Femke Reidsma
PhD candidate
- Name
- F.H. Reidsma MA
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 1680
- f.h.reidsma@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1636-8486
Femke Reidsma is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology.
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Background
Femke obtained both her BA (European Prehistory & Science-based Archaeology) and research MA (Human Origins) at Leiden University. During her studies she developed a strong interest in human evolution and archaeometry, which come together in her research focus on early fire use. For her RMA thesis, Femke conducted a laboratory-based experimental study testing the influence of pH on the preservation potential and temperature signal of charred bone and wood. In 2012 she was appointed Academy Assistant in the KNAW funded project Cuisine Pétrifié, which aimed at using luminescence techniques to identify potential cooking stones from the Middle Palaeolithic site Neumark-Nord 2/2 (Germany). Upon graduating in 2014, Femke started as a junior researcher with the Leiden Human Origins Group, working on a project focusing on the effect of heat on the physical and chemical properties of bone.
Research
Femke is currently a PhD researcher with the Human Origins Group. Expanding on her RMA thesis, Femke’s research focuses on the geochemical preservation of organic fire traces in the Palaeolithic record. The research lies at the intersection of archaeology, geology and organic chemistry and aims to use laboratory-based experimentation combined with a wide range of analytical techniques in order to better understand 1) how fire affects different organic materials and 2) when and where these fire traces may or may not preserve in the archaeological record. By improving the way fire remains are studied in the Palaeolithic record, the research will provide the fundamental data needed to refine the timeframe of the origins of fire use and contribute to defining it’s role in human evolution. Femke’s laboratory work is carried out with the support of colleagues (and facilities) from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (Gorlaeus).
PhD candidate
- Faculteit Archeologie
- World Archaeology
- Human Origins
Postdoc
- Faculteit Archeologie
- Archaeological Sciences
- Bio-Archaeology
- Reidsma F.H. 22 August 2023, Tea-break time travel: did someone leave the oven on? . Tea-break time travel 15. Archaeology Podcast Network [podcast].
- Reidsma F.H. (2023), Fundamental fire: laboratory-based chemical research into the effect of diagenesis on heated bone and its implications for the study of fire proxies and other biomolecules in the deep past. ISBA, Tartu. 13 September 2023 - 15 September 2023. [conference poster].
- Bartholdy B.P., Henry A.G. & Reidsma F.H. (2023), FAIR sharing is caring. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H. (2022), Laboratory-based experimental research into the effect of diagenesis on heated bone: implications and improved tools for the characterisation of ancient fire, Scientific Reports 12: 17544.
- Pop E., Reidsma F.H., Reimann T., Sier M.J., Arps C.E.S., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2021), Identifying heated rocks through feldspar luminescence analysis (pIRIR290) and a critical evaluation of macroscopic assessment, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 4: art. 13.
- Reidsma F.H., Sifogeorgaki I, Dinckal A., Huisman D.J, Sier M.J., Os B. van & Dusseldorp G.L. (2021), Integrating geoarchaeological techniques to reveal the invisible stratigraphy at Umhlatuzana rockshelter, South Africa: a grid-based approach. Developing International Geoarchaeology, Faro. 17 May 2021 - 19 May 2021. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H. 7 May 2021, All Fired Up. The EXARC Show #FinallyFriday. EXARC [podcast].
- Reidsma F.H., Sifogeorgaki I., Dinckal A., Huisman H., Sier M.J., Os B. van & Dusseldorp G.L. (2021), Making the invisible stratigraphy visible: a grid-based, multi-proxy geoarchaeological study of Umhlatuzana Rockshelter, South Africa, Frontiers in Earth Science 9: 664105.
- Bartholdy B.P., Reidsma F.H. & Henry A.G. (2020), Build-A-Calculus: Experimental dietary research on in vitro dental calculus. Leiden: WILEY (Leiden University). [other].
- Braadbaart F., Reidsma F.H., Roebroeks W., Chiotti L., Slon V., Meyer M., Théry-Parisot I., Hoesel A. van, Nierop G.G.J., Kaal J., Os B. van & Marquer L. (2020), Heating histories and taphonomy of ancient fireplaces: a multi-proxy case study from the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of Abri Pataud (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, France), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 33: 102468.
- Reidsma F.H., Politopoulos A. & Mol A.A.A. (2020), Streaming the Past: Summer Stream Extravaganza: Dawn of Man - play-through and commentary. Leiden, (VALUE). [other].
- Hoesel A. van, Reidsma F.H., Os B.J.H. van, Megens L. & Braadbaart F. (2019), Combusted bone: Physical and chemical changes of bone during laboratory simulated heating under oxidising conditions and their relevance for the study of ancient fire use, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 28: .
- Reidsma F.H., Pop E.A.L., Reimann T., Guralnik B., Sohbati R., Versendaal A., Wallinga J., Arps C.E.S., Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. & Roebroeks W. (2019), Fire on the rocks - Establishing prehistoric heating of non-flint rocks through feld-spar luminescence analysis (pIRIR). ESHE, Liège. 19 September 2019 - 21 September 2019. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H. (2017), To see the fire through the bones: experimental tools for the reconstruction of past heating conditions. Ethnoarchaeology of Fire Symposium, La Laguna, Tenerife. 9 February 2017 - 11 February 2017. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H. (2017), Diagenesis Dissected: A laboratory-based experimental study into the influence of pH exposure on heated bone. ESHE Leiden 2017, Leiden. 21 September 2017 - 23 September 2017. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H., Hoesel A. van, Os B.J.H. van, Megens L. & Braadbaart F. (2016), Charred bone: Physical and chemical changes during laboratory simulated heating under reducing conditions and its relevance for the study of fire use in archaeology, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 10: 282-292.
- Reidsma F.H., Pop E.A.L. & Reimann T. (2014), Fire (?) Cracked Rock and Palaeolithic Cooking. Archaeology in Transition Symposium, Leiden. 25 September 2014 - 26 September 2014. [conference poster].
- Reidsma F.H. (2011), Détermination de la température de chauffe de la structure 65. In: Fromont N. (Ed.), La Trinité-‐sur-‐Mer (56), Morbihan, le Mané Roullarde: Occupations Néolithiques et extraction du granite, INRAP: Rapport final d’opération de fouille archéologique 169/385.