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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · 4d

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

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · 15d

#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...

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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 15d

🐚 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)

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Isabelle Crevecoeur @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social · 15d

🐚 🔬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)

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · 15d

🧪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

Châtelperronian cultural diversity at its western limits: Shell beads and pigments from La Roche-à-Pierrot, Saint-Césaire | PNAS

The timing and mechanisms underlying the gradual replacement of Neanderthal populations by Homo sapiens groups have elicited heated debate for deca...

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jul 13

🧪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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jul 9

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

Multivariate analyses of Aurignacian and Gravettian personal ornaments support cultural continuity in the Early Upper Palaeolithic

Traditionally, lithic artefacts have served as the principal proxy for the definition of archaeological cultures in the Upper Paleolithic. However, the culture-historical framework in use, constructed...

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Jun 2

🧪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

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · May 21

🚨 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...

Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Paléo-environnements et peuplements pléistocènes et holocènes M/F

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · May 10

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Apr 30

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Apr 12

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Apr 10

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Apr 3

🧪@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

Smithsonian attaquée par Trump

Les Musées de la Smithsonian Institution visés par une attaque de Trump et menacés de se voir privés de financement s’ils ne se plient pas à l’idéologie raciste du Président des USA.

www.lemonde.fr

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Mar 26

🧪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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Mar 9

2/2 Those words are part of the terminology used in my research : Barrier, bias, biologically female/male, cultural differences, cultural heritage, diverse, diversity, ethnicity, female, gender, gender identity, identity, increase diversity, sex, sociocultural, socioeconomic, status.......

Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Mar 9

🧪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 Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

www.nytimes.com

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Mar 7

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

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Université de Bordeaux @univbordeaux.bsky.social · Mar 5

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...

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Feb 28

🧪 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

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Solange Rigaud @solangerigaud.bsky.social · Feb 24

I would be happy to join

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PACEA laboratory, Human evolution, Prehistory @pacea.bsky.social · Feb 18

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

Ecole d'été/Summer school

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