Biography

Areas of specialization – European Mesolithic and Neolithic, Lithic Technology, Functional Analysis, Cross-cultural studies of lithic production and exchange, Experimental archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology, Maritime Archaeology.

Geographical area of fieldwork (excavations and surveys): Atlantic France, Saint-Pierre et Miquelon, Portugal, Oman, Canada (Labrador)

Academic background - Ph.D. University of Paris 1 (1997), Postdoctoral fellowship at Lisbon (Portugal) 2000, H.D.R. University of Rennes 1 (2012)

Academic awards - Bronze medal of the CNRS (2006)

Administrative tasks - Director of the journal “Gallia-Préhistoire” (2008 - 2010), Deputy Director of UMR 6566 of the CNRS (CReAAH – 2008-2016), Director of the Archéosciences laboratory (Univ. of Rennes 1 - 2012 – 2016), Member of the CNRS National Committee (2017-2021).

Current Research programme management
- 2015-2017 : CIMATLANTIC. Monde des morts / monde des vivants en France atlantique. De l’anthropologie des populations aux identités préhistoriques » (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Bretagne ; codirection with A. Vialet) - https://www.mshb.fr/projets_mshb/cimatlantic/2284/
- 2019-2023: Coast-inland dynamics in prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies (PrehCOAST) / Dynamiques des sociétés de chasseurs-cueilleurs littorales de la Préhistoire (International Research Network ; CNRS-INEE) - https://prehcoast.hypotheses.org/
- 2019-2023 :Préhistoire de l’archipel de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Ministère de la Culture, CNRS, Université Laval de Québec).
- 2022-2025 : GEOPRAS - GEOarchaeology and PRehistory of Atlantic Societies (ANR-21-CE27-0024)