Philip Verhagen

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Philip Verhagen is assistant professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specialized in computer applications and quantitative methods in archaeology, with an emphasis on GIS, spatial analysis and modelling. He has held a position as post-doctoral research fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 2009-2017. Before that, he has worked as a GIS specialist in contract-based archaeology with Dutch companies RAAP (1992-2005) and ACVU-HBS (2005-2008).

He has been Publication Officer of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods from 2011-2016, and is currently Managing Editor of the newly started Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology.

Since 1 January 2018, dr. Verhagen is Scientific Director of ARCHON, the Dutch Research School for Archaeology.

Grants

NWO VENI-grant (2009-2012), 'Introducing the Human (F)actor in Predictive Modelling for Archaeology'

NWO VIDI-grant (2012-2017), 'Finding the Limits of the Limes'

Teaching

Courses taught

BA
Year 1
Omgaan met materiële bronnen (Working with material sources; coordinator; taught with dr. Chiara Cavallo, dr. Arno Verhoeven, dr. Liesbeth Smits and Anne van Hilst)

Year 2

Science and Archaeology (coordinator, taught with dr. Chiara Cavallo, dr. Liesbeth Smits, dr. Sjoerd Kluiving and dr. Jill Hilditch)
Digital Archaeology (coordinator, taught with Jitte Waagen)

Year 3

Advanced Digital Archaeology (within minor Archaeology)
Science Methods in Archaeology (within minor Archaeology; taught with dr. Sjoerd Kluiving)

MA
Humanities Research Career Preparation (coordinator; taught with dr. Nelleke Moser)
Tutorial GIS and Archaeology (coordinator)

Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities (taught with dr. Chiel van den Akker, prof. Katja Kwastek, dr. Kristine Steenbergh, dr. Sjoerd Kluiving, prof. Petra van Dam and prof. Inger Leemans)

Honours Programme

Dr. Verhagen is coordinator of the VU Honours Programme for the Faculty of Humanities.

External teaching
ARCHON GIS course (coordinator)

Research

Dr. Verhagen's research focuses on the methodological and theoretical aspects of spatial analysis and modelling in landscape archaeology. He has published widely on archaeological predictive modelling and settlement pattern analysis, and has recently extended his interests to agent-based modelling and network analysis within the context of his research project 'Finding the Limits of the Limes'. This project focused on using simulation modelling to reconstruct and understand the cultural landscape in the Dutch part of the Roman frontier.

He has also been involved in research into the effectiveness of archaeological survey for purposes of archaeological heritage management, and has contributed to Dutch national guidelines in this respect.

A full list of Dr. Verhagen's publications can be found on https://vu-nl.academia.edu/PhilipVerhagen

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden

Master, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Netherlands Social Sciences

archaeology Social Sciences

modeling Earth & Environmental Sciences

Demographic Development Social Sciences

spatial analysis Earth & Environmental Sciences

population decrease Social Sciences

settlement pattern Earth & Environmental Sciences

demography Social Sciences

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Research Output 2008 2019

Estimating the “memory of landscape” to predict changes in archaeological settlement patterns

Verhagen, J. W. H. P., Nuninger, L., Bertoncello, F. & Castrorao Barba, A., 2016, CAA 2015. Keep the Revolution Going. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology. Campana, S., Scopigno, R., Carpentiero, G. & Cirillo, M. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 623-636

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Open Access

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Now you see them, now you don't: Defining and using a flexible chronology of sites for spatial analysis of Roman settlement in the Dutch river area

Verhagen, J. W. H. P., Vossen, I. M. J., Groenhuijzen, M. R. & Joyce, J. A., 2016, In : Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 10, p. 309-321

Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Open Access

Computational Approaches to the Study of Movement in Archaeology. Theory, practice and interpretation of factors and effects of long term landscape formation and transformation.

Polla, S. (ed.) & Verhagen, J. W. H. P. (ed.), 2014, Berlijn: De Gruyter. 137 p. (Topoi Berlin Studies of the Ancient World; no. 23)

Research output: Book / Report › Book editing › Academic

Site discovery and evaluation through minimal interventions: core sampling, test-pits and trial trenches

Verhagen, J. W. H. P., 2013, Good practice in archaeological diagnostics. Non-invasive survey of complex archaeological sites. Corsi, C., Slapšak, B. & Vermeulen, F. (eds.). Berlin: Springer, p. 209-226 15 p. (Natural Science in Archaeology).

Research output: Chapter in Book / Report / Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

Finding the Limits of the Limes: Modelling Demography, Economy and Transport on the Edge of the Roman Empire

Verhagen, J. W. H. P. (ed.), Joyce, J. A. (ed.) & Groenhuijzen, M. R. (ed.), 2 Aug 2019, Springer. (Computational Social Sciences)(Simulating the Past)

Research output: Book / Report › Book › Academic › peer-review

Open Access