News from the 🇪🇺 @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant project "PalaeoEcology and OPen-LandscapE adaptations of Pleistocene humans in South Africa" (PEOPLE) — PI: @michaeltoffolo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mptgvmarts22And it's a wrap! Many thanks to the organizers and the cohort of wonderful students from all over Africa for making the James Brink Field School a success! And now...to the lab! ⚗️🔬 #archaeology @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social04 Jul 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptgvmarts22https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mpq5ozs7jc2xTogether with excavation, an important part of hands-on training in this field school is the collection of sediment samples for different laboratory methods, and their on-site analysis. #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social03 Jul 2026 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpq5ozs7jc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mposp2sg7k24Yesterday and today we had lectures by Dr @benoitlonget.bsky.social on the Pleistocene lithic industries of the Free State and by Dr Maïlys Richard on trapped charge dating #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social02 Jul 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mposp2sg7k24https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mplniwlhoc2kSpeaking of teeth 🦷, here is a beautiful example of wildebeest from 120,000 years ago, which we found today! #archaeology #palaeontology #JamesBrink @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social01 Jul 2026 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplniwlhoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mpiucqrzz22oBesides artifacts we are finding teeth 🦷, which Dr Maïlys Richard will date using electron spin resonance coupled with uranium series. #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social30 Jun 2026 11:06 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpiucqrzz22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mp7ohqzlcs2uToday after fieldwork we had a presentation on phytolith analysis by PhD candidate Beatrice Bin, followed by laboratory practice on phytolith extraction and counting #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social26 Jun 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7ohqzlcs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mp6tffjj422oYesterday we found the first artifacts from the MIS 5 level at Florisbad! In the afternoon Dr Michael Toffolo gave a lecture on infrared spectroscopy and students analyzed sediments using FTIR. #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social26 Jun 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6tffjj422ohttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3moxydrsses2cToday we started the excavation! Fieldwork was followed by a lecture on stone tool technology by Dr Will Archer and knapping practice. #archaeology #JamesBrinkFieldSchool @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3moxydrsses2chttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3moukkryimk2qThe James Brink Field School has officially started with a tour of Florisbad 🇿🇦 and the first training session on total station recording. Soon more updates as the excavation of the MIS 5e levels starts! #archaeology @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social22 Jun 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3moukkryimk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mnzkmycrds26The PEOPLE team is back in Florisbad 🇿🇦 for a new fieldwork season. Besides working on river terraces in the region, this year we will dig the MIS 5e occupations at Florisbad within the framework of the "James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology". #archaeology11 Jun 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzkmycrds26https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mj5owk6gjs2m📢New article in open access led by Dr Maïlys Richard on the newly discovered Middle Stone Age site at Baden-Baden, South Africa 🇿🇦, where humans were present 91,000 years ago. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-43246-9 @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social10 Apr 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5owk6gjs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mj2w5wlvlk22📢New article in open access led by Dr @benoitlonget.bsky.social on the survey of the Riet River dongas, South Africa 🇿🇦, where we found new Earlier to Later Stone Age sites. https://doi.org/10.36615/safa.21.4345.2026 @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @erc.europa.eu @cnrsshs.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social09 Apr 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2w5wlvlk22https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3mcfgnxtxi22zWe are accepting applications for the "James Brink Field School in Pleistocene Archaeology and Palaeontology", to be held at the Florisbad Quaternary Research Station (National Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa) from 22 June to 3 July 2026. Deadline: 6 February 2026. #archaeology #palaeontology14 Jan 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfgnxtxi22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3m7kgphc7ws2aLast week we attended the UMSAGA Workshop at Florisbad 🇿🇦, organized in collaboration with Dr Viola Schmid and Dr Will Archer to bring together MSA research in the Free State. It was great to see colleagues and learn about the latest results from Rose Cottage Cave!09 Dec 2025 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kgphc7ws2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3lztdmre6rs2pThis 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! @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu27 Sep 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3lztdmre6rs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3lv422w4uc225Check out a new article by project member Dr @benoitlonget.bsky.social about the MSA lithic assemblage of Rhafas Cave, Morocco, which is part of his PhD research 👇 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1040618225002642?via%3Dihub29 Jul 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv422w4uc225https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3lushfefux227This 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! @erc.europa.eu @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @archeosciences-bordeaux.fr25 Jul 2025 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3lushfefux227https://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3ltued55kqk2vAnd 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!13 Jul 2025 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltued55kqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/people-erc-stg.bsky.social/post/3lt52us65kk2gWhile part of the team works at the Riet River, Dr Benoit Longet conducts the survey of the Vet River to find new archaeological sites. 🔍 @archeosciences.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @cnrsshs.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu04 Jul 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:eijlcevsulgr5umozipic553/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt52us65kk2g