Philip Verhagen is associate 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.