Come and join us in Liège! Vacancy for a Professor in Prehistory now open!
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Veerle Rots
Last week, we welcomed Morgan Roussel and Viola Schmid for MSA lithic experiments at Rose Cottage Cave. Viola co-directs the excavation, while Morgan, a knapping expert, aids in understanding local raw materials. Thanks to SPUR and FNRS for funding! #Lithics #MSA #ExperimentalArchaeology
New preprint: "Does point size matter? Morphometric arguments in Palaeolithic weaponry models" Our study challenges reliance on TCSA/TCSP for weapon identification. Small points ≠arrow tips! Experimental data shows these metrics don't reliably predict weapon type. zenodo.org/records/15051934
For those who would want to join us in Belgium: jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Pro...
New preprint from our team: "When the hammer drops: Identification of knapping techniques in blade production based on a multi-scale study of knapping traces." Integrating micro/macro analyses improves knapping trace identification. osf.io/dya96_v1
