Finding Suitable Grounds research data for IJsselmeer cores

This dataset considers research data generated for IJsselmeer cores in the Finding Suitable Grounds project. The data is produced as part of twinned PhD research at the Utrecht University (Familetto) and University of Groningen (Smuk). The project studies the setting and speed of adoption of crop cultivation in the lowlands of the Netherlands, since the onset of the Neolithic (6000-4000 BC).

Metadata is provided for this parent folder, and the following subfolders:
\01_CorePhotos_OriginalLogging
\02_Chronology
\03_LOI_XRF
\04_ThinsectionScans
\05_ThinsectionMicrophotos

Contributors to respective subfolders are copied over as contributors to this parent folder.

Contributors are: Elena Familetto (PhD candidate; UU), Kim Cohen (co-PI; UU), Hans Huisman (PI; RUG, RCE)
Nico Willemse (RAAP archaeological consultancy), Seger Van den Brenk (Periplus surveying)
Ana Smuk (PhD candidate; RUG), Mans Schepers (RUG), Kim De Wit (UU), Wim Hoek (UU), Bertil van Os (RCE), B. Smit (RCE).

The Finding Suitable Grounds project, funded by the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Dutch Research Council, Grant Number 406.20.HW.005. Core collection took place prior to the start of the Finding Suitable Grounds project, and was funded by RCE. Original core descriptions and core photos fill folder 01_. These are the same materials as published on in Van den Brenk (2025). Materials generated from the Finding Suitable Grounds project are found in folders 02_ and above.

Folders 01-05 are shared as V1 of the dataset, at the submission of the first research paper (also PhD thesis chapter) in September 2025: Familetto et al..
With completion of foreseen further chapters and paper and PhD thesis submission, further folders and data set expansion to V2 is expected.

RUG=Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, UU= Utrecht University, RCE = Rijksdienst Cultureel Erfgoed, national cultural heritage agency, Amersfoort.