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 Jos Kleijne, Alumni

Alumnus

Jos Kleijne (The Netherlands, 1987)

Mag. phil. in Archaeology

PhD project
The beginning of Beaker. Understanding the adoption and regional interpretation of the Bell Beaker idea
The second half of the 3rd millennium BC is characterised by important changes in prehistoric Europe. Before this time, a patchwork of regional cultures existed. But between 2750 and 2000 BC, an apparent uniformity emerged in all of Europe. This uniformity, described as the Bell Beaker phenomenon, is most evident in the recurring combination of specific artefacts. In graves varied combinations of a specific pottery vessel (the Beaker vessel), archery equipment, metal objects and specific ornaments, accompany a single inhumation burial. According to most scholars these are the burials of high-status individuals, who were highly mobile and whose wealth and connectivity was ultimately displayed through their graves. Even though these burials represent only a minority of the people who lived and died in this period, they are used all over Europe to ‘reconstruct’ and ‘characterise’ Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age society in general. This study chooses a different point of departure: I think we need to incorporate settlement data in the discussion about the Beaker phenomenon. My hypothesis is that settlement data will show how the Beaker package becomes adopted in contexts of regionally different culture groups. This will provide us with a different view on Bell Beaker societies in Europe, and will help us to better understand the variability and regionality within this Bell Beaker phenomenon.
Research interests The third and second millennium BC in North-West Europe; Exchange and innovation; Settlement archaeology; Pottery studies; Semantic networks and Linked Open Data; History of archaeology and the backlog/Odyssee problem.
Education

Since November 2014
Member of the Graduate School "Human Development in Landscapes" at Kiel University.

09/2007 – 01/2010
MPhil. degree in Archaeology at Leiden University. Thesis (grade: 8): Approaching High-Flux Interaction: Pottery, identity and overseas contacts in the later Early and Middle Bronze Age (2000-1200 cal BC) of North West Europe.

09/2004 – 08/2007
BA degree in Archaeology at Leiden University.

09/1998 – 06/2004
Gymnasium degree at Ichthus College Driehuis, The Netherlands.

Work experience

Since February 2014
Self-employed researcher in archaeology (MAK Onderzoek & Advies). Projects include writing a synthesis on the Bronze Age habitation of Kennemerland (North-Holland) and helping the automatic metadata retrieval of archaeological grey literature (for the ARIADNE-infrastructure).

09/2010 – 09/2013
Researcher for Later Prehistory at Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE). I was project leader for the Odyssee project on the Dutch Single Grave/Bell Beaker settlements and the ABR+ project (on creating a semantic network for Dutch archaeology).

09/2009 – 09/2010
Project leader for an Odyssee project at DANS (Data Archiving and Networked Services).

Selected publications

2017
Kleijne, J.P. & M. Phlippeau 2017. Enkele nieuwe Bronstijdvondsten van Texel (Noord-Holland, Nederland), Lunula XXV, 41-44.

2016
Kleijne, J.P. 2016: Between belts and Beakers. Pendants in the third millennium BC in Western and Central Europe, in: Ball, E.A.G./A. Müller (eds.) 2016, Metaaltijdenbundel 3, Leiden, 45-63.

Kleijne, J.P. 2016: Kennemerland in de Bronstijd, Haarlem (Noord-Holland Archeologische Publicaties 1)

Kleijne, J.P., S.M. Beckerman, D.C. Brinkhuizen, O. Brinkkemper, V. Garcia-Diaz, L. Kubiak-Martens, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, G.R. Nobles, T.F.M. Oudemans, J.H.M. Peeters, D.C.M. Raemaekers, B.I. Smit, E.M. Theunissen, A.L. van Gijn & J.T. Zeiler, 2016. Sifting through Single Grave Settlements: Keinsmerbrug and Mienakker in the Noord Holland tidal area (the Netherlands). In: J. Czebreszuk, M. Furholt, R. Großmann & M. Szmyt (eds.), Transitional Landscapes? Spatial Patterns, Standardised Burials, and Intensified Communication in the 3rd Millennium cal BC in Europe: the Globular Amphora, Corded Ware, and Bell Beaker Complexes in Context. Proceedings of the International Workshop "Socio-Environmental Dynamics over the Last 12,000 Years: The Creation of Landscapes III (15th-18th April 2013)" in Kiel, Bonn (Universitätsforschungen zur Prähistorischen Archäologie).

2015
Kleijne, J.P. 2015: Barrows and burials in the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age of Velsen (Noord-Holland, the Netherlands), in: Ball, E.A.G./S. Arnoldussen (eds.) 2015, Metaaltijdenbundel 2, Leiden.

2013
Kleijne, J.P., S.M. Beckerman, D.C. Brinkhuizen, V. García-Díaz, L. Kubiak-Martens, G.R. Nobles, T.F.M. Oudemans, J.T. Zeiler, O. Brinkkemper, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, B.I. Smit, E.M. Theunissen, A.L. Van Gijn & D.C.M. Raemaekers, 2013: Synthesis - A Matter of Life and Death at Mienakker, in: J.P. Kleijne, O. Brinkkemper, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, B.I. Smit & E.M. Theunissen (eds), A Matter of Life and Death at Mienakker (the Netherlands). Late Neolithic Behavioural Variability in a Dynamic Landscape, Amersfoort (Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 45), 249-259.

Kleijne, J.P. & H.J.T. Weerts, 2013: Landscape and chronology, in: J.P. Kleijne, O. Brinkkemper, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, B.I. Smit & E.M. Theunissen (eds), A Matter of Life and Death at Mienakker (the Netherlands). Late Neolithic Behavioural Variability in a Dynamic Landscape, Amersfoort (Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 45), 19 -27.

Kleijne, J.P., O. Brinkkemper, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, B.I. Smit & E.M. Theunissen (eds), 2013. A Matter of Life and Death at Mienakker (the Netherlands). Late Neolithic Behavioural Variability in a Dynamic Landscape, Amersfoort (Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 45).

2012
Smit, B.I., O. Brinkkemper, J.P. Kleijne, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier & E.M. Theunissen (eds), 2012. A Kaleidoscope of Gathering at Keinsmerbrug (the Netherlands). Late Neolithic Behavioural Variability in a Dynamic Landscape, Amersfoort (Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 43).

Smit, B.I., S.M. Beckerman, D.C. Brinkhuizen, V. García-Díaz, L. Kubiak-Martens, G.R. Nobles, T.F.M. Oudemans, J.T. Zeiler, O. Brinkkemper, J.P. Kleijne, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier, E.M. Theunissen, A.L. Van Gijn & D.C.M. Raemaekers, 2012: Synthesis - A Kaleidoscope of Gathering at Keinsmerbrug, in: B.I. Smit, O. Brinkkemper, J.P. Kleijne, R.C.G.M. Lauwerier & E.M. Theunissen(eds), A Kaleidoscope of Gathering at Keinsmerbrug (the Netherlands). Late Neolithic Behavioural Variability in a Dynamic Landscape, Amersfoort (Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 43), 211-222.

2008
Fokkens, H., B.J. Coles, A.L. van Gijn, J.P. Kleijne, H.H. Ponjee & C.G. Slappendel (eds), 2008. Between Foraging and Farming: An extended broad spectrum of papers presented to Leendert Louwe Kooijmans, Leiden (Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 40).

Memberships

Prehistoric Society Archéologie et Gobelets Stichting Metaaltijdenonderzoek Nederland (www.metaaltijden.nl)

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