Former research groups

Archaeological research is currently standing at an important crossroad created by the move towards Open Science and Big Data.

The research group Nurturing Nature aims at challenging the conceptual dichotomy between the “Mesolithic” and “Neolithic”, by focusing on animal and plant management in prehistoric hunter-fisher-gatherer communities.

What role does technology play in society beyond the purely practical? What is the relationship between technology's practical and social significance? How and why does technology spread, and how does it affect social development and relationships between people? And how do social conditions and relationships affect the development of technology?