Projecten

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Working the land, searching the soil. A geophysical framework for diachronic land-use studies

2020

Through an interdisciplinary approach, this project aims to redress current understanding of Neolithic land-use. Hereby, a synergy between archaeology, environmental studies and applied geophysics will provide insight into diachronic human-environment ...read more
Archeologie
België
Environmental Studies
Geoarchaeology
Geografisch en kaart gebaseerd
Geophysical prospection
Kwantitatief
Neolithic
past land-use
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Soil Physics
Surveys en enquêtering
Veldonderzoek
West-Europa
ArcheOs. Research laboratory for biological anthropology

2020

The ArcheOs research laboratory for biological anthropology at Ghent University was established in 2020 within the Department of Archaeology. It aims to study the health, kinship, lifestyle and mobility of ...read more
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Afrika
Anthropology
Archeologie
België
Centraal-Europa
Comparatief
Geschiedenis
Hedendaags
Isotopes
Kwantitatief
Late Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
osteoarchaeology
Osteology
Oudheid
Prehistorie (steentijd)
proteomics
Protohistorie (bronstijd, ijzertijd)
Veldonderzoek
West-Europa
MEMOR. A database and ethical framework for human skeletons from archaeological contexts in Flanders

2020
The aim of MEMOR is to:

Make an open access inventory of the human remains from archaeological research in Flanders using various paramaters to give archaeologists, physical anthropologists and
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Archeologie
België
Ethiek en moraal
Hedendaags
Kwantitatief
Late Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
Oudheid
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Protohistorie (bronstijd, ijzertijd)
Surveys en enquêtering
In search of the pristine environments in the lowland river system of Flanders for assessing the impact of past human occupation on current phosphate concentrations

2019

The Flemish region cannot cope with the guidelines set out in the European Water Framework Directive for good water quality, mainly due to excess nutrients. Over 80% of the rivers and ...read more
Archeologie
België
Comparatief
human impact
Kwantitatief
past demography
past land-use
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Scheldt basin
Surveys en enquêtering
Veldonderzoek
Scanning electron microscopy at the core of earth sciences. Reading 4 billion years of history in backscattered light

2019

This project aims to replace the Dept. of Geology’s aging Scanning Electron Microscope with a model
that is up to challenges of modern Earth Science research in geology, archaeology and soil ...read more
Archeologie
Comparatief
Kwantitatief
Prehistorie (steentijd)
An archaeological approach on early interactions between hunter-gatherers and sedentary food-producers in Western Central Africa

2018

The question of prehistoric contact between indigenous hunter-gatherers and the first sedentary communities in Western Central Africa has so far mainly been addressed by linguists, geneticists and historians in relation to the ...read more
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Archeologie
Bantu
Comparatief
contact archaeology
exchange
first farmers
Kwantitatief
last hunter-gatherers
Migration
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Surveys en enquêtering
Veldonderzoek
FLEPOSTORE. Flemish pottery and stone reference collection

2018

FLEPOSTORE is a Ghent University based Flemish reference collection for researchers and students working in archaeology, geology and cultural heritage studies. The collection offers an online open access platform and ...read more
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Archeologie
België
Centraal-Europa
Kunst
Late Oudheid
Middeleeuwen
Noord-Europa
Oost-Europa
Oudheid
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Protohistorie (bronstijd, ijzertijd)
West-Europa
Zuid-Europa
Studying the origin and use of the oldest prehistoric pottery in north Belgium using high-end mass spectrometric methods

2017

Pottery from the Scheldt basin will be analyzed using a range of mass spectrometric methods. The pottery has been dated to the late 6th and 5th millennium BC, indicating that it ...read more
Archeologie
België
chemical fingerprinting
clay sourcing
Comparatief
Kwantitatief
neolithization
pottery
Prehistorie (steentijd)
West-Europa
Human adaptation in climatically marginal environments of late-5th to 3rd millennium BC Syria and Jordan

2017

The late-5th to 3rd millennium BC saw complex dynamics in nomadic and settled lifestyles in the semi-arid and arid steppe regions of Syria and Jordan, when large, often fortified cities emerged ...read more
Archeologie
Comparatief
Geografisch en kaart gebaseerd
Kwantitatief
Nabije Oosten
Prehistorie (steentijd)
Protohistorie (bronstijd, ijzertijd)
Surveys en enquêtering
Veldonderzoek
The impact of the physical characteristics of flint and their weathering on the preservation of prehistoric use wear traces

2016

The project aims at analyzing the relationship between the technical properties of flint artefacts from various prehistoric sites in the Scheldt valley and the origin and weathering of micro wear ...read more
Archaeometry
Archeologie
België
Engels
Material culture studies
Nederlands
Prehistorie (steentijd)

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FLEPOSTORE is a Ghent University based Flemish reference collection for researchers and students working in archaeology, geology and cultural heritage studies. The collection offers an online open access platform and ...read more