A5025965379- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Geological Studies and Exploration
Ghent University
2016-2022
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
2021
Institute of Natural Sciences
2013-2018
Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine
2014-2018
Ghent University Hospital
2017
Stichting tot Steun VCVGZ
2013
KU Leuven
2013
Koning (United States)
2013
Analyses of pollen, plant macrofossils (seeds, fruits, wood and mosses), molluscs, diatoms vertebrate (mainly fish) remains allowed a detailed reconstruction middle-Holocene alluvial forest its associated hydrological conditions. The use multiple proxies resulted in taxonomically more environmentally comprehensive understanding terrestrial as well aquatic habitats. results demonstrate possible biases palaeoecological reconstructions estuarine environments drawn from single proxies. Many...
Hazelnuts were an important foodstuff for Early to Mid-Holocene (Mesolithic) hunter-gatherers all over North-western and Central Europe, mainly thanks their high fat content, the fact that they are easy collect process produce areal yields. Based on extensive well-dated dataset of charred hazelnut shells, collected Mesolithic camp-sites from western Scheldt basin (W Belgium), in this paper availability food resource is studied. Unlike other North(west) European regions, decline exploitation...
The last decade increasing evidence of soil erosion by sediment run-off predating agriculture has been found in different areas west and central Europe. A discussion is whether pre-agricultural was triggered vegetational disturbances caused hunter-gatherer activities (trampling, controlled forest fires) or natural processes (e.g. climatic anomalies, wildfires, wind-throws). This paper contributes to this using data recently gathered during archaeological excavations a levee, within the...
La fouille récente du gisement alluvial de Kerkhove (Belgique), situé dans la vallée l’Escaut, à une vingtaine kilomètres frontière française, a permis mettre au jour 17 locus mésolithiques. D’après les données typochronologiques et datations absolues, ces datent non seulement Mésolithique ancien, mais aussi moyen récent. première phase d’occupation levée alluviale, datée 11e 10e millénaire avant le présent (cal BP), clairement été plus intensive. Elle correspond un ancien caractérisé par...
Abstract Late Glacial coversand landscapes are important archives of environmental change during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition as well Final Paleolithic human adaptation to these changes. However, extensive reconstruction is hampered by fact that they often preserved best when covered with later eolian, alluvial and/or marine sediments. These paleolandscapes generally mapped means manual or mechanical coring date, which rather expensive and labor‐intensive. This study aims develop a...
The fluvial environment of Early Holocene small‐ to middle‐sized lowland rivers in northwest Europe is mostly unstudied due a lack preserved and accessible deposits. A rescue excavation the Scheldt valley northern Belgium offered opportunity study Boreal alluvial succession detail. results palaeoecological sedimentological analyses (diatoms, pollen, botanical macro‐remains, molluscs, grain size) characterize biotic physical middle reach this medium‐sized river system. Although Basin has...
The large number of rural Roman settlements known from the Low Countries is generally characterised by a poor preservation ecological proxies due to absence waterlogged contexts. riverside site Wijmeers (Wichelen, Belgium), small settlement located in Lower Scheldt basin, represents rare exception this pattern. Due presence sequence with (late 1st–3rd centuries AD) waste layers, only few metres main building structure, and covering alluvial sediments shortly after its abandonment, condition...
Mude, known today as Sint Anna ter Muiden (Zeeland, the Netherlands), was one of outports Bruges (northern Belgium) that developed along Zwin tidal inlet during medieval times. The coastal plain County Flanders became embanked via massive construction dikes. Yet, little is about environmental conditions in which harbour region developed. Recent archaeological research allowed us to carry out first study a complete sequence ranging from natural deposits raised soil associated with an...
The northeastern coastal plain of Belgium was a well-developed region during the late medieval period when Bruges and series smaller harbours became connected to North Sea via Zwin tidal channel. Yet, ecological data related evolution regional environment former are still lacking. Diatoms, pollen, macrobotanical remains have been studied for first time from two cores drilled in surroundings lost harbour Hoeke. sediments both were deposited four successive channel systems spanning pre-Roman...