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Dr. Peter Coutros
Dr. Peter Coutros
peter.coutros@ugent.be
Department
Department of Languages and Cultures
Research group(s)
BantUGent - UGent Centre for Bantu Studies
Research Focus
Archaeology
Research Period
Prehistory (Stone Age)
Protohistory (Bronze Age, Iron Age)
Research Region
Africa
Research Language
African languages
Bantu
Ubangi
Research Methodology
Comparative
Field research
Geographic and map based
Quantitative
Surveys
Tabgroup
Projects
Projects as postdoc
The Congo-Ubangi watershed. An interdisciplinary approach to the genesis of a linguistic accretion zone in Central Africa
(
2024
-
2029
)
BantuFirst
(
2018
-
2023
)
Publications
Most recent publications
Blinkhorn, James, et al. “Westward Expansion of Pearl Millet Agriculture into the Lac de Guiers Basin, Senegal, by c. AD 200.”
AZANIA-ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA
, vol. 61, no. 3, 2026, pp. 466–85, doi:10.1080/0067270x.2026.2637384.
Mateus Simplício D’Oliveira, Sofia, et al. “First Evidence of Burial Practices and Stone Constructions from the 15th Century A.D. Pre-Colonial Middle Cuanza River, Angola.”
JOURNAL OF FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY
, vol. 51, no. 4, 2026, pp. 307–22, doi:10.1080/00934690.2026.2623354.
Bostoen, Koen, et al. “The Coevolution of Languages, Peoples and Environments in Central Africa’s Kwilu-Kasai Region since ∼1000 BCE : A Dialogue with Jan Vansina.”
QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTS AND HUMANS
, vol. 3, no. 4, 2025, doi:10.1016/j.qeh.2025.100088.
Mesfin, Isis, et al. “A New Multidisciplinary Approach to the Ndalambiri Rockshelter, Cuanza Sul Province, Angola.”
LESEDI
, vol. 27, 2025, pp. 47–53.
Bostoen, Koen, et al. “Niger-Congo Archaeolinguistics, Including Bantu.”
The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology and Language
, edited by Martine Robbeets and Mark Hudson, Oxford University Press, 2025, pp. 592–618, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192868350.013.30.
Full bibliography
Teaching
Introduction to the Geography and Archeology of Africa
African Archaeology