New Cambridge Element Infrared Spectroscopy of Archaeological Sediments by Michael B. Toffolo 🦥 out now! Read Open Access at cup.org/3Exi3KZ #cambridgeelements #openaccess #archaeology

We are now officially hosted by the CNRS 🌍 at the laboratory Archéosciences Bordeaux! 🇫🇷

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Our latest work from the open-air Stone Age landscape of Jojosi on new absolute ages - this is something for the luminescence nerds! 🤓 gchron.copernicus.org/articles/7/59/… #archaelogy #SouthAfrica #geology #luminescence

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New Publication Alert! 🚀 Excited to share my paper, based on my PhD research, published today in the Journal of Human Evolution! 🎉. Thanks to Yonatan Sahle Dr. Jayne Wilkins Dr Ben Schoville for the support. 🔗 Link to the article here: 👉 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S00… HERI GENUS

The team is back at Florisbad for the 2025 season! Archéosciences Bordeaux

📢New publication on the archaeological survey of the Modder River dongas led by Dr Felipe Cuartero, published in Southern African Field Archaeology. Available in open access👇 doi.org/10.36615/safa.… Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine

This week the team started excavations at a new Acheulean/Fauresmith locality in the Free State together with Dr Darya Presnyakova and Dr Will Archer Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine European Research Council (ERC)

This week the team started the collection of samples to establish the chronology of the Riet River terraces. Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales European Research Council (ERC)

Sample collection continues on the Riet River terraces! ⛏️ Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales European Research Council (ERC)

While part of the team works at the Riet River, Dr Benoit Longet conducts the survey of the Vet River to find new archaeological sites. 🔍 Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales European Research Council (ERC)

And it's a wrap! After 7 weeks of fieldwork filled with discoveries and new encounters, the team has returned to Bordeaux. See you soon at SAfA 2025 in Portugal!

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This week we attended #SAfA2025 in Faro 🇵🇹 to present results from Baden-Baden 2 and the Modder River. It was great to meet colleagues who conduct exciting research in Africa! See you at ESHE in Paris! European Research Council (ERC) CNRS Aquitaine CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales Archéosciences Bordeaux

#ESHE2025 Mailys Richard ‘A revised chronology for the Middle Pleistocene sedimentary sequence of Florisbad, South Africa’ Prev fossil hom (eSapiens): OSL & ESR- 279-228 ka NEW OSL, TT-OSL & pIRIR290: range of dates – most likely MIS6 But only if prov of cran in Unit M

This week we attended #ESHE2025 in Paris 🇨🇵, where we presented results from the Modder and Riet rivers, Baden-Baden 2, and Florisbad. Great to see colleagues and learn about their research! Archéosciences Bordeaux CNRS Aquitaine CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales European Research Council (ERC)