🧵 1/5 End of a fruitful week in Sofia & Dryanovo 🇧🇬 for the UISPP Commission 8 meeting “Upper Palaeolithic of Eurasia”, focused on “The Origin and Development of the Eurasian Initial Upper Palaeolithic.” More info 👉 www.uispp.net/en/commissio...

Pleased to share my latest article Beads of shells and teeth from Abri Murat (Rocamadour, Lot) reveal long-distance networks linking Atlantic, Mediterranean, and inland groups 15,000+ years ago @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

#PressRelease 🗞️ The oldest workshop for making shell jewellery has been unearthed at the Palaeolithic site of La Roche-à-Pierrot. 🐚 👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/old...

🐚 The littorina, characterized by a wide range of natural colors when fresh, originate from the Atlantic coast, situated about 100 km away from La Roche-à-Pierrot at the time of the occupation (7/20)

🐚 🔬Microscopic analyses by @solangerigaud.bsky.social revealed that perforated shells show no wear, and pigment staining comes from nearby hematite. With 14 intact shells, little/no wear, and high fragmentation, the evidence supports a shell ornament workshop (8/20)

🧪New in the PNAS with @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social shorturl.at/JDZYs We report a shell-bead workshop at Saint-Césaire (Fr) and suggest that Châtelperronian makers were influenced by, or part of, an early wave of H. sapiens in the region 42ka @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

🧪Saint-Césaire annual fieldwork led by I. Crevecoeur. A key site to debates on the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition. I’m reassessing the Upper Paleo artefacts as part of my Threads project @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social

Excited to welcome Céline, a Master's student from ULiège, for a training stay at @pacea.bsky.social with me, Biba Hromodova and @lucdoyon.bsky.social ! Her project deals with ivory industry from Goyet & Spy. @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

Last week’s interdisciplinary residency at Maison Bordes, Les Eyzies, with PhD students & postdocs from Sci Archéo & Environnement. Great practice in non-specialist writing & reflecting on societal relevance. River swims & a ride back to Bordeaux! @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

Just out! we challenge the long-standing tradition of defining Upper Paleolithic cultures primarily through stone tool artefacts. Instead, we turn to personal ornaments to explore cultural identities during the past shorturl.at/8mxKe @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

🧪Train + 90 km ride to Tourtoirac! Excavations led by @lucdoyon.bsky.social serve as a field school for @univbordeaux.bsky.social MA students. more : shorturl.at/ISf4r Neanderthal remains, Gravettian ornaments—now part of my Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

🚨 Join the PACEA Laboratory! The CNRS @cnrsecologie.bsky.social is recruiting a senior postdoc (3 to 6-year contract) to work on Pleistocene and Holocene paleoenvironments. This is part of a long-term strategy and may lead to a permanent full-time research position emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/C...

From the field in Cyprus: traditional tribulum at our host’s place. This was a common threshing tool in Mediterranean agriculture until recently. Flint flakes and cores to produce them frequently found during surveys with @umr5608traces.bsky.social @nxcco.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

At the Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies, exploring how Azilian foragers adorned their bodies 14ky ago. Convenient stay at La Maison Bordes @univbordeaux.bsky.social facility welcoming scholars from around the world for over 30 years, right across from the museum @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

At the MNHN Paris for a day honoring Jean-Denis Vigne and his immense impact on modern bioarchaeology A flute of champagne in the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution—the perfect way to end such a day! Recent publication on the PPN in Cyprus books.openedition.org/editionscnrs... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

For the past 3 days, I’ve been at the Fyssen with @mariesoressi.bsky.social invited to speak on cooperation in human evolution—alongside archaeologists, primatologists & philosophers. I discuss how did innovation, identity & otherness shape us @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

🧪@standupforscience.bsky.social Our colleague @teyssand31.bsky.social explain how alarming Trump's revisionism is. Attack on the Smithsonian is part of broad strategy to weaken education and the sharing of scientific knowledge shorturl.at/YvVzU @umr5608traces.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Aujourd'hui la journée NeoAquitaine sur le thème des ressources avec plusieurs collègues de @archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @solangerigaud.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

🧪Great discussions with colleagues from Nice Univ and abroad @emmabaysal.bsky.social Happy to present at SPF meeting the long and complex history of body ornamentation, key to understanding identities, social ties, and evolution @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

🧪1/2 Here’s a sample of words flagged by US agencies for restriction/avoidance, according to government documents as Trump seeks to purge the federal government of progressive initiatives. Archaeology has never been so disruptive! shorturl.at/dka55 #sciencenotsilence @standupforscience.bsky.social

The end of a fruitful week in Halle (Saale, Germany) with colleagues from the Landesmuseum, studying ornaments for my THREADS project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social and bone tools with L. Doyon for his ERC ExOsTech research. Exciting insights @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

L'université de Bordeaux s’associe au mouvement Stand up For Science, qui alerte sur l’offensive aux États-Unis contre les institutions de la recherche, et invite ses communautés scientifiques à exprimer leur soutien à l’occasion du mouvement du 07/03 - + d'informations : standupforscience.fr...

🧪 A week in Kraków studying over 120 mammal tooth pendants from the Borshuka child burial (~31 ka) with colleagues from the Polish Acad. of Sci. and B. Hromadova (postdoc @pacea.bsky.social threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social) @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social

Registrations "Digital Archaeology" Summer School! June 30 – July 5, 2025 @univbordeaux.bsky.social hands-on introduction to Photogrammetry 3D modeling Geometric morphometrics Surface roughness quantification Epigraphic data & AI tools. limited seats—don’t miss this opportunity! shorturl.at/vjwM7

🧪 'Archaeology of Symbols' team meeting at @pacea.bsky.social L. Courtnay (QUANTA ERC) discussed the evolution of numerical symbols, B. Hramodova (Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social ) presented Upper Paleolithic mammoth ivory industries @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

🧪Reassessing Proto/Early Aurignacian beads from Isturitz Northern Pyrenees, amber, stone, bone, teeth, and shells on the menu @umr5608traces.bsky.social TRANSPYR @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social also funded by @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social THREADS @univbordeaux.bsky.social

🧪The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe is available, featuring my chapter on Identity, Gender, and Social Dynamics. Happy to contribute to this comprehensive volume alongside valued colleagues @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social #Archaeology shorturl.at/VfnRU

Portrait très drôle mais sérieux par les étudiants du Master Médiation des Sc. @ubmontaigne.bsky.social . Les plus vieux d’entre nous auront la référence du générique que n’avaient probablement pas les étudiants 😄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=msEK... @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social

We are happy to announce the call for submission for the Session #81 Connectivity and its Impact on Cultural Dynamics during Prehistory at the upcoming #EAA2025 Annual Meeting. www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025 deadline 6th of February with @alainqueffelec.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

A thoughtful open-access article on the role of archaeology and memorialization amidst Israel's current war on Gaza 🏺https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/archaeological-dialogues/article/baptist-hospital-in-gaza-current-ruins-for-future-archaeologists/C775E3465587591B2B60C139E8AD90B6

🧪Field report season! Final report of 7y of excavation at Malaurie, Epipaleolithic, SW France, led by V. Laroulandie. Among the finds: perforated Atlantic gastropods—transported 225 km from the coast @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social

🧪 This Monday, my colleague S. Yelozer will present our findings on how Pre-Pottery Neolithic societies at Aşıklı, Turkey, expressed and navigated their individual and cultural identities @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social

🧪Today marks an important milestone for my PhD student J. Baker. He defends his work on personal ornaments during the Gravettian. 4 years of work co-supervised with F. d'Errico www.nature.com/articles/s41... @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social