#HunterGatherers settling at Maisières-Canal on the banks of the Haine river in southern #Belgium 31,000 years ago were already using #spearthrowers to hunt their game, a new study conducted at @traceolab at the @UniversiteLiege...

👩‍🏫Le 16/11 @VeerleRots du @traceolab interviendra dans le cadre du séminaire de #préhistoire de l'@SorbonneParis1 à l'IAA à 10h, pour parler notamment de tracéologie, de préhension et de Paléolithique moyen !

umrtemps.cnrs.fr/evenement/pala…

Bullseye! This week at TraceoLab, more than fifty sharp projectiles were launched as part of a summer study on wear patterns. This initiative aims to establish a benchmark for Lola's PhD, which focuses on identifying the components of laterally hafted projectiles.

A new study by TraceoLab at the University of Liège concluded that hunter-gatherers who settled on the banks of the #Haine, a river in southern #Belgium, 31,000 years ago were already using spearthrowers to hunt their game. #Archaeology

ℹ️ More information about the full public program:
www.conexp2025.uliege.be/cms/c_204988...

#Traceolab #ConExp2025 #ExperimentalArchaeology #QuatreLiège #Préhistomuseum #ULiège

Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Close match between sample and experimental spearthrower extends timeline of spearthrower use by over 10,000 years.

Join us at TraceoLab Research Seminars on March 27 at ULiège's Grand Physique. At 13:30, Sol Sánchez-Dehesa Galán will discuss hominin cognition and knapping skills, followed by Osman Khaleel at 14:30 on human movement and technology in MSA Sudan.

Want to advance use-wear analysis methodology?

OPEN CALL! WE'RE HIRING: POST-DOC POSITION IN TRACEOLAB

Topic: optical profilometry of use-wear traces on prehistoric stone tools, methodological development and archaeological application, integration with other methods used in TraceoLab

Archaeological position at TraceoLab (ULiège) - reorganising prehistory collections. Need a Master's in Archaeology, lithic experience, and good organisational skills.
Apply to veerle.rots@uliege.be by 25/8/25. Start Sep-Oct.
Full details: www.traceolab.uliege.be/cms/c_127324... 🏺

Research at multiple archaeological sites has now confirmed that Neanderthals made tools once seen as a sign of superior human intelligence. 🧪

UMR TEMPS and TraceoLab are hosting the conference 'On the Traces of Prehistoric Individuals: Scientific Challenges, Methods, and Perspectives' in Paris on 26-27 February 2026. Abstract submissions are open and should be sent to pierre.allard@cnrs.fr, solene.denis@cnrs.fr or otouze@uliege.be.