Publications and communications of Veerle Rots

Taipale, N., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (September 2026). ‘Blind’ perspectives on microwear formation on southern African lithic raw materials. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 73, 105814. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105814

Lien, L., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (14 April 2026). Tracking the chemical life histories of spruce resin-beeswax mixtures through degradation experiments using reflectance-mode FTIR. Frontiers in Materials, 13. doi:10.3389/fmats.2026.1764261

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Devriendt, I., Perdaen Yves, Bodart, S., Lien, L., & Rots, V. (11 April 2026). Residue Preservation in Open-Air Archaeological Contexts: Evidence from Final Pleistocene and Early Holocene Lithic Assemblages in Flanders (Belgium) [Paper presentation]. Awrana 2026: 4th edition of the Association on Wear and Residues, Pisa, Italy.

Ossendorf, G., Tekelemariam, M. G., Taipale, N., Groos, A. R., Negash, A., Cnuts, D., Akçar, N., Vockenhuber, C., Tariku, Z. K., Kahsay, T. H., Rots, V., & Vogelsang, R. (2026). Human occupation of the Afroalpine Bale Mountains at the onset of the African Humid Period. Landscape Ecology. doi:10.1007/s10980-026-02337-8

Goffette, Q., Devièse, T., Ryder, C., Bray, F., Germonpré, M., Bard, E., Spanneut, L., & Rots, V. (2026). Archaeozoological Insights Into Avian Exploitation in the Magdalenian of Belgium at the Caves of Trou du Frontal and Trou des Nutons. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. doi:10.1002/oa.70074

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (January 2026). Does Point Size Matter? How Morphometric Arguments Impact Evolutionary Models of Paleolithic Weaponry. Paleoanthropology, 1, 28-51. doi:10.48738/2026.iss1.3865

Prieto, A., Taipale, N., Álvarez-Alonso, D., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Baena-Preysler, J., Cnuts, D., Oberholzer, R., Pastoors, A., & Rots, V. (2026). The application of quartzite petrogenesis in Palaeolithic research: Methodological basis, ongoing narratives, future directions. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 72, 105774. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.105774

Schürch, B., Rots, V., & Conard, N. J. (December 2025). Technofunctional Analysis Reveals the Role of Carinated Artifacts and End-Scrapers in the Aurignacian of Vogelherd Cave. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 32 (4). doi:10.1007/s10816-025-09728-2

Lien, L., Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (07 November 2025). Integrating FTIR Spectroscopy into a Multi-Method Approach to Residue and Use-Wear Analysis of Stone Tools: Insights from Diepenbeek-Molenstraat [Paper presentation]. Lithic Studies Society Annual Conference, Leicester, United Kingdom.

Lien, L., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (24 October 2025). Degradation preserved as spectral shifts: FTIR analysis of experimentally degraded adhesives [Paper presentation]. International Congress of Experimental Archaeology, Liege, Belgium.

Leventi, A., Baillet, M., Rots, V., Cnuts, D., Marreiros, J., Van Gijn, A., Aldeias, V., & Soressi, M. (22 October 2025). Frozen in motion: A controlled in vitro experiment of freeze-thaw impact on lithic artifact displacement and use wear patterns [Paper presentation]. 7th International Congress of Experimental Archaeology (CONEXP), Liège, Belgium.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V.* , & Focant, J.-F.*. (October 2025). Investigating a Novel Non-Destructive Identification Technique for Prehistoric Adhesives With Dynamic Headspace Coupled to Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Separation Science, 48 (10), 70300. doi:10.1002/jssc.70300

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Geerts, F., Vanmontfort, B., & Rots, V. (19 September 2025). From Polishing to Burning: Deciphering a Middle Neolithic Hoard from Koersel "Beringen Brouwers huis" (Belgium) through Functional Analysis JNA JNA From Polishing to Burning: Deciphering a Middle Neolithic Hoard from Belgium. Journal of Neolithic Archaeology, 27 (1), 149-167. doi:10.12766/jna.2025.5

Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (2025). When the hammer drops: Identification of knapping techniques in blade production based on a multi-scale study of knapping traces. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0329848

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V.* , & Focant, J.-F.*. (12 June 2025). Non-destructive chemical analysis of artificially degraded hafting adhesives with DHS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Paper presentation]. 3rd Advances in Separation Science workshop, Gembloux, Belgium.

Tydgadt, L., & Rots, V. (May 2025). Finding your strong points: exploring the design and resilience of barbed composite weapons. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 17 (5). doi:10.1007/s12520-025-02177-8

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2025). Does point size matter? How morphometric arguments impact evolutionary models of Palaeolithic weaponry. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/329590. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15051933

Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (2025). When the hammer drops: Identification of knapping techniques in blade production based on a multi-scale study of knapping traces. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/329062. doi:10.31219/osf.io/dya96_v1

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (04 February 2025). Non-destructive identification possibilities of prehistoric hafting adhesives with DHS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Poster presentation]. Multi-dimensional chromatography workshop, Liege, Belgium.

Rots, V. (2025). Fonctions et Emmanchements. In M. Otte, Les territoires culturels entre Seine et Rhin. De la Préhistoire à l’an 1000 (pp. 48-52). Flémalle, Belgium: Préhistomuseum asbl.

Oberholzer, R., & Rots, V. (2025). Breaking Free from the Constraints of Strength: Rethinking the Role of Archaeological Adhesives in Prehistoric Hafting Systems. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/328835. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5133698

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2025). Ecological influences on technological systems: The scarcity of raw materials and their impact on tool morphologies at Ifri n'Ammar [Paper presentation]. What is an eco-cultural niche? Rethinking the shape of eco-cultural niches, Liège, Belgium.

Tydgadt, L., & Rots, V. (2024). Finding your strong points: Exploring the Design and Resilience of Barbed Composite Weapons. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/327947. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-5117544/v1

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Perdaen, Y., & Rots, V. (2024). Van micro naar macro: de aanwezigheid van mesolithische jagers-verzamelaarsgroepen in de regio van de Beneden-Schelde begrijpen door middel van techno-functioneel onderzoek. Bruxelles, Unknown/unspecified: agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed. doi:10.55465/hlbu2121

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Geerts, F., Vanmontfort, B., & Rots, V. (2024). From polishing to burning: Deciphering a Middle Neolithic hoard from Beringen Brouwershuis (Belgium) through functional analysis. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/325387. doi:10.31219/osf.io/4yqch

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2024). Examining the effect of post-depositional processes on the preservation and identification of stone tool residues from temperate environments: an experimental approach. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0309060

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Lokker, A., & Oberholzer, R. (08 October 2024). No Solid Foundation for the Use of Ochre-based Compound Adhesives at Le Moustier. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 7 (32). doi:10.1007/s41982-024-00197-9

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2024). Data management plan TraceoLab v1. Liège, Belgium: University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/322479

Lepers, C., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (21 September 2024). The propulsion phase of spear-throwers and its implications for understanding prehistoric weaponry. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 59. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104768

Goffette, Q., Rots, V., Abrams, G., Pirson, S., Di Modica, K., Bray, F., Cnuts, D., Bonjean, D., & Amos, L. (20 September 2024). Neanderthal exploitation of birds in north-western Europe: Avian remains from Scladina Cave (Belgium). Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3. doi:10.3389/fearc.2024.1441926

Asryan, L., & Rots, V. (2024). Exploring Basalt: A Methodological Framework for Analysing Wear Traces on Basalt Tools. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. doi:10.1007/s10816-024-09663-8

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (2024). Optimization of Dynamic Headspace Sampling Conditions for the Identification of Paleolithic Adhesives. Separation Science Plus. doi:10.1002/sscp.202400085

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (04 April 2024). Demonstrating the Potential of Stone Tool Residues in Reconstructing Palaeolithic Stone Tool Technologies [Paper presentation]. 65th Annual Meeting of the Hugo Obermaier Society, Weimar, Germany.

Touzé, O., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2024). A morphometric and functional dataset on the lithic points from the Upper Palaeolithic site of Maisières-Canal (Province of Hainaut, Belgium). doi:10.58119/ULG/LAFHVF

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (05 March 2024). Constructing a more detailed picture of human-environment relations during the Quaternary through the functional analysis of stone tools [Paper presentation]. BELQUA Annual Scientific Workshop, Brusssels, Belgium.

Conard, N. J., & Rots, V. (02 February 2024). Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago. Science Advances, 10 (5), 5217. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh5217

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (2024). A novel non-destructive identification method of prehistoric hafting adhesives with DHS-GC×GC- TOFMS [Paper presentation]. HTC-18.

Schmid, V. C., Wadley, L., Brandl, M., Guillemard, I., Rhodes, S. E., Taipale, N., Witelson, D. M., Börner, M., Cnuts, D., Hodgskiss, T., Murungi, M., Nigst, P. R., Porraz, G., Puech, E., Rots, V., Stahlschmidt, M. C., Stelzer, S., Teyssandier, N., Tribolo, C., ... Archer, W. (2024). Renewed impetus for Stone Age research in the eastern Free State (South Africa) centred on Rose Cottage Cave. South African Archaeological Bulletin, 79 (221), 105-119.

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (25 October 2023). Terminal ballistic analysis of impact fractures reveals the use of spearthrower 31 ky ago at Maisières-Canal, Belgium. Scientific Reports, 13 (1), 18305. doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45554-w

Barham, L., Duller, G. A. T., Candy, I., Scott, C., Cartwright, C. R., Peterson, J. R., Kabukcu, C., Chapot, M. S., Melia, F., Rots, V., George, N., Taipale, N., Gethin, P., & Nkombwe, P. (2023). Evidence for the earliest structural use of wood at least 476,000 years ago. Nature. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9

Baumann, M., Plisson, H., Maury, S., Renou, S., Coqueugniot, H., Vanderesse, N., Kolobova, K., Shnaider, S., Rots, V., Guérin, G., & Rendu, W. (2023). On the Quina side: A Neanderthal bone industry at Chez-Pinaud site, France. PLoS ONE, 18 (6), 0284081. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284081

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Zanella, D., Reifarth, N., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (2023). GC×GC-TOFMS for Archeological Artefact Volalolomics [Paper presentation]. Journée club Lyonais chromato.

Noiret, P., & Rots, V. (2023). Avant-propos. In D. Cliquet & J.-P. Coutard, Les environnements des occupations humaines pléistocènes de Normandie (France) et des îles anglo-normandes dans leur cadre chronologique. Des milieux et des hommes (pp. 13). Liège, Belgium: Presses Universitaires de Liège.

Taipale, N., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (2023). Blind-testing the quartz microwear method. In J. Apel & L. Sundström (Eds.), Stones. Current Stone Age research in northern Europe. Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2023). Functional Perspectives on Lithic Standardization. Lithic Technology, 1-24. doi:10.1080/01977261.2023.2190670

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2023). Functioneel onderzoek. In Y. Perdaen, I. Depaepe, M. Opbroek, ... I. Woltinge, Jager-verzamelaars en boeren onder het veen (pp. 373-416). Gent, Belgium: BAAC Vlaanderen bvba.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (27 October 2022). A referential framework for the identification of projectile points and propulsion modes built at the TraceoLab [Paper presentation]. 6ème CONEXP: Congrès International d'Archéologie Expérimentale, Pézénas, France.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Focant, J.-F., & Rots, V. (29 September 2022). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by HS-GCxGC-TOFMS: preliminary study [Poster presentation]. MaSC 10th meeting, Bordeaux, France.

Tydgadt, L., & Rots, V. (2022). Stick to it! Mechanical performance tests to explore the resilience of prehistoric glues in hafting. Archaeometry. doi:10.1111/arcm.12779

Tydgadt, L., & Rots, V. (07 April 2022). Mechanical performance tests to explore the resilience of prehistoric glues in hafting [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2022, Barcelone, Spain.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (05 April 2022). Towards a referential framework for the identification of projectile points and propulsion modes [Paper presentation]. Awrana.

Asryan, L., & Rots, V. (April 2022). Wear traces of basalt tools - an experimental case for archaeological interpretation (BATEX): a new project on micro-wear studies of basalt tools [Poster presentation]. Awrana conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Baumann, M., Vanderesse, N., Plisson, H., Maury, S., Coqueugniot, H., Kolobova, K., Shnaider, S., Rots, V., & Rendu, W. (April 2022). Neanderthal bone tools from inside, at Jonzac, Quina level, France [Poster presentation]. Awrana conference, Barcelona, Spain.

Taipale, N., Chiotti, L., & Rots, V. (2022). Why did hunting weapon design change at Abri Pataud? Lithic use-wear data on armature use and hafting around 24,000–22,000 BP. PLoS ONE, 17 (1), 0262185. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262185

Taipale, N., Cnuts, D., Chiotti, L., Conard, N. J., & Rots, V. (2022). What about Apatite? Possibilities and Limitations of Recognising Bone Mineral Residues on Stone Tools. Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, 5 (1), 1-33. doi:10.1007/s41982-022-00132-w

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Van gils, M., Geerts, F., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (2022). Gone with the wind? Evaluating the functional potential of a federmessergruppen assemblage from the eroded dune landscape of Lommel Maatheide [Paper presentation]. 3th Conference of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts, Barcelona, Spain.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Geerts, F., Van Gils, M., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (2021). A closer look at an eroded dune landscape: first functional insights into the Federmessergruppen site of Lommel-Maatheide. Peer Community Journal. doi:10.24072/pcjournal.67

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (07 October 2021). Fracture mechanics and the identification of projectiles: what is the influence of raw material? [Paper presentation]. Rock and Roll: 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Tarragona (held on-line), Spain.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (07 September 2021). How does a projectile fly? Using Ballistics and Fracture mechanics to try and recognise Palaeolithic weapon systems [Paper presentation]. European Association of Archaeologists, Kiel, Germany.

Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (26 August 2021). The importance of understanding the influence of raw material on fracture mechanics when searching for projectiles [Paper presentation]. SAfA 2021 - Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAfA) 25th Biennial Meeting, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2021). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen. Belgium: Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2021). Time to shine The effect of metal traces on the functional analysis of lithic artefacts. Notae Praehistoricae, 41, 81-92.

Rots, V. (2021). TRAIL - An Experimental Trace and Residue Reference Library for the functional analysis of stone tools in Liège. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/259280.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2021). Every hunter needs a knife: Hafted butchering knives from Maisières-Canal and their effect on lithic assemblage characteristics. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 36, 102874. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102874

Touzé, O., Bodu, P., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2021). The site of Ormesson – Les Bossats (Seine-et-Marne, France) around 31 ka cal. BP: Contribution of the Lithic Industry to the Understanding of Site Function and Occupation of the Paris Basin during the Early Gravettian. In O. Touzé, N. Goutas, H. Salomon, ... P. Noiret (Eds.), Les sociétés gravettiennes du Nord-Ouest européen : nouveaux sites, nouvelles données, nouvelles lectures (pp. 155-181). Liège - Bruxelles, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Liège - Société royale belge d'Anthropologie et de Préhistoire.

Rots, V., Hayes, E., Akerman, K., Green, P., Clarkson, C., Lepers, C., Bordes, L., McAdams, C., Foley, E., & Fullagar, R. (January 2020). Hafted Tool-use Experiments with Australian Aboriginal Plant Adhesives: Triodia Spinifex, Xanthorrhoea Grass Tree and Lechenaultia divaricata Mindrie. EXARC Journal, 1.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2020). Revisiting Maisières-Canal (Hainaut, BE): New results on tool use and hafting. Notae Praehistoricae, 40, 105-127.

Taipale, N., Chiotti, L., Conard, N., & Rots, V. (September 2019). Diverse means to an end: domestic tool hafting in the European Upper Palaeolithic [Paper presentation]. 9th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Liège, Belgium.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (2019). Breakage, scarring, scratches, and explosions: understanding impact trace formation on quartz. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11, 3013-3039. doi:10.1007/s12520-018-0738-z

Ruta, G., Rots, V., & Mussi, M. (June 2018). Finding a standard procedure in impact-fractures analysis: the case of Grotta di Pozzo (L’Aquila – Italy) [Paper presentation]. UISPP Conference, Paris, France.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (28 May 2018). Around the Fire: Understanding the effect of heat exposure on hafting adhesives [Paper presentation]. AWRANA, Nice, France.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (16 December 2017). Understanding the transformation of stone tool residues around the fire place: an experimental approach [Paper presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie”, Flemalle, Belgium.

Goffette, Q., Rots, V., Polet, C., Cauwe, N., Smith, R., & Smith, T. (December 2017). The worked bone industry and intrusive fauna associated with the prehistoric cave burials of Abri des Autours (Belgium). Anthropozoologica, 52 (2), 185-201. doi:10.5252/az2017n2a4

Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (November 2017). Apport de l’analyse tracéologique à la compréhension de l’assemblage lithique atérien d’Ifri n’Ammar [Paper presentation]. RQM 9 - Quaternaire des plaines et plateaux côtiers atlantiques marocains : géomorphologie, préhistoire, paléo-environnements, Safi, Morocco.

Taipale, N., Coppe, J., Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (23 September 2017). The weapon system behind the point: Early Gravettian hunting technologies at Maisières-Canal [Paper presentation]. 7th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Leiden, Netherlands.

Aleo, A., Duches, R., Rots, V., & Peresani, M. (September 2017). A technological and functional examination of the Aurignacian end-scrapers from Grotta di Fumane [Poster presentation]. ESHE conference, Leiden, Netherlands.

Rots, V., Lentfer, C., Schmid, V. C., Porraz, G., & Conard, N. J. (26 April 2017). Pressure flaking to serrate bifacial points for the hunt during the MIS5 at Sibudu Cave (South Africa). PLoS ONE, 12 (4), 0175151. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175151

Coppe, J., Clarenne, V., Pirlot, M., & Rots, V. (30 March 2017). The ballistic performance of prehistoric weapons: first results of a comparative study [Paper presentation]. Society for American Archaeology, Vancouvert, Canada.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (30 March 2017). Emmanchement des outils du Paléolithique supérieur [Paper presentation]. ASLIRA (Association Scientifique Liégeoise pour la Recherche Archéologique), Liège, Belgium.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2017). Focus on the target. The importance of a transparent fracture terminology for understanding projectile points and projecting modes. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 12, 109-123. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.01.010

Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (16 September 2016). What’s the difference? Results of a functional study of Aterian and Mousterian tools from the site of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. 6th Annual ESHE Meeting.

Taipale, N., Conard, N. J., & Rots, V. (14 September 2016). Domestic tools, hafting, and the evolution of technology: The Upper Palaeolithic of Hohle Fels as a case study [Poster presentation]. 6th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the study of Human Evolution, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Cnuts, D., Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Stefanuto, P.-H., Focant, J.-F., & Rots, V. (September 2016). A new method for identifying experimental and Palaeolithic hafting adhesives using GC×GC-HRTOFMS [Poster presentation]. 6th ESHE Annual Meeting, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain.

Conard, N., & Rots, V. (September 2016). Fiber technology, rope-making, textiles and the Lochstäbe from the Aurignacian of the Swabian Jura [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Madrid, Spain.

Rots, V., Lentfer, C., Schmid, V., Porraz, G., & Conard, N. (September 2016). There is more to life than subsistence: use-wear and residue analyses on pre-Still Bay stone tools at Sibudu [Paper presentation]. Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Madrid, Spain.

Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (30 May 2016). Characterization of organic residues from archaeological artefacts using GC×GC-TOFMS [Paper presentation]. 40th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography & 13th GC×GC Symposium, Riva Del Garda, Italy.

Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Stefanuto, P.-H., L'Homme, B., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (30 May 2016). Examination of hafting adhesives on paleolithic stone tools using GC×GC-QTOFMS [Poster presentation]. 40th International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography & 13th GC×GC Symposium, Riva Del Garda, Italy.

Perrault, K., Stefanuto, P.-H., Dubois, L., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (18 May 2016). A New Approach for the Characterization of Organic Residues from Stone Tools Using GC×GC-TOFMS. Separations, 3 (2), 16. doi:10.3390/separations3020016

Rots, V., Hayes, E., Cnuts, D., Lepers, C., & Fullagar, R. (2016). Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0150437

Noiret, P., & Rots, V. (2016). Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie de la Préhisoire. Art & Fact, 35, 88-89.

Tomasso, S., Rots, V., Perdaen, Y., Crombé, P., & Meylemans, E. (December 2015). Hunting with trapezes at Bazel-Sluis: the results of a functional analysis. Notae Praehistoricae, 35.

Val, A., Backwell, L., Brugal, J.-P., Cnuts, D., Dayet, L., de la Peña, P., Douze, K., Feyant, L., Grenet, M., Igreja, M., Kloos, P., Mentzer, S., Mercier, N., Miller, C., Murungi, M., Rots, V., Schmid, V., Sievers, C., Théry-Parisot, I., ... Porraz, G. (01 July 2015). New excavations of the Later and Middle Stone Age layers at Bushman Rock Shelter, Limpopo Province, South Africa [Paper presentation]. Association of Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA) Biennial Conference, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Rots, V. (June 2015). Introduction: vegetal, animal and mineral residues [Paper presentation]. Workshop on residue analysis and hafting, Liège, Belgium.

Rots, V. (June 2015). Introduction: Palaeolithic stone tool hafting [Paper presentation]. Workshop on residue analysis and hafting, Liège, Belgium.

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (29 May 2015). Towards an experiment based protocol for extracting and identifying residues [Paper presentation]. AWRANA Meeting 2015: Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (29 May 2015). Toward a more precise terminology for impact damage and an improved understanding of hunting weapons: First results from a large scale systematic experiment [Paper presentation]. AWRANA Meeting Connecting people a nd technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Lentfer, C., Stephenson, B., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (28 May 2015). The more you know...........various approaches in the analysis of tools from Liang Bua, Flores Indonesia [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2015 Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (28 May 2015). Stone tool hafting and use in the European Upper Palaeolithic: the first results of the analysis of Gravettian tools from Hohle Fels [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2015: Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (28 May 2015). Tool use and hafting in the Middle Palaeolithic of Northern Africa An on-going use-wear analysis on the Mousterian/Aterian assemblages of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. AWRANA Meeting 2015: Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Fullagar, R., & Rots, V. (May 2015). Stone tool use and hominin evolution [Paper presentation]. Awrana meeting. Connecting People and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Rots, V., Hayes, E., Cnuts, D., & Fullagar, R. (May 2015). Learning from blind tests: residues on grinding stones and flaked stone tools [Paper presentation]. Awrana meeting. Connecting People and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Sorensen, A., & Rots, V. (May 2015). Searching for early traces of fire production on flint tools [Paper presentation]. Awrana meeting. Connecting People and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.

Taipale, N., & Rots, V. (07 April 2015). Stone tool hafting and use in the European Upper Palaeolithic: first results from Hohle Fels [Poster presentation]. 57th Annual Meeting of Hugo Obermaier Society, Heidenheim, Germany.

Coppe, J., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2015). Le TraceoLab de l'université de Liège: regarder les traces pour mieux comprendre l'outil. In Rapports. Archéologie. Belgium: Région Wallonne.

Tomasso, S., Rots, V., & Eiwanger, J. (02 September 2014). Tool use and hafting in the Middle Palaeolithic of North Africa: preliminary results of an on-going use-wear analysis on the Mousterian/Aterian assemblages of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. 17th World UISPP conference, Burgos, Spain.

Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (September 2014). Ambiguity in the terminologies used to document impact wear on projectile points : towards an improved descriptive framework [Paper presentation]. XVII Union internationale des sciences préhistoriques et protohistoriques, Burgos, Spain.

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Tomasso, S. (07 December 2013). Functional studies at Liège [Poster presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2013, Eupen, Belgium.

Caspar, J.-P., Delye, E., Rots, V., & Rochus, N. (1999). Villers-le-Bouillet/Vaux-et-Borset: campagne de fouilles “A la Croix Marie-Jeanne”. Chronique de l'Archéologie Wallonne, 7, 79.