Jordi Revelles

Address

Maison de la Recherche, Jean Jaurès University 5, Allées A. Machado – 31058 TOULOUSE Cedex 1

Email

jordi.revelles@univ-tlse2.fr

• Socio-environmental Dynamics during Prehistory
• Mediterranean Neolithic Archaeology
• Palynology, Archaeobotany and Quantitative Land-Cover Reconstruction
• Multi-proxy Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
• Open Science, FAIR Data and Palaeoecological Databases

I defended my PhD thesis in 2017 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain), after completing an MSc in Prehistory at the same university in 2012. My PhD research focused on vegetation history, climate change and human impact during the Neolithic in NE Iberia. I contributed significantly to understanding the socio-ecological consequences of Neolithisation and highlighted the potential of archaeopalynology for the study of lakeside settlements. I received specialized training in archaeobotany and palaeoecology, particularly in palynology and palaeofire research. Since 2017, I have co-directed excavations at the La Draga site in Banyoles (Spain), highlighting my active role in Neolithic archaeology research.

Then, I joined the Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES-CERCA) (Tarragona, Spain) through three competitive post-doctoral fellowships. My research there focused on human-environment interactions during the Holocene in the Mediterranean, involving palynological analyses of archaeological sites from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age and sedimentary deposits like lakes and wetlands. I have a particular interest in insular contexts, with published studies on Balearics, Corsica and Crete.

My research focuses on land-use strategies, landscape transformation and socio-environmental dynamics during Late Prehistory, particularly in the Neolithic, while adopting a broader long-term perspective spanning from the Mesolithic to the Bronze Age.

My project, NEOLANDSCAPE: Reconstructing Neolithic landscapes in northeastern Iberia: an integrated archaeobotanical and palaeoecological approach, aims to reconstruct Neolithic landscapes and land-use dynamics by integrating palaeoecological data (pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs and sedimentary ancient DNA) with archaeological evidence and quantitative land-cover reconstruction models. It addresses how early farming societies transformed Mediterranean ecosystems, offering new insights into land use, vegetation change and resource management.

Education

• 01/05/2013 - 31/03/2017 : PhD in Prehistoric Archaeology, UAB (Spain). “Vegetation History, Climate Change and Neolithic Landscape Transformation. Archaeopalynology in La Draga and Lake Banyoles” (defended: 27/03/2017).
   
• 01/10/2011 - 31/07/2012 : Master in Prehistory, Antiquity and Middle Ages, UAB (Spain). “Vegetation History and Land-Use during Late Prehistory through the pollen record of Lake Banyoles” (09/07/2012).
   
• 01/10/2007 - 30/06/2011 : Degree in History, itinerary in Prehistory, Antiquity and Middle Ages, UAB (Spain).
   

Publications

• 2025 Revelles, J., Fyfe, R., Ghilardi, M., Currás, A., Di Rita, F. Vegetation dynamics and land-use history during the Holocene in Corsica (Western Mediterranean). Regional patterns and local landscape transformation in changing coastal ecosystems. Quat. Sci. Rev. 365 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109469).
   
• 2025 Ghilardi, M., Revelles, J., Fagel, N., Schmidt, S., Delanghe, D. Human–environment interactions during the last 4500 years in Cape Corsica. JAS: Reports 62, 104985. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.104985).
   
• 2024 Sayedi, S., Abbot, B., Vannière, B. … Daniau, A.L. Assessing changes in global fire regimes. Fire ecology, (https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00237-9).
   
• 2023 Revelles, J., Martí-Molist, J.,... Saña, M. Socio-ecological impact of monogenetic volcanism in the La Garrotxa Volcanic Field (NE Iberia). Scientific Reports, 13(1), 8168. (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35072-0).
   
• 2023 Ghilardi, M., Revelles, J., Mary, J.-B., … Robresco, S. Mid- to Late-Holocene coastal morphological evolution, vegetation history and land-use changes of the Porto Gulf UNESCO World Heritage site and its surroundings (NW Corsica Island, Western Mediterranean). The Holocene, 33(9), 1023-1044. (https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231176492).
   
• 2019 Revelles, J., Ghilardi, M., ... Vacchi, M. Coastal landscape evolution of Corsica island (W. Mediterranean): Palaeoenvironments, vegetation history and human impacts since the early Neolithic period. Quat. Sci. Rev. 225: 105993 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105993).
   
• 2019 Ghilardi, M., Revelles, J., ... Fleury, J. Reconstructing human-environment interactions in the western Messara Plain (Phaistos, Crete) from the emergence of city states to Byzantine times. JASC: Reports, 26, 101909. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101909).
   
• 2019 Connor, S. E., Vannière, B.,... Woodbridge, J. Humans take control of fire-driven diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia’s vegetation during the mid–late Holocene. The Holocene, 29(5), 886-901. (https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683619826652).
   
• 2017 Revelles, J. Archaeoecology of Neolithisation. Human-environment interactions in the NE Iberian Peninsula during the Early Neolithic. JASC: Reports, 15, 437-445. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.02.004).
   
• 2016 Revelles, J., Van Geel, B. Human impact and ecological changes in lakeshore environments. The contribution of non-pollen palynomorphs in Lake Banyoles (NE Iberia). Rev. Pal. Pal., 232, 81-97. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.05.004).