Joanne Mol
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. J.A. Mol
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2427
- j.a.mol@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7848-6640
Joanne Mol is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Archaeology.
More information about Joanne Mol
News
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Exhibition on 50 years of archaeological fieldwork in Oss celebrates an archaeological 'Walhalla' -
Archaeologists of the future dig for traces of the past -
Field School 2023: We are back in Oss! -
Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past -
Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden University -
Joanne Mol is among the first at Leiden University to receive qualification SKO (Senior Kwalificatie Onderwijs)
Office Days
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
Research
My current research focuses on natural site formation processes and archaeological prospection in the Netherlands.
In collaboration with Richard Jansen, I am conducting research in the province of Zeeland, where we investigate human activities in relation to landscape dynamics during the Iron Age. Fieldwork, including coring and geophysical surveys, was carried out in 2024 and 2025, with further investigations planned in the coming years.
I am also involved in research in the Oss region, as part of the Faculty of Archaeology's annual Field School. This work centres on settlement location choices and human-induced landscape transformations during the Late Prehistory and Roman period.
Teaching activities
I teach our BA1 course Natural Landscapes and together with my colleagues from our Field Research Education Centre, I am supervising our BA1 Field School. I am also coordinator of the bachelor’s thesis. Together with Richard Jansen, I teach a BA2 elective about Iron age settlements in the SW Netherlands and we offer fieldwork. I also occasionally give guest lectures about geoarchaeology and dating in the master’s programme.
I am available to supervise Bachelor's, Master's, and Research Master's theses.
Curriculum vitae
I hold a degree in Earth Sciences from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and completed my PhD on climate-induced river dynamics during the Last Glacial in eastern Germany. Since 1997, I have been affiliated with the Faculty of Archaeology, contributing as a specialist to many excavations in the Netherlands and a few in France, with a focus on prehistoric contexts.
From 2011 to 2024, I served as Director of Education at the Faculty of Archaeology, overseeing educational quality and leading curriculum development for our Bachelor's and (Research) Master's programmes. I completed an Educational Leadership course (CEUT, Utrecht University) in 2013 and an Academic Leadership course (Leiden University) in 2016. I obtained my SKO (Senior University Teaching Qualification) in 2018.
I am currently engaged in teaching and in the development of several research projects in landscape archaeology, with a particular emphasis on the Dutch landscape. I am officially registered as a Senior KNA Prospector and Senior KNA Specialist in Physical Geography under Dutch heritage legislation, which is required to conduct archaeological field research in the Netherlands.
Assistant professor
- Faculty of Archaeology
- Archaeological Heritage
- Field Research Education Centre
- Mol J.A. (2025), Landschappelijk kader. In: D.D. Duivenvoorden D.D. & Beck T.S. (Eds.), Een bewonings- en begravingslandschap uit de midden-bronstijd tussen zand en klei: Opgravingen aan de Gewandeweg te Oss no. 860. Leiden: Archol bv. 15-20.
- Mol J.A. (2025), Resultaten landschap en bodemopbouw. In: Duivenvoorden D.D. & Beck T.S. (Eds.), Een bewonings- en begravingslandschap uit de midden-bronstijd tussen zand en klei: Opgravingen aan de Gewandeweg te Oss. Archol rapport no. 860. Leiden: Archol bv. 39-45.
- Kamermans H., Mol J.A., Dullaart E.G.C. & Kreek M. de (2012), A Causewayed Enclosure Near Ermelo?. In: Bakels C.C. & Kamermans H. (Eds.), The End Of Our Fifth Decade. Leiden: Leiden University. 263-275.
- Roebroeks J.W.M., Kamermans H., Mol J.A., Turq A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2011), Watching The River Flow: A small-scale survey of the floodplain deposits in the Vézère valley, between Le Moustier and Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France). In: Bakels C.C. & Kamermans H. (Eds.), Micellania Archaeologica Leidensia. Leiden: Faculty of Archaeology. 1-40.
- Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Mol J.A., Turq A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2010), Watching The River Flow: A small-scale survey of the floodplain deposits of the Vézère valley, between Le Moustier and Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France), Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 41: 1-40.
- Tol A.J. & Mol J.A. (2008), Evaluatie- en waarderingsrapport Proefsleuven onderzoeksgebied Slibdepot-MVKV, gemeente Katwijk. Leiden: Archol B.V.
- Mol J.A. (2008), Wallen van Retranchement, gemeente Sluis, Locatie Contre Escarpe. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden.
- Mol J.A. (2008), Vestingstad Aardenburg, Zeeuws Landschap 4: 3-7.
- Mol J.A. & Zijverden W. van (2007), Prehistorische woonplaatsen in de dynamische landschappen van de Rijn-Maasdelta. In: , Tien jaar Archol. Van Contract tot Wetenschap.. Leiden: Archol BV. 89-103.
- Mol J.A. (2006), Coastal evolution of Delfland and the Schipluiden microregion in relation to Neolithic settlement. In: Louwe Kooijmans L.P. & Jongste P.F.B. (Eds.), Schipluiden. A Neolithic settlement on the Dutch North Sea Coast, c. 3500 Cal BC. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia. Leiden: Faculty of Archaeology, University Leiden. 269-284.
- Mol J.A., Louwe Kooijmans L.P. & Hamburg T. (2006), Stratigraphy and chronology of the site. In: Louwe Kooijmans L.P. & Jongste P.F.B. (Eds.), Schipluiden. A neolithic settlement on the Dutch North Sea Coast c. 3500 Cal BC. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia. Leiden: Faculty of Archaeology Leiden University. 19-38.
- Mol J.A., Roebroeks W., Kamermans H., Kolfschoten M. van & Turq A. (2004), Weichselian and Holocene Fluvial Evolution of the Vézère River Valley (Dordogne, France), Quaternaire 15: 187-193.
- Kamermans H., Roebroeks W., Mol J.A., Kolfschoten M. van & Turq A. (2003), Like a Rolling Stone? On the use of quantitative methods during a small-cale excavation in the Vézère river valley (France). Börner W. & Dolhofer R. (Eds.), Workshop 7. Archäologie und Computer. . Wien: Phoibos Verlag.
- Roebroeks W., Turq A., Kamermans H., Mol J.A. & Kolfschoten M. van (2000), Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Laugerie Haute est. Bordeaux: DRAC.