Florian Cousseau
@flocousseau.bsky.social
Post Doctoral Research Associate in Prehistory | Durham University | Neolithic Europe | Megalithic Architecture
A few hundred metres from the Goasseac'h cairn, which I excavate every year, a very well-preserved Bronze Age settlement has been excavated over the last two years by INRAP. Unfortunately, except for two pits, there is no feature directly associated with the Middle Neolithic period.
À Carhaix-Plouguer (Finistère), une fouille archéologique révèle plus de 6 000 ans d’histoire humaine, du Néolithique à l’Antiquité.
En savoir plus 👉 www.inrap.fr/plus-de-six-...
En savoir plus 👉 www.inrap.fr/plus-de-six-...
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
A few hundred metres from the Goasseac'h cairn, which I excavate every year, a very well-preserved Bronze Age settlement has been excavated over the last two years by INRAP. Unfortunately, except for two pits, there is no feature directly associated with the Middle Neolithic period.
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C'est le lundi de la rentrée, c'est double ration de violence ! 🪓
À Achenheim, 6 squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude montre que les victimes sont des prisonniers de guerre venus d'ailleurs.
Explications en GIF ⬇️
À Achenheim, 6 squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude montre que les victimes sont des prisonniers de guerre venus d'ailleurs.
Explications en GIF ⬇️
L'Alsace au néolithique : massacres de prisonniers et trophées de guerre
À Achenheim, en Alsace, six squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude révèle grâce à des analyses isotopiques que les victimes ...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
C'est le lundi de la rentrée, c'est double ration de violence ! 🪓
À Achenheim, 6 squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude montre que les victimes sont des prisonniers de guerre venus d'ailleurs.
Explications en GIF ⬇️
À Achenheim, 6 squelettes fracturés et des trophées de guerre révèlent un massacre collectif il y a 6 200 ans. Une nouvelle étude montre que les victimes sont des prisonniers de guerre venus d'ailleurs.
Explications en GIF ⬇️
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Postdoc Job! Come and work with me in Durham, and a bunch of @sse1k.bsky.social heroes in Venice and Basel, doing agent-based modelling of socio-environmental systems in the Ancient Mediterranean...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and Agent-Based Modelling
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August 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Postdoc Job! Come and work with me in Durham, and a bunch of @sse1k.bsky.social heroes in Venice and Basel, doing agent-based modelling of socio-environmental systems in the Ancient Mediterranean...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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It's out! 😀
THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE
2025.1
Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend.
@barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1688...
THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE
2025.1
Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend.
@barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1688...
August 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It's out! 😀
THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE
2025.1
Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend.
@barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1688...
THE MAP: EXPANSION OF FARMING IN WESTERN EURASIA, 9600-4000 BCE
2025.1
Regional updates, particularly 🇺🇦. Colour and greyscale resolutions, and much asked for colour code and legend.
@barbarahorejs.bsky.social @leizarchaeology.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social
zenodo.org/records/1688...
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Some ethnoarchaeological excitement is coming your way! This upcoming volume is the first book dedicated to Toraja rock-cut tombs, providing a detailed overview of and fresh insights into this unique burial tradition. Learn more ➡ bit.ly/3HvRbg9
August 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some ethnoarchaeological excitement is coming your way! This upcoming volume is the first book dedicated to Toraja rock-cut tombs, providing a detailed overview of and fresh insights into this unique burial tradition. Learn more ➡ bit.ly/3HvRbg9
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À quoi ça sert l'archéologie, et pourquoi dérange-t-elle ? Réponse à partir du vendredi 8 août à 19h sur @mediapart.fr pour une série d'émissions spéciales de "L'échappée" avec les historiens Jean-Paul Demoule, Dominique Garcia et Alain Schnapp @inrap.fr @inha.fr
👉 blogs.mediapart.fr/edwy-plenel/...
👉 blogs.mediapart.fr/edwy-plenel/...
August 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
À quoi ça sert l'archéologie, et pourquoi dérange-t-elle ? Réponse à partir du vendredi 8 août à 19h sur @mediapart.fr pour une série d'émissions spéciales de "L'échappée" avec les historiens Jean-Paul Demoule, Dominique Garcia et Alain Schnapp @inrap.fr @inha.fr
👉 blogs.mediapart.fr/edwy-plenel/...
👉 blogs.mediapart.fr/edwy-plenel/...
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A new PCI-friendly journal in #Archaeology where you can submit your paper after our free and transparent evaluation! They will answer rapidly (<5 days) if they will accept it with minor modifications, with further peer review, or if they are not interested. 🏺
www.openscience.fr/Archeologie-...
www.openscience.fr/Archeologie-...
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A new PCI-friendly journal in #Archaeology where you can submit your paper after our free and transparent evaluation! They will answer rapidly (<5 days) if they will accept it with minor modifications, with further peer review, or if they are not interested. 🏺
www.openscience.fr/Archeologie-...
www.openscience.fr/Archeologie-...
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Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber - Volume 99 Issue 405
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June 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Who was NG10 and what was the world they lived in? The sister paper to our CAJ paper is now out in Antiquity and the cover image no less! Working on these papers with this group, has been one of the richest academic experiences I have had in my career. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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A new batch of videos uploaded in a playlist of the Youtube channel of @collegedefrance.bsky.social including five presentations by members of our lab: Bruno Maureille, Jacques Jaubert, Maïté Rivollat, and 2 presentations by Bruno Boulestin!
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#realarchaeology 🧪🏺
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#realarchaeology 🧪🏺
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A new batch of videos uploaded in a playlist of the Youtube channel of @collegedefrance.bsky.social including five presentations by members of our lab: Bruno Maureille, Jacques Jaubert, Maïté Rivollat, and 2 presentations by Bruno Boulestin!
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#realarchaeology 🧪🏺
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#realarchaeology 🧪🏺
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📣 Bonne nouvelle pour la recherche archéologique française à l'étranger !
L’amendement n°1429, proposé par le Rassemblement National dans le cadre de la loi de simplification de la vie économique, a été retiré ! ❌📄
L’amendement n°1429, proposé par le Rassemblement National dans le cadre de la loi de simplification de la vie économique, a été retiré ! ❌📄
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
📣 Bonne nouvelle pour la recherche archéologique française à l'étranger !
L’amendement n°1429, proposé par le Rassemblement National dans le cadre de la loi de simplification de la vie économique, a été retiré ! ❌📄
L’amendement n°1429, proposé par le Rassemblement National dans le cadre de la loi de simplification de la vie économique, a été retiré ! ❌📄
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L'article 15bis C vient d'être supprimé par adoption de l'amendement 2295.
June 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
L'article 15bis C vient d'être supprimé par adoption de l'amendement 2295.
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Journée de grève qui s’annonce très suivie pour les archéologues ! Pas pour de meilleurs salaires, ni de meilleures conditions, non, pour que les vestiges archéologiques continuent à être étudiés, sauvegardés, car c’est notre rôle commun vis à vis du patrimoine.
Rdv à République à Midi !
Rdv à République à Midi !
"Tout changement amènerait des risques" : les archéologues de l'Inrap en grève jeudi pour défendre les fouilles préventives
Un amendement introduit dans la loi de simplification actuellement à l'Assemblée nationale remet en cause le système des fouilles préventives. Le président de l'Institut national de recherches archéol...
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June 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Journée de grève qui s’annonce très suivie pour les archéologues ! Pas pour de meilleurs salaires, ni de meilleures conditions, non, pour que les vestiges archéologiques continuent à être étudiés, sauvegardés, car c’est notre rôle commun vis à vis du patrimoine.
Rdv à République à Midi !
Rdv à République à Midi !
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🚩For our international colleagues, an update on the very problematic situation of #archaeology in #France.
The “Simplification of Economic Life” bill poses the most serious threat to #Frencharchaeology in two decades.
The “Simplification of Economic Life” bill poses the most serious threat to #Frencharchaeology in two decades.
June 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🚩For our international colleagues, an update on the very problematic situation of #archaeology in #France.
The “Simplification of Economic Life” bill poses the most serious threat to #Frencharchaeology in two decades.
The “Simplification of Economic Life” bill poses the most serious threat to #Frencharchaeology in two decades.
🔊🔊 Je ne pourrai malheureusement pas participer à la manifestation aujourd'hui, mais je suis de tout cœur avec mes collègues qui vont défendre à Paris l'archéologie française. Cet amendement ne doit pas casser l'un des plus beaux dispositifs d'archéologie préventive au monde !
Archéologie : communiqué de presse de l’intersyndicale SGPA-CGT / FSU Culture / SUD Culture / CNT
Manifestation demain 12h place de la République en direction du ministère de la Culture, départ à 13h
www.cgt-culture.fr/archeologie-...
Manifestation demain 12h place de la République en direction du ministère de la Culture, départ à 13h
www.cgt-culture.fr/archeologie-...
June 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🔊🔊 Je ne pourrai malheureusement pas participer à la manifestation aujourd'hui, mais je suis de tout cœur avec mes collègues qui vont défendre à Paris l'archéologie française. Cet amendement ne doit pas casser l'un des plus beaux dispositifs d'archéologie préventive au monde !
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The UHI Archaeology Institute has published a report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy Hill chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, the archaeologist who led the operation.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
New ORCA report details 1985 Vinquoy excavation for the first time
The UHI Archaeology Institute has published a report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy Hill chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, the archaeologist who led the operation.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The UHI Archaeology Institute has published a report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy Hill chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, the archaeologist who led the operation.
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
#archaeology #Orkney #Neolithic
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In the Middle Neolithic of Ireland's Boyne Valley, passage graves were superseded by more open circular enclosures. Circular 'proto-henge' monuments developed in southern Britain shortly after. Were they inspired by interaction across the Irish Sea? 🏺
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
May 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In the Middle Neolithic of Ireland's Boyne Valley, passage graves were superseded by more open circular enclosures. Circular 'proto-henge' monuments developed in southern Britain shortly after. Were they inspired by interaction across the Irish Sea? 🏺
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
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Face aux attaques politiques croissantes contre l'archéologie préventive, ci-joint l'appel à manifestation de l'ensemble de syndicats de l'archéologie, pour le 12 juin prochain à Paris :
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Face aux attaques politiques croissantes contre l'archéologie préventive, ci-joint l'appel à manifestation de l'ensemble de syndicats de l'archéologie, pour le 12 juin prochain à Paris :
After Geneva🇨🇭, Bélesta 🇨🇵, Carhaix 🇨🇵, and an online version (www.unige.ch/expositions-...), our exhibition Mégalithes d'ici, Mégalithes d'ailleurs will be visible in 🇱🇧🇱🇧 Lebanon! It explores why societies around the world began to build megalithic architectures through 4 different areas (🇨🇭🇨🇵🇱🇧🇮🇩). Enjoy!
May 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
After Geneva🇨🇭, Bélesta 🇨🇵, Carhaix 🇨🇵, and an online version (www.unige.ch/expositions-...), our exhibition Mégalithes d'ici, Mégalithes d'ailleurs will be visible in 🇱🇧🇱🇧 Lebanon! It explores why societies around the world began to build megalithic architectures through 4 different areas (🇨🇭🇨🇵🇱🇧🇮🇩). Enjoy!
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Check out this fascinating thread showcasing brand new research involving our Department's Drs Alan Williams, Ben Roberts and Kamal Badreshany!
Find out what "the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history" was below 👇
#DUresearch #Archaeology #AncientHistory
Find out what "the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history" was below 👇
#DUresearch #Archaeology #AncientHistory
NEW Analysis of tin ores and artefacts from across Europe and in Mediterranean shipwrecks reveals south-west Britain was a major source of tin for bronze production, including that of the major Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean!
#AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵 🏺
#AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵 🏺
May 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Check out this fascinating thread showcasing brand new research involving our Department's Drs Alan Williams, Ben Roberts and Kamal Badreshany!
Find out what "the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history" was below 👇
#DUresearch #Archaeology #AncientHistory
Find out what "the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history" was below 👇
#DUresearch #Archaeology #AncientHistory
Please sign the petition to save the French archaeological heritage.
INRAP threats to funding - Petition - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
The archaeological heritage of France is again in real danger and the archaeological community of the country, are forced to do less with less! For decades, archaeologists have been warning about the ...
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May 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Please sign the petition to save the French archaeological heritage.
France's archaeological heritage is in danger from draft legislation that could restrict preventive surveys. Here is the link to a petition that accompanies this article in Le Monde: www.change.org/p/sauvons-le...
April 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
France's archaeological heritage is in danger from draft legislation that could restrict preventive surveys. Here is the link to a petition that accompanies this article in Le Monde: www.change.org/p/sauvons-le...
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Les archéologues du SRA Bourgogne-Franche-Comté tirent l’alarme :
Le projet de loi sur la "simplification économique" menace l’archéologie préventive !
Nous demandons :
✔️ Le retrait immédiat de l’article 15 bis
✔️ Le respect de nos missions
✔️ Des moyens et des recrutements à la hauteur
Le projet de loi sur la "simplification économique" menace l’archéologie préventive !
Nous demandons :
✔️ Le retrait immédiat de l’article 15 bis
✔️ Le respect de nos missions
✔️ Des moyens et des recrutements à la hauteur
April 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Les archéologues du SRA Bourgogne-Franche-Comté tirent l’alarme :
Le projet de loi sur la "simplification économique" menace l’archéologie préventive !
Nous demandons :
✔️ Le retrait immédiat de l’article 15 bis
✔️ Le respect de nos missions
✔️ Des moyens et des recrutements à la hauteur
Le projet de loi sur la "simplification économique" menace l’archéologie préventive !
Nous demandons :
✔️ Le retrait immédiat de l’article 15 bis
✔️ Le respect de nos missions
✔️ Des moyens et des recrutements à la hauteur
The lost medieval cloister of Carhaix (Brittany, France) has finally been found at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It had been sold in 1930 to an unknown destination in the United States. Congratulations to Anne Derrien-Esnault and @inrap.fr for their hard work.
April 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The lost medieval cloister of Carhaix (Brittany, France) has finally been found at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City. It had been sold in 1930 to an unknown destination in the United States. Congratulations to Anne Derrien-Esnault and @inrap.fr for their hard work.
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Over the past two weeks we conducted fieldwork in the Algarve for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Megalithic Origins project. Collaborating with partners from the Museu de Vila do Bispo, we documented the Aspadrantes menhir, collected samples, and explored features. Great teamwork, cuisine, landscapes!
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Over the past two weeks we conducted fieldwork in the Algarve for our @leverhulme.ac.uk funded Megalithic Origins project. Collaborating with partners from the Museu de Vila do Bispo, we documented the Aspadrantes menhir, collected samples, and explored features. Great teamwork, cuisine, landscapes!
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Plans to reopen the Isbister chambered cairn took a step closer this week with the Scottish Land Fund awarding £357,705 to the South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust to purchase the site.
#archaeology #Orkney #neolithic #chamberedtomb
#archaeology #Orkney #neolithic #chamberedtomb
Trust’s £357k award sees ‘Tomb of the Eagles’ purchase move a step closer
Plans to reopen the Isbister chambered cairn took a step closer this week with the Scottish Land Fund awarding £357,705 to the South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust.
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Plans to reopen the Isbister chambered cairn took a step closer this week with the Scottish Land Fund awarding £357,705 to the South Ronaldsay and Burray Development Trust to purchase the site.
#archaeology #Orkney #neolithic #chamberedtomb
#archaeology #Orkney #neolithic #chamberedtomb