Co-supervisor for Oda Nuij

Description

Oda Nuij is a palynologist and archaeologist specialised in prehistoric human-environment interactions.
The goals of Oda’s PhD research project “Quantitative vegetation reconstructions of archaeological sites” at Leiden University are threefold:
- to expand the application of models of pollen dispersal and deposition developed in palaeoecology to different archaeological contexts from north-western Europe.
- to show how quantitative vegetation reconstructions of archaeological sites can contribute to major archaeological debates on topics such as landscape formation, human niche construction, and (over)exploitation of natural resources.
- to improve the interpretation of palynological data from archaeological sites.

During the project, she will test methods of pollen modelling on four different case studies, ranging from the last interglacial Neanderthal influence on local vegetation at Neumark-Nord 2 to the human role in the formation of the archaeological landscape around Oss during the metal ages and roman period.

Period	2022 → 2025
Examinee/Supervised person	Oda Nuij
Examination/Supervision held at	Leiden University