Wannes Hubau
Biographic Data
| ID | 165677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wannes Hubau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Hubau |
| SIGNATURE | HUBAU W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3795-4986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dynamics and determinants of forest cover changes in the inner Congo basin
Massive deforestation and forest degradation have been observed in the inner Congo basin in the last decades. While agricultural expansion onto forest land is widely recognized as the main driver of deforestation, local dynamics and social drivers remain understudied. This study investigates both the forest cover dynamics monitored from satellite products and the agricultural practices from household interviews across the Tshopo, the largest prov…
On and off the rivers: Changes in clay sourcing and preparation strategies in the Congo Basin throughout the past two millennia
Bridging technology and culture: X-ray μCT-based wood identification of Sub-Saharan African heritage
Knowing the wood species of an art object facilitates its international travel, as well as insight into the object function and manufacturing. • X-ray μCT offers a non-invasive alternative to wood identification of heritage objects. • Through identifying the wood species, a link is formed between the properties of the wood and the original context of the object. Wood identification of cultural heritage objects is vital for facilitating their inte…
First Archaeological Excavations Along the Atlantic Ocean Coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Iron Age Sites at Muanda
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
The earliest iron-producing communities in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa: New insights from the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites
In 2015 the KongoKing research project team excavated the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites situated in the Kongo-Central Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All are part of the Kay Ladio Group. This is the first detailed publication on this cultural group, to which no contemporary ones can currently be linked, either from the Atlantic coast of Congo-Brazzaville or from along the Congo River and its tributaries upstream of Kinshasa. D…
Late Holocene forest contraction and fragmentation in central Africa
During the warmer Holocene Period, two major climatic crises affected the Central African rainforests. The first crisis, around 4000 cal yr BP, caused the contraction of the forest in favor of savanna expansion at its northern and southern periphery. The second crisis, around 2500 cal yr BP, resulted in major perturbation at the forest core, leading to forest disturbance and fragmentation with a rapid expansion of pioneer-type vegetation, and a m…
L’évolution de la composition de la forêt dans la région du Bas-Congo (1800 bp – présent
Wannes Hubau, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Bernard Clist, Koen Bostoen, Hans Beeckman, L’évolution de la composition de la forêt dans la région du Bas-Congo (1800 bp – présent, Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo, pp. 19-30
Forests and rivers: The archaeology of the north eastern Congo
Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Charcoal was sampled in four soil profiles at the Mayumbe forest boundary (DRC). Five fire events were recorded and 44 charcoal types were identified. One stratified profile yielded charcoal assemblages around 530 cal yr BP and > 43.5 cal ka BP in age. The oldest assemblage precedes the period of recorded anthropogenic burning, illustrating occasional long-term absence of fire but also natural wildfire occurrences within tropical rainforest. No o…
Archaeological charcoals as archives for firewood preferences and vegetation composition during the late Holocene in the southern Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Forests and rivers: The archaeology of the north eastern Congo
The earliest iron-producing communities in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa: New insights from the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites
In 2015 the KongoKing research project team excavated the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites situated in the Kongo-Central Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All are part of the Kay Ladio Group. This is the first detailed publication on this cultural group, to which no contemporary ones can currently be linked, either from the Atlantic coast of Congo-Brazzaville or from along the Congo River and its tributaries upstream of Kinshasa. D…
Archaeological charcoals as archives for firewood preferences and vegetation composition during the late Holocene in the southern Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Ancient charcoal as a natural archive for paleofire regime and vegetation change in the Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Charcoal was sampled in four soil profiles at the Mayumbe forest boundary (DRC). Five fire events were recorded and 44 charcoal types were identified. One stratified profile yielded charcoal assemblages around 530 cal yr BP and > 43.5 cal ka BP in age. The oldest assemblage precedes the period of recorded anthropogenic burning, illustrating occasional long-term absence of fire but also natural wildfire occurrences within tropical rainforest. No o…
Archaeological charcoals as archives for firewood preferences and vegetation composition during the late Holocene in the southern Mayumbe, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Forests and rivers: The archaeology of the north eastern Congo
Late Holocene forest contraction and fragmentation in central Africa
During the warmer Holocene Period, two major climatic crises affected the Central African rainforests. The first crisis, around 4000 cal yr BP, caused the contraction of the forest in favor of savanna expansion at its northern and southern periphery. The second crisis, around 2500 cal yr BP, resulted in major perturbation at the forest core, leading to forest disturbance and fragmentation with a rapid expansion of pioneer-type vegetation, and a m…
L’évolution de la composition de la forêt dans la région du Bas-Congo (1800 bp – présent
Wannes Hubau, John Tshibamba Mukendi, Bernard Clist, Koen Bostoen, Hans Beeckman, L’évolution de la composition de la forêt dans la région du Bas-Congo (1800 bp – présent, Une archéologie des provinces septentrionales du royaume Kongo, pp. 19-30
The earliest iron-producing communities in the Lower Congo region of Central Africa: New insights from the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites
In 2015 the KongoKing research project team excavated the Bu, Kindu and Mantsetsi sites situated in the Kongo-Central Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). All are part of the Kay Ladio Group. This is the first detailed publication on this cultural group, to which no contemporary ones can currently be linked, either from the Atlantic coast of Congo-Brazzaville or from along the Congo River and its tributaries upstream of Kinshasa. D…
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
First Archaeological Excavations Along the Atlantic Ocean Coastline of the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Iron Age Sites at Muanda
On and off the rivers: Changes in clay sourcing and preparation strategies in the Congo Basin throughout the past two millennia
Bridging technology and culture: X-ray μCT-based wood identification of Sub-Saharan African heritage
Knowing the wood species of an art object facilitates its international travel, as well as insight into the object function and manufacturing. • X-ray μCT offers a non-invasive alternative to wood identification of heritage objects. • Through identifying the wood species, a link is formed between the properties of the wood and the original context of the object. Wood identification of cultural heritage objects is vital for facilitating their inte…
Dynamics and determinants of forest cover changes in the inner Congo basin
Massive deforestation and forest degradation have been observed in the inner Congo basin in the last decades. While agricultural expansion onto forest land is widely recognized as the main driver of deforestation, local dynamics and social drivers remain understudied. This study investigates both the forest cover dynamics monitored from satellite products and the agricultural practices from household interviews across the Tshopo, the largest prov…
Geography (9 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · African Botany and Ecology Studies (5 works) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (5 works) · Biology (5 works) · Rainforest (4 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Ecology (3 works)