Flemish aerial archaeology in the last 20 years: past and future perspectives

Aerial prospection in Belgium started some 40 years ago. Charles Leva was the pioneering instrument of this technique in our country. The main accent of his research, however, was situated in the Wallonian part of Belgium and the Roman period [1], [2], [3], [4]. During the last two decades, new prospections were set up, first in the western part of Flanders (University of Ghent), later in the northwestern part (University of Leuven). The main purpose of the aerial research at the University of Ghent is prospection (discovery of new sites). At the University of Leuven, there is a larger focus on known sites (from literature, old finds).