Alain Queffelec
Biographic Data
| ID | 92371 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alain Queffelec |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alain |
| FAMILY NAME | Queffelec |
| SIGNATURE | QUEFFELEC A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9763-7600 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 45 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 150 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Author response of: Replication report for Marwick (2025) “Is archaeology a science?”, including new data from OpenAlex. Round#2
Author response of: Replication report for Marwick (2025) “Is archaeology a science?”, including new data from OpenAlex. Round#1
Differential Taphonomic Behavior of Flint Types: Experimental Insights and Implications for the Middle Stone Age Assemblages of Wadi Lazalim in the Northern Sahara (Kebili, Tunisia)
Several syn and post-depositional processes are responsible for different degrees of site and assemblage formation and disturbance. Understanding the processes that lead to archaeological site formation is essential for interpreting past human activities, settlement patterns, and occupation dynamics. Among these processes, water flow is commonly recognized as a major factor influencing site and assemblage formation and integrity. Lithic taphonomy…
Decision Revise: Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. Round#1
Decision Revise: Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. Round#2
Recommendation of: Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. Round#3
A recommendation of: Felicia J. Fricke, Jason E. Laffoon Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publications/osteological-and-isotopic-analysis-of-skeletal-remains-at-fort-am-3
Chapitre 17. Les graviers lustrés: Analyse et bilan interprétatif
Des petits galets lustrés ont été découverts dans les niveaux solutréens du Landry, ainsi que dans les niveaux gravettiens et solutréens d’autres sites du Sud-Ouest de la France, tels que le Fourneau du Diable, l’abri Casserole, Laugerie - Haute et Pech de la Boissière. L’intérêt de l’étude de ce matériel est d’établir si leur présence dans ces sites et leur aspect lustré sont dus à des facteurs naturels ou anthropiques. Bien que plusieurs facteu…
Chapitre 3. Étude géologique et géo-archéologique
Contexte géologique du siteColl. Alain QueffelecLe site du Landry est localisé en rive gauche de l’Isle juste en amont de la confluence avec un petit tributaire, le Manoire. Il est implanté en bordure du lit weichsélien de la rivière, à proximité immédiate du ressaut qui borde la terrasse alluviale supérieure. La stratigraphie montre que les dépôts alluviaux, datés par OSL autour de 27 ka, ont été recouverts par des colluvions puis par une couche…
Chapitre 15. Étude tracéologique des blocs de dolérite présentant des traces linéaires
Plusieurs blocs de dolérite ont fait l’objet d’une étude tracéologique, grâce à une caractérisation 3D des traces d’usure linéaires, combinée à une approche expérimentale permettant de disposer d’un premier référentiel expérimental de comparaison.19 expérimentations ont été effectuées au total, impliquant la découpe de viande sur supports en dolérite, ainsi que le rainurage de blocs de dolérite avec diverses morphologies de bords actifs (bords br…
Chapitre 23. Répartition spatiale des graviers lustrés
Ces graviers, facilement identifiables par leur aspect blanc et brillant, ont été découverts lors du tri des refus de tamis. Leur répartition spatiale sur les carrés de fouille révèle une concentration significative dans trois carrés du secteur 3, tandis que leur présence est rare dans le secteur 2 et quasi inexistante ailleurs sur le site. Un comptage basé sur une grille correspondant au carroyage du Landry a été effectué. L’analyse statistique …
Diversity and similarity in the Ceramic Age lapidary production in the Caribbean islands
Personal ornaments, and especially those made of lithic materials, are an important part of the archaeological record, as they provide valuable insights into various aspects of past human societies. In the Caribbean islands’ Ceramic Age, lapidary artifacts exhibit remarkable abundance and diversity in terms of both raw materials and typology. Robust analysis of extensive datasets enables to address the questions of spatial and temporal distributi…
Obsidian in the Caribbean islands? Mysterious Ceramic Age glass artefacts in the Lesser Antilles
The Caribbean islands witnessed a population expansion of ceramic‐using horticulturalists during the Early Ceramic Age (ca. 500 BC to 750 AD) from the Orinoco Valley to Puerto Rico. We examined 18 lithic artefacts from Guadeloupe and Dominica initially thought to be obsidian, a material believed to be absent from those islands. We investigated the volcanic or meteoritic origin of this unique and yet unknown material through observation (binocular…
Obsidian in the Caribbean Islands? Mysterious Ceramic Age glass artefacts in the Lesser Antilles
The Caribbean islands witnessed a population expansion of horti-ceramicists during the Early Ceramic Age (ca. 500 BC to 750 AD) from the Orinoco Valley to Puerto Rico. We examined 18 lithic artefacts from Guadeloupe and Dominica, initially thought to be obsidian, a material believed to be absent from those islands. We investigated the volcanic or meteoritic origin of this unique and yet unknown material through observation (binocular, SEM, microt…
Provenance des matériaux lithiques dans les Antilles: Silex, jaspe, obsidienne et compagnie
Les matériaux lithiques dans le registre archéologique ont toujours été l'objet d'une attention particulière de la part des archéologues, surtout dans les contextes préhistoriques. Ils suscitent une telle attention grâce à leur excellente préservation et au potentiel important qu’ils possèdent pour fournir des informations sur les comportements passés, y compris la mobilité des biens et des personnes grâce aux études de provenance. Bien qu'ils ne…
Lithic raw materials provenance in the Caribbean islands: Flint, jasper, obsidian and so on
Lithic materials in archaeological records have always been the object of special attention by archaeologists, especially from prehistoric contexts. They draw such attention thanks to their often excellent preservation, and the information that the intrinsic characteristics of the rocks can yield about past behaviors including mobility of goods and people through chemical analysis and provenance studies. Although they do not represent the majorit…
Exploring Hypotheses on Early Holocene Caspian Seafaring Through Personal Ornaments: A Study of Changing Styles and Symbols in Western Central Asia
This article studies the discoid Didacna sp. shell beads discovered at Kaylu, a Middle Holocene burial site located in Southern Turkmenistan. Microscopic, morphometric, spectrometric, and SEM analyses were carried out on the material to identify how the beads were manufactured and used. New radiocarbon dating and bioanthropological data to age and sex the two skeletons discovered in the burials are provided. A regional synthesis shows that person…
An important comparison of software for Scale Sensitive Fractal Analysis: Are ancient and new results compatible
International audience
Tektites as chronological markers: After careful geoarchaeological validation only
after careful geoarchaeological validation only
Lapidary craftsmanship in the Antilles during the Ceramic Period, a renewed and updated analysis
Very diverse lapidary artwork, both in style and raw materials, is one of the recognized specialty of Amerindian crafting during the Saladoid period in the Antilles area, and is supposed to be less numerous and diverse in the following periods. These gemstones are very often referred to as exotic since they are not coming from the island where they have been discovered by archaeological excavations. Our recent work updates the previous data by st…
Technological analysis and experimental reproduction of the techniques of perforation of quartz beads from the Ceramic period in the Antilles
Personal ornaments are a very specific kind of material production in human societies and are particularly valuable artifacts for the archaeologist seeking to understand past societies. In the Caribbean, Early Ceramic Age sites have yielded a highly diverse production both in terms of raw materials and typology. In recent years they have been the subject of renewed interest, mainly based on the diversity and provenance of raw materials, and on ty…
Technological analysis and experimental reproduction of the techniques of perforation of quartz beads from the Ceramic period in the Antilles
Personal ornaments are a very specific kind of material production in human societies and are particularly valuable artifacts for the archaeologist seeking to understand past societies. In the Caribbean, Early Ceramic Age sites have yielded a highly diverse production both in terms of raw materials and typology. In recent years they have been the subject of renewed interest, mainly based on the diversity and provenance of raw materials, and on ty…
Multiproxy analysis of Upper Palaeolithic lustrous gravels
Upper Palaeolithic sites in southwestern France attributed to the Upper Gravettian and the Solutrean yielded sub spherical gravels with a highly shiny appearance that have intrigued researchers since the 1930s. In this work, we analyze specimens from five sites, including the recently excavated Solutrean site of Landry, to establish whether their presence in archaeological layers and peculiar aspect are due to natural processes or human agency. W…
A Database of Lapidary Artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age
Lapidary artifacts show an impressive abundance and diversity during the Ceramic period in the Caribbean islands, especially at the beginning of this period. Most of the raw materials used in this production do not exist naturally on the islands of the Lesser Antilles, nevertheless, many archaeological sites have yielded such artifacts on these islands. In the framework of a four-years-long project, we created a database by combining first hand o…
Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers
Fruits of the sea The origins of marine resource consumption by humans have been much debated. Zilhão et al. present evidence that, in Atlantic Iberia's coastal settings, Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals exploited marine resources at a scale on par with the modern human–associated Middle Stone Age of southern Africa (see the Perspective by Will). Excavations at the Figueira Brava site on Portugal's Atlantic coast reveal shell middens rich in the r…
A database of lapidary artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age
Lapidary artifacts show an impressive abundance and diversity during the Ceramic period in the Caribbean islands, especially at the beginning of this period. Most of the raw materials used in this production do not exist naturally on the islands of the Lesser Antilles, nevertheless, many archaeological sites have yielded such artifacts on these islands. In the framework of a four-years-long project, we created a database by combining first hand o…
Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context
Quantifying lithic surface alterations using confocal microscopy and its relevance for exploring the Châtelperronian at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of S hi’ B at D ihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in W adi S urdud, Y emen
The S hi'bat D ihya 1 site in western Y emen, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the M iddle P aleolithic peopling of the A rabian P eninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during M arine I sotope S tage 3…
The way we wear makes the difference: Residue analysis applied to Mesolithic personal ornaments from Hohlenstein-Stadel (Germany)
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
Aspects and characterization of chert alteration in an archaeological context: A qualitative to quantitative pilot study
Methodological implications of intra- and inter-facet microwear texture variation for human childhood paleo-dietary reconstruction: Insights from the deciduous molars of extant and medieval children f…
The present study concerns occlusal dental microwear texture variation on the deciduous molars of children. A description and evaluation of microwear texture variation within facet 9 and a comparison of microwear textures between grinding facets 9 and 11 are presented. The relationship between wear facet surface area and intra-facet microwear texture variability is evaluated. The sample is composed of naturally-exfoliated, taphonomy-free deciduou…
Exploring Hypotheses on Early Holocene Caspian Seafaring Through Personal Ornaments: A Study of Changing Styles and Symbols in Western Central Asia
This article studies the discoid Didacna sp. shell beads discovered at Kaylu, a Middle Holocene burial site located in Southern Turkmenistan. Microscopic, morphometric, spectrometric, and SEM analyses were carried out on the material to identify how the beads were manufactured and used. New radiocarbon dating and bioanthropological data to age and sex the two skeletons discovered in the burials are provided. A regional synthesis shows that person…
Cussac Cave (Dordogne, France): The role of the rock support in the parietal art distribution, technical choices, and intentional and unintentional marks on the cave walls
Le sommet de l’iceberg ? Colonisation pionnière et néolithisation de la France méditerranéenne
Recent research into the European Neolithisation process and the development of farming communities reveals a diverse and complex cultural landscape. In the Western Mediterranean, it is now well known that the first agro-pastoral economy appears around 6000 BCE in south-eastern Italy and that part of these sites, often grouped under the generic term “Impressed Ware”, represent the departure point for the diffusion of the Neolithic economy. In thi…
Stratigraphy and Palaeopedology of the Palaeolithic Cave Site of Combe‐Saunière, Southwest France
The sequence of Combe‐Saunière (southwest France) has been studied with a large suite of methods, including micromorphology, geochemistry, magnetic susceptibility, and organic matter (OM) analysis in order to document the post‐depositional processes that occurred during the last climatic cycle at the cave entrance. This study shows that intense weathering together with the accumulation of OM and phosphates by cave animals and others vectors (incl…
Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc)
Contexts and age of the new dental human fossils from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco) – The Thomas Quarry I locality became famous in 1969 with the discovery of a human half-mandible in a cave. From 1988 onwards, modern controlled excavations took place within the framework of the Franco-Moroccan co-operative project “ Casablanca.” The stratigraphy of Thomas I Quarry is complex and represents several major epi…
Chapitre 15. Étude tracéologique des blocs de dolérite présentant des traces linéaires
Plusieurs blocs de dolérite ont fait l’objet d’une étude tracéologique, grâce à une caractérisation 3D des traces d’usure linéaires, combinée à une approche expérimentale permettant de disposer d’un premier référentiel expérimental de comparaison.19 expérimentations ont été effectuées au total, impliquant la découpe de viande sur supports en dolérite, ainsi que le rainurage de blocs de dolérite avec diverses morphologies de bords actifs (bords br…
Diversity and similarity in the Ceramic Age lapidary production in the Caribbean islands
Personal ornaments, and especially those made of lithic materials, are an important part of the archaeological record, as they provide valuable insights into various aspects of past human societies. In the Caribbean islands’ Ceramic Age, lapidary artifacts exhibit remarkable abundance and diversity in terms of both raw materials and typology. Robust analysis of extensive datasets enables to address the questions of spatial and temporal distributi…
Obsidian in the Caribbean islands? Mysterious Ceramic Age glass artefacts in the Lesser Antilles
The Caribbean islands witnessed a population expansion of ceramic‐using horticulturalists during the Early Ceramic Age (ca. 500 BC to 750 AD) from the Orinoco Valley to Puerto Rico. We examined 18 lithic artefacts from Guadeloupe and Dominica initially thought to be obsidian, a material believed to be absent from those islands. We investigated the volcanic or meteoritic origin of this unique and yet unknown material through observation (binocular…
Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
Le francais au Maghreb
Les fouilles de la grotte-abri de Peyrazet (Creysse, Lot): Nouvelles données pour le Tardiglaciaire quercinois
Langlais Mathieu, Laroulandie Véronique, Bruxelles L., Chalard Pierre, Cochard David, Costamagno Sandrine, Delfour Géraldine, Kuntz Delphine, Le Gall Olivier, Pétillon Jean-Marc, Queffelec Alain. Les fouilles de la grotte-abri de Peyrazet (Creysse, Lot) : nouvelles données pour le Tardiglaciaire quercinois. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 106, n°1, 2009. pp. 150-152
Hominid Cave at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco): Recent findings and their context
Contextes et âge des nouveaux restes dentaires humains du Pléistocène moyen de la carrière Thomas I à Casablanca (Maroc)
Contexts and age of the new dental human fossils from Middle Pleistocene deposits at Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco) – The Thomas Quarry I locality became famous in 1969 with the discovery of a human half-mandible in a cave. From 1988 onwards, modern controlled excavations took place within the framework of the Franco-Moroccan co-operative project “ Casablanca.” The stratigraphy of Thomas I Quarry is complex and represents several major epi…
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of S hi’ B at D ihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in W adi S urdud, Y emen
The S hi'bat D ihya 1 site in western Y emen, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the M iddle P aleolithic peopling of the A rabian P eninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during M arine I sotope S tage 3…
Stratigraphy and Palaeopedology of the Palaeolithic Cave Site of Combe‐Saunière, Southwest France
The sequence of Combe‐Saunière (southwest France) has been studied with a large suite of methods, including micromorphology, geochemistry, magnetic susceptibility, and organic matter (OM) analysis in order to document the post‐depositional processes that occurred during the last climatic cycle at the cave entrance. This study shows that intense weathering together with the accumulation of OM and phosphates by cave animals and others vectors (incl…
The way we wear makes the difference: Residue analysis applied to Mesolithic personal ornaments from Hohlenstein-Stadel (Germany)
Le plus vieil objet de fer d’Europe occidentale est-il landais
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Recent Laborian of the Peyrazet cave-rock shelter (Creysse, Lot, France). New data for the end of Lateglacial in Quercy
Découverte en 1990, la grotte-abri de Peyrazet (Creysse, Lot, France) se situe dans le Haut-Quercy en bordure du causse de Martel, à quelques centaines de mètres du cours actuel de la Dordogne. Les fouilles menées depuis 2008 livrent une archéoséquence du Tardiglaciaire qui permet de combler certaines lacunes documentaires régionales et plus largement du Sud-Ouest de la France. Au Magdalénien supérieur succède un niveau ayant donné des indices d’…
Le Laborien récent de la grotte-abri de Peyrazet (Creysse, Lot, France). Nouvelles données pour la fin du Tardiglaciaire en Quercy
Découverte en 1990, la grotte-abri de Peyrazet (Creysse, Lot, France) se situe dans le Haut-Quercy en bordure du causse de Martel, à quelques centaines de mètres du cours actuel de la Dordogne. Les fouilles menées depuis 2008 livrent une archéoséquence du Tardiglaciaire qui permet de combler certaines lacunes documentaires régionales et plus largement du Sud-Ouest de la France. Au Magdalénien supérieur succède un niveau ayant donné des indices d’…
Cussac Cave (Dordogne, France): The role of the rock support in the parietal art distribution, technical choices, and intentional and unintentional marks on the cave walls
An abstract drawing from the 73,000-year-old levels at Blombos Cave, South Africa
Local production and long-distance procurement of beads and pendants with high mineralogical diversity in an early Saladoid settlement of Guadeloupe (French West Indies)
Aspects and characterization of chert alteration in an archaeological context: A qualitative to quantitative pilot study
A perched, high-elevation wetland complex in the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) and its implications for past human settlement
A previously undocumented type of wetland is described from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile (3000 m above sea level), sustained exclusively by direct precipitation and perched above the regional water table. Geomorphological mapping, pedostratigraphy, geochemistry, and analysis of contemporary vegetation is used to understand wetland formation and dynamics during historical and present time periods. The paleowetland deposits overlie a Miocen…
Le sommet de l’iceberg ? Colonisation pionnière et néolithisation de la France méditerranéenne
Recent research into the European Neolithisation process and the development of farming communities reveals a diverse and complex cultural landscape. In the Western Mediterranean, it is now well known that the first agro-pastoral economy appears around 6000 BCE in south-eastern Italy and that part of these sites, often grouped under the generic term “Impressed Ware”, represent the departure point for the diffusion of the Neolithic economy. In thi…
Manganese and iron oxide use at Combe-Grenal (Dordogne, France): A proxy for cultural change in Neanderthal communities
Quantifying lithic surface alterations using confocal microscopy and its relevance for exploring the Châtelperronian at La Roche-à-Pierrot (Saint-Césaire, France)
Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers
Fruits of the sea The origins of marine resource consumption by humans have been much debated. Zilhão et al. present evidence that, in Atlantic Iberia's coastal settings, Middle Paleolithic Neanderthals exploited marine resources at a scale on par with the modern human–associated Middle Stone Age of southern Africa (see the Perspective by Will). Excavations at the Figueira Brava site on Portugal's Atlantic coast reveal shell middens rich in the r…
A database of lapidary artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age
Lapidary artifacts show an impressive abundance and diversity during the Ceramic period in the Caribbean islands, especially at the beginning of this period. Most of the raw materials used in this production do not exist naturally on the islands of the Lesser Antilles, nevertheless, many archaeological sites have yielded such artifacts on these islands. In the framework of a four-years-long project, we created a database by combining first hand o…
Methodological implications of intra- and inter-facet microwear texture variation for human childhood paleo-dietary reconstruction: Insights from the deciduous molars of extant and medieval children f…
The present study concerns occlusal dental microwear texture variation on the deciduous molars of children. A description and evaluation of microwear texture variation within facet 9 and a comparison of microwear textures between grinding facets 9 and 11 are presented. The relationship between wear facet surface area and intra-facet microwear texture variability is evaluated. The sample is composed of naturally-exfoliated, taphonomy-free deciduou…
Provenancing turquoise: A difficult task
Turquoise is a blue-green phosphate gem used for millennia in the lapidary artwork of numerous past societies. It was one of the first gemstones, and has proved to be a valuable material that was part of long-distance exchange networks on every continent where it is available. Nonetheless, provenance studies for this material is absent from gemological literature, and scarce in the archaeological literature. This work reviews the mineralogy, geol…
A Database of Lapidary Artifacts in the Caribbean for the Ceramic Age
Lapidary artifacts show an impressive abundance and diversity during the Ceramic period in the Caribbean islands, especially at the beginning of this period. Most of the raw materials used in this production do not exist naturally on the islands of the Lesser Antilles, nevertheless, many archaeological sites have yielded such artifacts on these islands. In the framework of a four-years-long project, we created a database by combining first hand o…
An important comparison of software for Scale Sensitive Fractal Analysis: Are ancient and new results compatible
International audience
Tektites as chronological markers: After careful geoarchaeological validation only
after careful geoarchaeological validation only
Geography (30 works) · Archaeology (26 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 works) · Geology (18 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 works) · History (9 works) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (9 works) · Art (8 works)