Biography

PROFESSIONAL CURSUS – Preventive archaeology

1996-2013: Director of excavations for Neolithic and Metal Ages sites, scientific and technical excavation strategies and team management Development of scientific projects and technical specifications for preventive excavations.
Coordinator of complex excavations (extensive excavations, for example), project management with the setting up of specialised scientific collaborations and the ensuring of consistency in data collection.
Diffusion and valorisation of archaeological data via site reports and in most cases publication
Monitoring of students and trainees at degree level (BA and Master).

2013-present day: Director of the Archaeological centre of Normandy, Scientific and technical Deputy-Director in Normandy

RESEARCH

My research is manly centred on the study of Neolithic and Bronze Age in the Channel area (Britain, France and Benelux). This has led to the management of several programmed and preventive excavations and the coordination of research projects within the UMR 6566-CReAAH « Research Centre for Archaeology, Archaeosciences, History » (CNRS, Rennes and Nantes University and Ministry of Culture) ; I was nominated director of the UMR from 2008 to 2014.
Since 2014, I have developed a new research program for the methodological study of the remains of recent conflicts (comparing archaeological analysis with the stories of survivors).

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

I am an occasional reviewer for « Antiquity » (2005, 2007), « Anthropologie-International Journal of the Science of Man » (2009, 2011), « Revue Archéologique d’Île-de-France » (2010, 2011), « Préhistoires méditerranéennes » (2011, 2012, 2013), « Gallia préhistoire » (2012), « Revue archéologique du Centre de la France » (2014, 2015, 2016), I am the editor of the Revue Archéologique de l’Ouest and do editorial work for the CTHS (Institut de l’École nationale des chartes), section pré et protohistoire. I also edit the collection « Archéologies normandes » (éditions OREP).

EXPERT ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH MANAGEMENT

Since the early 2000s, I have assessed projects in relation to the reorganisation of several museums (Penmarch, Bayeux, Cherbourg, le Mans) and have conducted expert assessments of sites for the government of Guernsey in 2002 and 2007. I am a member of the National Council for Archaeological Research and have participated in the development of the Protohistoric scientific research (2012, 2013). I am also a member of the scientific committee for the collective research projects (ACR) and was a member of the commission for the promotion of Inrap employees in 2011.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS – Teaching

I currently lecture at the Ecole du Louvre (40 hours per annum), at Rennes University (78 hours per annum) and at Caen University (6 hours per annum). I have also lectured at Nantes University (66 hours per annum). I have been a member of Master juries (often in the role of supervisor), and PhD juries (member of the committees and juries of the Universities of Nantes, Rennes, Paris I, Durham) and the post-doctoral projects "fwo" (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – Vlaanderen).