Dr. J.W.H.P. Verhagen
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. 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, as well as on the application of agent-based modelling of ancient land use and demography and network analysis, focusing primarily on Roman archaeology in the Netherlands.
He has been Publication Officer of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods (CAA) from 2011-2016 and is currently Managing Editor of the Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology (JCAA). He is also Scientific Director of ARCHON, the Dutch Research School for Archaeology.
Key-pubs:- P. Verhagen. 2023. ‘Centrality on the periphery: an analysis of rural settlement hierarchy in the Dutch part of the Roman limes’. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01745-0
- Verhagen, P., M. de Kleijn and J. Joyce. 2021. ‘Different models, different outcomes? A comparison of approaches to land use modeling in the Dutch limes’. Heritage 4(3): 2081-2104. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4030118
- Verhagen, P., S.A. Crabtree, H. Peeters and D. Raemaekers. 2021. ‘Reconstructing human-centered interaction networks of the Swifterbant culture in the Dutch wetlands: An example from the ArchaeoEcology project’. Applied Sciences 11(11):4860. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11114860
- Verhagen, P., J. Joyce and M.R. Groenhuijzen (eds). 2019. Finding the Limits of the Limes. Modelling Demography, Economy and Transport on the Edge of the Roman Empire. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04576-0
- Verhagen, P. and T.G. Whitley. 2012. ‘Integrating Archaeological Theory and Predictive Modeling. A Live Report from the Scene’. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 19, 49-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-011-9102-7
Books by J.W.H.P. Verhagen
Advances in Digital Archaeology
Proceedings of the 2023 conference Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – 50 years of synergy
Edited by J.W.H.P. Verhagen, J. Waagen, A. Brandsen, A. Queffelec, R.M. Visser & D. Taelman | Forthcoming
This volume showcases cutting-edge research in digital archaeology, presenting 27 chapters that explore how computational methods are transforming archaeological fieldwork, analysis, data management, and interpretation. Topics range from AI applications in artefact classification and spatial…
