Koen Deforce

Koen Deforce is an associate professor in Environmental Archaeology, head of the ArBoReaL (Archaeobotany Research Laboratory) research group at Ghent University (UGent) and a senior researcher at the Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. He studies human – environment interactions, plant use and environmental dynamics in the past, based on the analysis of botanical remains recovered from archaeological features and natural sedimentary archives. The focus of his research is on past anthropogenic woodland exploitation, the taphonomy of plant remains in archaeological contexts, and Holocene vegetation dynamics in Europe.