A5043113265- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
- Marine and environmental studies
- Geological formations and processes
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Landslides and related hazards
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Karst Systems and Hydrogeology
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Building materials and conservation
- Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Soil and Environmental Studies
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
Service Public de Wallonie
2011-2025
Agence Wallonne du Patrimoine
2018-2025
University of Liège
2008-2025
Université Paris-Saclay
2024
Institute of Natural Sciences
2006-2017
In Eurasia, the period between 40,000 and 30,000 BP saw replacement of Neandertals by anatomically modern humans (AMH) during after Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. The human fossil record for this is very poorly defined with no overlap AMH on basis direct dates. Four new (14)C dates were obtained two adult from Spy (Belgium). results show that survived at least approximately 36,000 in Belgium fossils may be associated Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician, a transitional techno-complex...
Elucidating when Neanderthal populations disappeared from Eurasia is a key question in paleoanthropology, and Belgium one of the regions for studying Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. Previous radiocarbon dating placed Spy Neanderthals among latest surviving Northwest Europe with reported dates as young 23,880 ± 240 B.P. (OxA-8912). Questions were raised, however, regarding reliability these dates. Soil contamination carbon-based conservation products are known cause problems during...
Recent investigations devoted to the Eurasian loess formations have provided an integrated high-resolution climatic sequence well radiocarbon dated between 13.4 and 42.5 kyr BP on charcoal wood remains. Here, we show that reproducible signature of this can be compared by proxy-correlation with Greenland ice signals, taking into account distribution aeolian components in both records. This correlation allows situating precision series 14 C dates obtained from regard sequence. In way,...
Abstract The Middle Danube region is a key area for understanding Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer behaviours in climatic context due to its long loess–palaeosol sequences and rich archaeological record spanning from the onset of Last Glacial Maximum beyond. Recently, new approaches focusing on high-resolution studies stratigraphy, geoarchaeological at microscopic scale investigations organic matter molecular (biomarker analyses) have shown great insights human behaviour. Many sites been...
ABSTRACT The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp ), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource stress throughout Eurasia. Arguably, one the most fundamental tools for human survival during this cold arid was ability create, maintain use fire. While fire widely considered ubiquitous tool in modern behaviour, there are surprisingly few well‐described combustion features LGM Europe. In...
The Rocourt Tephra (RT) is a pyroclastic fallout deposit that was discovered in Belgium three-quarters of century ago. Since then, the search for its source volcano has been vain. Recently, however, two volcanoes West Eifel Volcanic Field have put forward, namely Dreiser Weiher and Pulvermaar, but it shown by geochemical fingerprints associated pyroxenes neither them compatible with RT (Juvigné et al., 2024, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-024-01756-2). We present here additional arguments support this...
Abstract A new study of the stratigraphy and composition Rocourt Tephra is performed at five sites in Belgium brackets age tephra between 90.3 74 ka. The volcanic glass grains have a typical shape phreatomagmatic eruption products. large set minerals were analyzed, namely clinopyroxene, orthopyroxene, amphibole, Cr-spinel. compositions these been compared with lava xenocrysts, megacrysts, phenocrysts proximate Eifel province for which origin has determined (mantle xenoliths, high-pressure...
Considerable morphological and ecological diversity has been found in extinct extant members of the bear genus, Ursus, appears to be key explaining how they have thrived across vast gradients. One example is cave Ursus spelaeus. We applied 2D geometric morphometric techniques describe changes mandibles species further interpret palaeoecology U. were discriminated using their mandibular morphology, which showed intra interspecific shape variation that was indirectly linked climatic...
The habitat weighting, the bioclimatic model methods and Simpson diversity index are applied to small-mammals assemblage of Scladina Cave (border between High Middle Belgium) in order reconstruct environmental climatic fluctuations that reflected on Late Pleistocene sequence cave. small-mammal data analyzed come from two surveys carried out at entrance cave allow us identify within section one cold episode: a dry, cool phase upper part (probably associated with MIS 3). show an alternation...