Education

Since 11/2022
PhD candidate in BerGSAS at Freie Universität Berlin (D)

Since 07/2022
Elsa Neumann fellow and PhD candidate at Freie Universität Berlin (D)

2010 – 2020
Bachelor and Master of Science in Prehistory and Archaeological Science at University Basel (CH)

2009 – 2010
Studies in Biology at University Basel (CH)

1998 – 2008
Gymnasium Lindlar (D)

Experience

13 – 17/06/2022
Oral presentation of preliminary research results (sites: Isolino Virginia and Les Bagnoles) at the IWGP conference in Budweis

02 – 06/05/2022
Participation in the International Workshop of Methodology in Archaeobotany at University Basel organised by F. Antolín

Since 05/2022
“Flax DNA project” with Dr. L. Botigué and A. Iob, with collaboration of Archäologisches Zentrum Berlin, CRAG and University of York

05/2021 – 04/2022
Research associate in Archaeobotany at the DAI in Berlin, Department of Natural Sciences, Project Isotopic Approach, Site Isolino Virginia (IT) (Head: Prof. Dr. F. Antolín)

02/2020 – 04/2021
Assistant for the MAGIA project, Gränichen (CH), Kantonsarchäologie Aargau and University Basel (Heads: Prof. Dr. B. Röder, PD Dr. Ph. Rentzel)

09/2019 – 04/2021
Editorial work for the publication of Abri Unterkobel in Oberriet (CH), Kantonsarchäologie St. Gallen (Head: F. Wegmüller)

10/2017 – 2020
Assistant in the Research Group Archaeobotany, IPNA, University of Basel (Heads: Prof. Dr. S. Jacomet, Prof. Dr. F. Antolín)

2012 – 2020
Assistant in the Research Group Prehistory, IPAS, University of Basel (Head: Dr. D. Wojtczak, former head: Prof. Dr. J.-M. Le Tensorer)

11 – 12/2016
Survey on the Paleolithic of Northern Jordan with the Research Group Prehistory (Dr. R. Jagher, Dr. D. Wojtczak), IPAS, University of Basel

2012 – 2015
Assistant of Prof. Dr. S. Jacomet to supervise the archaeobiological sieving at the Neolithic site "Les Bagnoles" (F) (four weeks per year)

01 – 02/2013
Internship at the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt (D) in the Prehistoric Department (Head: Dr. C. Willms (†2015))

07/2011 – 08/2011
Participation in the excavation of the Mesolithic site "Abri St. Joseph" in Lutter (F)

Bridging Archaeobotany and Ancient Plant Genomics: Neolithic Cereal Agriculture and the Diversification of Domesticated Flax

My research combines archaeobotany, genomics, and prehistory. Integrating these disciplines pushes methodological boundaries to deepen our understanding of plant use in ancient human societies. My PhD project at Freie Universität Berlin investigates the development and spread of specific agricultural practices in Neolithic southern Europe by analyzing plant macroremains, stable isotopes, and radiocarbon data, including from Isolino Virginia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Italy. Additionally, it explores flax diversification across different eras in Southern Europe and North Africa, using ancient DNA analysis of samples from European and Egyptian sites to trace the (pre)historic spread of oil and fibre varieties.

in preparation:
Franziska Follmann, Guillem Salvador-Baiges, Hector Martínez-Grau, Raul Soteras, Bigna Steiner, Claudia Gerling, Irka Hajdas, Madalina Jaggi, Stefano Bernasconi, Daria Banchieri, Ferran Antolín. 4000 BC and the Transformation of Cereal Cultivation: New Archaeobotanical and Stable Isotope evidence from Isolino Virginia, a UNESCO Wetland site.

2024:
Ferran Antolín, Stefanie Jacomet, Raül Soteras, Claudia Gerling, Stefano M Bernasconi, Franziska Follmann, Irka Hajdas, Madalina Jaggi, Ana Jesus, Héctor Martínez-Grau, Francesc Xavier Oms, Brigitte Röder, Bigna L Steiner, Samuel van Willigen 2024, An archaeobotanical and stable isotope approach to changing agricultural practices in the NW Mediterranean region around 4000 BC. The Holocene 2024, Vol. 34(2) 239–254. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231211848

2022:
Antolín F, Martínez-Grau H, Steiner BL, Follmann F, Soteras R, Häberle S, Prats G, Schäfer M, Mainberger M, Hajdas I, Banchieri DG (2022) Neolithic occupations (c. 5200-3400 cal BC) at Isolino Virginia (Lake Varese, Italy) and the onset of the pile-dwelling phenomenon around the Alps. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 42, 103375.

2020:
Jesus A, Prats G, Follmann F, Jacomet S, Antolín F (2020) Middle Neolithic farming of open-air sites in SE France: new insights from archaeobotanical investigations of three wells found at Les Bagnoles (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Dépt. Vaucluse, France). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-020-00793-z

Antolín F, Delefosse C, Errera M, Follmann F, Jacomet S, Jesus A, Kühn M, Pétrequin P, Schäfer M, Schibler J, Reggio A, van Willigen S (2020): Les structures attribuables au Néolithique moyen de type La Roberte (fin du Ve millénaire-début du Ive millénaire avant notre ère). In: van Willigen S, Bailly M, Röder B, Schibler J, Schmitt A (eds.). Les Bagnoles à L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Vaucluse) – le Néolithique moyen et les occupations postérieures (âge du Bronze, âge du Fer et Antiquité). Aix-en-Provence, Presses Universitaires de Provence, pp. 229-280.

Antolín F, Jesus A, Follmann F, Jacomet S (2020) Économie et alimentation. In: van Willigen S, Bailly M, Röder B, Schibler J, Schmitt A (eds.). Les Bagnoles à L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Vaucluse) – le Néolithique moyen et les occupations postérieures (âge du Bronze, âge du Fer et Antiquité). Aix-en-Provence, Presses Universitaires de Provence, pp. 316-329.

Antolín F, Schmitt A, Bader M, D’Anna A, Delefosse C, Errera M, Follmann F, Jacomet S, Jesus A, Kühn M, Pétrequin P, Reggio A, Röder B, Schäfer M., Schibler J, Schoch WH, Viel L, van Willigen S (2020): Les structures attribuables au Néolithique moyen de type Chassey (dernier tiers du Ve millénaire avant notre ère). In: van Willigen S, Bailly M, Röder B, Schibler J, Schmitt A (eds.). Les Bagnoles à L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Vaucluse) – le Néolithique moyen et les occupations postérieures (âge du Bronze, âge du Fer et Antiquité). Aix-en-Provence, Presses Universitaires de Provence, pp. 117-228.

2017:
Jagher R, Wojtczak D, Le Tensorer J-M, Al-Nahar M, Abu Ghaneimeh K, Hourani F, Sanson A, Follmann F, Lo Russo S, Al Shoubaki S, Le Tensorer H (2017) The First Human Settlements on the Left Bank of the Jordan Valley: Report of the 2015 and 2016 seasons. SLSA, Ed. Swiss-Liechtenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad.
http://www.slsa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/SLSA_2016_JB.pdf

2016:
D’Anna A, Antolín F, Bader M, Bailly M, Brochier J-E, Denaire A, Follmann F, Guendon J-L, Guyonnet F, Jacomet S, Kühn M, Reggio A, Rentzel P, Röder B, Schäfer M, Schibler J, Schmitt A, Schoch W, van Willigen S (2016) Rapport final d’opération du 13 juillet au 29 septembre 2015, Les Bagnoles L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (Vaucluse). Code INSEE : 84 054, N° du site : 0012, N° de l’opération : 3177, MMSH-LAMPEA, UMR 7269, 5, rue du Château de l’Horloge ; BP 647 ; 13094 Aix-en-Provence cedex 2.