Fynn Wilkes is an archaeologist specializing in social, economic, and settlement archaeology, with a focus on the prehistory of Central and South-eastern Europe. After earning his Master’s degree in Pre- and Protohistory and Geography from Kiel University in 2019, he joined the ROOTS Young Academy at Kiel University, completing his PhD in 2024. His research is focused around social, economic and settlement archaeology in the prehistory of Central and South-Eastern Europe. Currently, he conducts fieldwork on multiple Neolithic sites in the Southern Carpathian Basin.