, Michiel, et al. “Fuelling the Roman Salt Industry : Developing a New Multiproxy Approach to Identify Peat Fuel from Archaeological Combustion Residue.”
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
, vol. 161, 2024, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2023.105892.
Meylemans, Erwin, et al.
Een Midden-Romeinse Rurale Site in de Sigma Zone “Wijmeers 2” (Schellebelle, Oost-Vlaanderen)
. Vol. 319, Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed, 2024, doi:10.55465/TSSM1881.
Verbrugge, Arne, et al. “Feasting in de Late Bronstijd : Studie van Een Opmerkelijke Depositie Te Aalst-Siesegemkouter (Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen, België).”
LUNULA (BRUSSEL)
, vol. 32, 2024, pp. 105–15.
Wang, Tianyi, et al. “Evidence for Parasites in Burials and Cesspits Used by the Clergy and General Population of 13th-18th Century Ghent, Belgium.”
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
, vol. 53, 2024, doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104394.
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