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Born December 17 1972, in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France
Prize
| 2004 | Tübingen Prize for Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology Research, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen |
Professional Appointments
| Jan. 2008 - present | Specialist of Paleolithic excavations in the center of France, Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, St Cyr en Val, France |
| Sept. 2004 - Dec. 2007 | Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Human Evolution of the Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany |
| Oct. 2003-Aug. 2004 Oct. 2001-Aug. 2002 |
Lecturer, University of Bordeaux I (Attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche de l’Université Bordeaux I) |
| Sept. 1997-Aug. 2000 | Allocataire de recherche de l’Université Bordeaux I |
Professional preparation
| December 2002 | Doctorat en Préhistoire de l’Université Bordeaux I |
| June 1997 | D.E.A. d’Anthropologie, Université Bordeaux I |
Grants
| 2006 - 2009 | Grant from the French goverment for field-work at Les Cottés |
| 2003 | Post-doctoral grant of the Fyssen foundation (Paris) |
| 2003 | Post-doctoral grant of the Wener-Gren foundation (New-York) |
| 1999 - 2005 | Grants from the French goverment for field-work at Pech-de-l'Azé I |
| 1997 - 2000 | Doctoral research Grant from the French Ministry of Education |
| 1999 | Travel Grant for the U.S.A. from the French Ministry of Education |
| 1997 - 2000 | Thesis research Grant from the Aquitaine Province |
| 1997 | Student grant from the University of Bordeaux I |
Experiences of leading a research team
| 2006-present | Les Cottés, Vienne, France (Mousterian, Chatelperronian and Early aurignacian). Principal investigator of a field and research project. |
| 2002-present | Chez-Pinaud (Jonzac), Charente-Maritime, France (Mousterian and Upper Palaeolithic sequence). Co-principal investigator of a field project first in collaboration with J. Airvaux (SRA Poitou-Charente) in 2002, and in collaboration with J. Jaubert (University Bordeaux I), J.-J. Hublin and S. McPherron (MPI, Leipzig) since 2004. |
| 1999-2005 | Pech-de-L'Azé I, Dordogne, France (Mousterian of acheulian tradition sequence). Principal investigator of a field and research project. |
TopAffiliation with research institutes
| 2008 | INRAP, St cyr en Val, France and Department of Human Evolution, MPI, Leipzig, Germany and Anthropologie des Techniques, des Espaces et des Territoires au Pliocène et au Pléistocène UMR 7041 CNRS, Nanterre, France |
| 2004 - 2007 | Department of Human Evolution, MPI, Leipzig, Germany |
| 2003 | African Research Institute, Cape Town, South-Africa |
| 1997 - 2002 | Institut de Préhistoire et de Géologie du Quaternaire, UMR 5808 CNRS, Talence, France |
Member of research teams
| 2002-2006 | Action collective de recherche Le Paléolithique moyen d’Aquitaine septentrionale : émergence, développement et variabilité supervised by J.P. Texier et J. Jaubert (IPGQ, Université Bordeaux I, France) |
| 2001-2006 | CNRS/ESF Program OHLL (Origine de l’homme, du langage et des langues) OMLL supervised by F. d’Errico (CNRS, UMR 5808, Talence, France) |
| 2001-2004 | CNRS Program ECLIPSE (Excursions, Les accidents climatiques au cours des stades isotopiques 1, 2 et 3) supervised by M.-F. Sanchez-Goni (CNRS, UMR 5805, Talence, France) |
| 2001-2004 | Projet collectif de recherches supervised by A. Delagnes (CNRS, UMR 7055, Paris, France) : Paléolithique moyen dans le bassin de la Charente. |
| 2000-2003 | Abydos Survey for Paleolithic sites program supervised by D. Olszewski (University of Pennsylvania, USA) et S. McPherron (MPI, Leipzig) |
In charge of the analysis of lithic industries (other than the ones I excavated)
At the request of excavations directors, I have carried out or I am still carrying out the lithic analysis of the following assemblages :
| 2003-present | Blombos, Afrique du Sud Still Bay. Excavation directed by C. Henshilwood (African Research Institute, Cape Town, South-Africa) |
| 2002-present | Saint-Césaire, Charente, France Mousterian and Chatelperronian. Excavation directed by F. Lévêques (SRA Poitou-Charentes, France) |
| 2002-present | Quinçay, Vienne, France Chatelperronian. Excavation directed by par F. Lévêque (SRA Poitou-Charentes, France) |
| 1998-present | Chez-Pinaud, Charente-Maritime, France Mousterian and Chatelperronian. Excavation directed in collaboration with J. Airvaux (SRA Poitou-Charentes, France) in 2002 and since 2004 by by J. Jaubert (University of Bordeaux I) and J.J. Hublin (MPI, Leipzig) |
| 1998-present | Grotte XVI, Dordogne, France Mousterian and Chatelperronian. Excavation directed by J.-Ph. Rigaud (IPGQ, University of Bordeaux 1, France) and J.F. Simek (University of Tennessee, USA) |
| 1997-1998 | Bois-Roche, Charente, France Mousterian. Excavation directed by L. Bartram (College of Franklin and Marshall, USA) and P. Villa (University of Bordeaux 1, France) |
Others fieldwork experience
| 2000, 2002 | Abydos, Egypt. Sites survey for the project Abydos survey for Paleolithic sites supervised by D. Olszewski (University of Pennsylvania, USA) et S. McPherron (MPI, Leipzig) |
Site supervisor
| 1997 | Castenet, Dordogne. Excavation directed by J. Pelegrin (CNRS, UMR 7055, France) and R. White (New York University, USA) |
Excavator
| 1998 | Hayonim, Israël. Excavation directed by O. Bar-Yosef (University of Harvard, USA), L. Meignen (CNRS, UMR 7055, France) et B. Vandermersch (LAPP, UMR 5809, France) |
| 1997, 1998 | Grotte XVI, Dordogne, France. Excavation directed by J.-Ph. Rigaud (IPGQ, University of Bordeaux 1, France) et J.F. Simek (University of Tennessee, USA) |
| 1995, 1997 | Bois-Roche, Charente, France. Excavation directed by L. Bartram (College of Franklin and Marshall, USA) et P. Villa (IPGQ, University of Bordeaux 1, France) |
| 1996 | Castenet, Dordogne, France. Excavation directed by J. Pelegrin (CNRS, UMR 7055, France) et R. White (New York University, USA) |
| 1995 | Le Trou du cluzeau, Charente, France. Excavation directed by J.-F. Tournepiche (Musée d’Angoulème, UMR 5808, France) |
Teaching Experience
| 2003-2004 2001-2002 |
Lecturer at the University of Bordeaux I (Attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche de l’Université Bordeaux I) |
| 2003-2004 | 94 hours of teaching for undergraduate (Archaeology, 14 hours), and for graduates students (Archaeology, 80 hours) |
| 2001-2002 | 98 hours of teaching for the undergraduate (Geology, 27 hours), and for graduate students (Archaeology, 71 hours) |
| 2003 | Seminar of lithic technology for the Cape Field School, Cape Town, South-Africa (15 hours for undergraduate students) |
| 2002 | Seminar of lithic technology for the Ecole du Louvre, Paris (2 hours for undergraduate students) |
| 1998 | Teaching assistant of archaeology, Laboratory work, Graduate students, University of Bordeaux 1 |
| 1997-2000 | Teaching assistant of Geology for undergraduate students at the University of Bordeaux 1 |
