Éric Huysecom

Biographic Data

ID3584735
NAMEÉric Huysecom
GIVEN NAMESÉric
FAMILY NAMEHuysecom
SIGNATUREHUYSECOM E
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Geneva
ORCID0000-0003-4205-0914
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS329
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1982
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX12

  • Mudbricks in Medieval West African Architecture

    Open AccessCéline Cervera, Éric Huysecom et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2025References: 1

    The Djoutoubaya settlement in the Falémé Valley (Senegal), occupied from the 9th to 14th centuries, provides key insights into West African mudbrick architecture prior to the 16th century. This study examines Djoutoubaya’s architectural evolution, focusing on a mudbrick complex dating to the 13th century. The presence of two distinct brick types – hand-modeled “loaf-shaped” and molded plano-convex – demonstrates diverse construction practices, wh…

  • Evidence for discrete ochre exploitation 35,000 years ago in West Africa

    Open AccessLaure Dayet, María Lorenzo Martínez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 5

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  • Archaeological Glass Beads as Evidence of Exchange Dynamics in West Africa

    Open AccessMiriam Truffa Giachet, Éric Huysecom et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2025References: 2

    Glass beads are among the oldest objects in the glassmaking industry. In West Africa, archaeological glass beads are evidence of short-, medium- and long-distance trade within the continent and with the rest of the world, in relation to social and geopolitical circumstances. As glass beads relate to many aspects of the everyday life of a community, the interest of their study lies in gaining evidence about technological aspects, socio-cultural co…

  • New Insights on the Palaeo-archaeological Potential of the Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal

    Open AccessMatar Ndiaye, Éric Huysecom et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2023Cited by: 2References: 14

    The study of the Palaeolithic in Senegal has made considerable progress in the last decade and has provided a renewed vision of the behavioral evolution of prehistoric populations in West Africa. The cultural trajectories within the region seem to be highly variable and bear witness to strong behavioral dynamics, the mechanisms of which still need to be better understood. However, the number of reliable, dated, and stratified sites, as well as th…

  • Middle Stone Age Bifacial Technology and Pressure Flaking at the MIS 3 Site of Toumboura III, Eastern Senegal

    Open AccessViola C Schmid, Katja Douze et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2021Cited by: 11References: 42

    The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10437-021-09463-5

  • A West African Middle Stone Age site dated to the beginning of MIS 5

    Open AccessKatja Douze, Laurent Lespez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2021Cited by: 20References: 85

    The Ravin Blanc I archaeological occurrence, dated to MIS 5, provides unprecedented data on the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of West Africa since well-contextualized archaeological sites pre-dating MIS 4/3 are extremely rare for this region. The combined approach on geomorphology, phytolith analysis, and OSL date estimations offers a solid framework for the MSA industry comprised in the Ravin Blanc I sedimentary sequence. The paleoenvironmental reconst…

  • Agricultural diversification in West Africa

    Open AccessL Champion, D Q Fuller et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2021Cited by: 14References: 64

    While narratives of the spread of agriculture are central to interpretation of African history, hard evidence of past crops and cultivation practices are still few. This research aims at filling this gap and better understanding the evolution of agriculture and foodways in West Africa. It reports evidence from systematic flotation samples taken at the settlement mounds of Sadia (Mali), dating from 4 phases (phase 0=before first-third century AD; …

  • Ounjougou Site Complex, Archaeology of the

    Open AccessÉric HuysecomCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Global Archaeology2020

  • The First Emergence of Ceramic Production in Africa

    Éric HuysecomCHAPTER2020Cited by: 2

    The discoveries at Ounjougou (Mali), an open-air site in the Dogon Country, shed new light on the “early Neolithic” in Africa. The stratigraphic sequence and a cluster of absolute dates established a terminus ante quem of 9400 cal bc for ceramic sherds associated with a small bifacial lithic industry. The emergence of this typo-technical complex corresponds to one of the wet phases of the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in West Africa, most proba…

  • A Phoenician glass eye bead from 7th–5th c. cal BCE Nin-Bèrè 3, Mali

    Open AccessMiriam Truffa Giachet, Bernard Gratuze et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2019Cited by: 6References: 26

  • Radiocarbon Dating and the Protection of Cultural Heritage

    Open AccessI Hajdas, A J T Jull et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2019Cited by: 4References: 3

    The modern antiquities market uses radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating to screen for forged objects. Although this fact shows the potential and power of the method, the circumstances where it is applied can be questionable and call for our attention. Here we present an outline of a call to radiocarbon laboratories for due diligence and best practice approaches to the analysis of antique objects requested by non-research clients

  • Diversification, Intensification and Specialization

    Open AccessAndrea Kay, D Q Fuller et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2019Cited by: 20References: 14

  • Chronologie du Paléolithique ouest africain

    Open AccessBrice Lebrun, Chantal Tribolo et al.ARTICLEL Anthropologie2017

  • Between continuity and discontinuity

    Open AccessBenoît Chevrier, Éric Huysecom et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2017Cited by: 17References: 31

  • The “Enhancement” of Cultural Heritage by AMS Dating

    Open AccessÉric Huysecom, I Hajdas et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2017Cited by: 3References: 4

    The looting of archaeological and ethnographic objects from emerging countries and areas of conflict has prospered due to the high prices that these objects can achieve on the art market. This commercial value now almost necessarily requires proof of authenticity by the object’s age. To do so, absolute dating has been conducted since the end of the 1970s on terra cotta art objects using the thermoluminescence method, a practice that has since bee…

  • Establishing a West African chrono-cultural framework

    Open AccessBrice Lebrun, Chantal Tribolo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016Cited by: 4References: 9

  • Towards a Better Understanding of Sub-Saharan Settlement Mounds before AD 1400

    Éric Huysecom, Sylvain Ozainne et al.ARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2015Cited by: 20

    In the Niger Bend, many studies have shown the existence of settlement mounds which mainly developed between the 1 st millennium BC and the 15 th century AD. While knowledge about tell-type sites in sub-Saharan Africa has advanced in recent years, many aspects of this topic remain poorly understood. Considering the vast geographic area and time span, there is very little accurate chronostratigraphic information available. This relative lack of lo…

  • West African Palaeolithic history

    Open AccessBenoît Chevrier, Michel Rasse et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015Cited by: 27References: 7

  • Early social complexity in the Dogon Country (Mali) as evidenced by a new chronology of funerary practices

    Anne Mayor, Éric Huysecom et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2014

  • A question of timing

    Open AccessSylvain Ozainne, Laurent Lespez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2014Cited by: 13References: 19

  • L'occupation humaine de la vallée du Guringin (plaine du Séno, Mali)

    Loukou, Serge Loukou et al.ARTICLEAzania Archaeological Research in…2013Cited by: 6References: 11

    Recent archaeological survey conducted in Mali in the Guringin Valley, located in the Séno Plain, as well as at the top of the nearby Bandiagara Escarpment, has produced evidence allowing the characterisation of numerous settlement sites and locations at which prehistoric metallurgy was practised. The latter have abundant surface material, mainly consisting of ceramics that show a considerable diversity of decoration. Analysis of the surface pott…

  • Lithic Industry as an Indicator of Ceramic Diffusion in the Early Neolithic of West Africa

    Sylvain Soriano, Éric HuysecomARTICLEJournal of African Archaeology2012Cited by: 8

    Ounjougou (Dogon Country, Mali) is now known for the discovery there of pottery dating to the first half of the 10 th millennium cal BC, which is among the earliest evidence of the use of ceramics in Africa. While our understanding of early African ceramics is becoming well developed, certain other evidence associated with the first manifestations of the African Neolithic are still poorly understood, including notably the lithic industries. On th…

  • Ounjougou (Pays dogon, Mali)

    Open AccessSylvain Soriano, Michel Rasse et al.ARTICLEAfrique Archeologie et Arts2010Cited by: 4References: 9

    L’Afrique de l’Ouest est actuellement totalement absente des débats portant sur le Middle Stone Age. Si des sites de cette période y sont décrits de longue date, leur contexte stratigraphique est souvent incertain ou inexistant. Tant en Afrique australe qu’en Europe occidentale, les progrès dans la connaissance de ces périodes reposent largement sur la construction d’un cadre chronologique général, de préférence corrélé aux variations paléoclimat…

  • Percussion bipolaire sur enclume

    Open AccessSylvain Soriano, Aline Robert et al.ARTICLEPaléo2010Cited by: 21References: 3

    Encore trop souvent considérée comme relevant d’une production lithique expédiente, la percussion bipolaire sur enclume occupe cependant une place majeure dans les industries de certaines régions. Ainsi à Ounjougou (Pays dogon, Mali), ce mode de taille est régulièrement présent au sein des industries d’une séquence chronoculturelle qui s’étale sur plus de 100 000 ans, couvrant l’essentiel du Paléolithique moyen régional. Le recours à ce mode de t…

  • Inagina, l'ultime maison du fer

    Éric Huysecom