Solange Rigaud
@solangerigaud.bsky.social
Researcher @CNRS @univbordeaux
and @PACEA_Bordeaux
#HumanEvolution #archaeology #shell #anthropology #bead
and @PACEA_Bordeaux
#HumanEvolution #archaeology #shell #anthropology #bead
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📸 Random photos: visit to Bacho Kiro Cave, and team shots celebrating 30 years of collaboration between Bulgaria and PACEA.
📸 Random photos: visit to Bacho Kiro Cave, and team shots celebrating 30 years of collaboration between Bulgaria and PACEA.
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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📸 Random photos: visit to Bacho Kiro Cave, and team shots celebrating 30 years of collaboration between Bulgaria and PACEA.
📸 Random photos: visit to Bacho Kiro Cave, and team shots celebrating 30 years of collaboration between Bulgaria and PACEA.
Pleased to share my latest article
Beads of shells and teeth from Abri Murat (Rocamadour, Lot) reveal long-distance networks linking Atlantic, Mediterranean, and inland groups 15,000+ years ago @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
Beads of shells and teeth from Abri Murat (Rocamadour, Lot) reveal long-distance networks linking Atlantic, Mediterranean, and inland groups 15,000+ years ago @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Pleased to share my latest article
Beads of shells and teeth from Abri Murat (Rocamadour, Lot) reveal long-distance networks linking Atlantic, Mediterranean, and inland groups 15,000+ years ago @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
Beads of shells and teeth from Abri Murat (Rocamadour, Lot) reveal long-distance networks linking Atlantic, Mediterranean, and inland groups 15,000+ years ago @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
🧪Saint-Césaire annual fieldwork led by I. Crevecoeur. A key site to debates on the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition.
I’m reassessing the Upper Paleo artefacts as part of my Threads project @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social
I’m reassessing the Upper Paleo artefacts as part of my Threads project @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🧪Saint-Césaire annual fieldwork led by I. Crevecoeur. A key site to debates on the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition.
I’m reassessing the Upper Paleo artefacts as part of my Threads project @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social
I’m reassessing the Upper Paleo artefacts as part of my Threads project @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social
Excited to welcome Céline, a Master's student from ULiège, for a training stay at @pacea.bsky.social with me, Biba Hromodova and @lucdoyon.bsky.social ! Her project deals with ivory industry from Goyet & Spy. @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Excited to welcome Céline, a Master's student from ULiège, for a training stay at @pacea.bsky.social with me, Biba Hromodova and @lucdoyon.bsky.social ! Her project deals with ivory industry from Goyet & Spy. @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
Last week’s interdisciplinary residency at Maison Bordes, Les Eyzies, with PhD students & postdocs from Sci Archéo & Environnement. Great practice in non-specialist writing & reflecting on societal relevance. River swims & a ride back to Bordeaux! @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Last week’s interdisciplinary residency at Maison Bordes, Les Eyzies, with PhD students & postdocs from Sci Archéo & Environnement. Great practice in non-specialist writing & reflecting on societal relevance. River swims & a ride back to Bordeaux! @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
🧪Train + 90 km ride to Tourtoirac!
Excavations led by @lucdoyon.bsky.social serve as a field school for @univbordeaux.bsky.social MA students. more : shorturl.at/ISf4r
Neanderthal remains, Gravettian ornaments—now part of my Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
Excavations led by @lucdoyon.bsky.social serve as a field school for @univbordeaux.bsky.social MA students. more : shorturl.at/ISf4r
Neanderthal remains, Gravettian ornaments—now part of my Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 AM
🧪Train + 90 km ride to Tourtoirac!
Excavations led by @lucdoyon.bsky.social serve as a field school for @univbordeaux.bsky.social MA students. more : shorturl.at/ISf4r
Neanderthal remains, Gravettian ornaments—now part of my Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
Excavations led by @lucdoyon.bsky.social serve as a field school for @univbordeaux.bsky.social MA students. more : shorturl.at/ISf4r
Neanderthal remains, Gravettian ornaments—now part of my Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
From the field in Cyprus: traditional tribulum at our host’s place. This was a common threshing tool in Mediterranean agriculture until recently. Flint flakes and cores to produce them frequently found during surveys with @umr5608traces.bsky.social @nxcco.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
From the field in Cyprus: traditional tribulum at our host’s place. This was a common threshing tool in Mediterranean agriculture until recently. Flint flakes and cores to produce them frequently found during surveys with @umr5608traces.bsky.social @nxcco.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
At the Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies, exploring how Azilian foragers adorned their bodies 14ky ago. Convenient stay at La Maison Bordes @univbordeaux.bsky.social facility welcoming scholars from around the world for over 30 years, right across from the museum @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
At the Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies, exploring how Azilian foragers adorned their bodies 14ky ago. Convenient stay at La Maison Bordes @univbordeaux.bsky.social facility welcoming scholars from around the world for over 30 years, right across from the museum @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
At the MNHN Paris for a day honoring Jean-Denis Vigne and his immense impact on modern bioarchaeology
A flute of champagne in the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution—the perfect way to end such a day! Recent publication on the PPN in Cyprus books.openedition.org/editionscnrs... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
A flute of champagne in the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution—the perfect way to end such a day! Recent publication on the PPN in Cyprus books.openedition.org/editionscnrs... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
At the MNHN Paris for a day honoring Jean-Denis Vigne and his immense impact on modern bioarchaeology
A flute of champagne in the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution—the perfect way to end such a day! Recent publication on the PPN in Cyprus books.openedition.org/editionscnrs... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
A flute of champagne in the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution—the perfect way to end such a day! Recent publication on the PPN in Cyprus books.openedition.org/editionscnrs... @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
For the past 3 days, I’ve been at the Fyssen with @mariesoressi.bsky.social invited to speak on cooperation in human evolution—alongside archaeologists, primatologists & philosophers. I discuss how did innovation, identity & otherness shape us @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 4:54 AM
For the past 3 days, I’ve been at the Fyssen with @mariesoressi.bsky.social invited to speak on cooperation in human evolution—alongside archaeologists, primatologists & philosophers. I discuss how did innovation, identity & otherness shape us @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
🧪Great discussions with colleagues from Nice Univ and abroad @emmabaysal.bsky.social Happy to present at SPF meeting the long and complex history of body ornamentation, key to understanding identities, social ties, and evolution @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🧪Great discussions with colleagues from Nice Univ and abroad @emmabaysal.bsky.social Happy to present at SPF meeting the long and complex history of body ornamentation, key to understanding identities, social ties, and evolution @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
The end of a fruitful week in Halle (Saale, Germany) with colleagues from the Landesmuseum, studying ornaments for my THREADS project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social and bone tools with L. Doyon for his ERC ExOsTech research. Exciting insights @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
March 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The end of a fruitful week in Halle (Saale, Germany) with colleagues from the Landesmuseum, studying ornaments for my THREADS project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social and bone tools with L. Doyon for his ERC ExOsTech research. Exciting insights @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
🧪 A week in Kraków studying over 120 mammal tooth pendants from the Borshuka child burial (~31 ka) with colleagues from the Polish Acad. of Sci. and B. Hromadova (postdoc @pacea.bsky.social threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social) @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🧪 A week in Kraków studying over 120 mammal tooth pendants from the Borshuka child burial (~31 ka) with colleagues from the Polish Acad. of Sci. and B. Hromadova (postdoc @pacea.bsky.social threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social) @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
🧪 'Archaeology of Symbols' team meeting at @pacea.bsky.social L. Courtnay (QUANTA ERC) discussed the evolution of numerical symbols, B. Hramodova (Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social ) presented Upper Paleolithic mammoth ivory industries @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
🧪 'Archaeology of Symbols' team meeting at @pacea.bsky.social L. Courtnay (QUANTA ERC) discussed the evolution of numerical symbols, B. Hramodova (Threads project @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social ) presented Upper Paleolithic mammoth ivory industries @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
🧪Reassessing Proto/Early Aurignacian beads from Isturitz Northern Pyrenees, amber, stone, bone, teeth, and shells on the menu @umr5608traces.bsky.social TRANSPYR @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social also funded by @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social THREADS @univbordeaux.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🧪Reassessing Proto/Early Aurignacian beads from Isturitz Northern Pyrenees, amber, stone, bone, teeth, and shells on the menu @umr5608traces.bsky.social TRANSPYR @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social also funded by @nouvelleaquitaine.bsky.social THREADS @univbordeaux.bsky.social
🧪The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe is available, featuring my chapter on Identity, Gender, and Social Dynamics. Happy to contribute to this comprehensive volume alongside valued colleagues @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
#Archaeology shorturl.at/VfnRU
#Archaeology shorturl.at/VfnRU
January 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
🧪The Oxford Handbook of Mesolithic Europe is available, featuring my chapter on Identity, Gender, and Social Dynamics. Happy to contribute to this comprehensive volume alongside valued colleagues @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
#Archaeology shorturl.at/VfnRU
#Archaeology shorturl.at/VfnRU
We are happy to announce the call for submission for the Session #81 Connectivity and its Impact on Cultural Dynamics during Prehistory at the upcoming #EAA2025 Annual Meeting. www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025 deadline 6th of February with @alainqueffelec.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
January 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We are happy to announce the call for submission for the Session #81 Connectivity and its Impact on Cultural Dynamics during Prehistory at the upcoming #EAA2025 Annual Meeting. www.e-a-a.org/EAA2025 deadline 6th of February with @alainqueffelec.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
🧪Field report season! Final report of 7y of excavation at Malaurie, Epipaleolithic, SW France, led by V. Laroulandie. Among the finds: perforated Atlantic gastropods—transported 225 km from the coast @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
🧪Field report season! Final report of 7y of excavation at Malaurie, Epipaleolithic, SW France, led by V. Laroulandie. Among the finds: perforated Atlantic gastropods—transported 225 km from the coast @pacea.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
🧪 This Monday, my colleague S. Yelozer will present our findings on how Pre-Pottery Neolithic societies at Aşıklı, Turkey, expressed and navigated their individual and cultural identities @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:28 AM
🧪 This Monday, my colleague S. Yelozer will present our findings on how Pre-Pottery Neolithic societies at Aşıklı, Turkey, expressed and navigated their individual and cultural identities @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social
🧪Today marks an important milestone for my PhD student J. Baker. He defends his work on personal ornaments during the Gravettian. 4 years of work co-supervised with F. d'Errico www.nature.com/articles/s41... @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 6:57 AM
🧪Today marks an important milestone for my PhD student J. Baker. He defends his work on personal ornaments during the Gravettian. 4 years of work co-supervised with F. d'Errico www.nature.com/articles/s41... @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrs.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social