From palm fibres to use-wear traces: we are testing the efficiency of flint tools on Chamaerops humilis to better understand perishable technologies and craft practices in the North African Pleistocene.

New paper out! 🎉 We explore how deep learning (CNNs) can classify polish on experimental flint tools based on contact material and use intensity. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Together with my colleague Othman Echcherif, we’re combining typo-technological data with use-wear analysis of MSA lithics from Bizmoune Cave, Central western Morocco!
The results are truly fascinating, more to come soon! 🔬

We were thrilled to organize the seminar Traceology II: Introduction to Theory and Methods in Archaeological Research. The sessions combined theory with hands-on lithic analysis, offering an overview of traceological methods and relevance to archaeological research. Many thanks to all participants!

Our latest review explores the role of machine learning in use-wear analysis, highlighting its potential and providing recommendations for key challenges and limitations.
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Just out! Our first publication on the use-wear analysis of quartzite tools from the MSA sequence at Rhafas Cave, Morocco!
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