Publications and communications of Christian Lepers

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.

Goffette, Q., Lepers, C., Jadin, I., & Rots, V. (2022). A handful of duck radiuses: Peculiarities of the avifaunal exploitation at the Gravettian site of Maisières‐Canal (Belgium). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. doi:10.1002/oa.3194

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Cheval, C., Perdaen, Y., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (25 October 2022). Towards a better understanding of fibre processing activities in Mesolithic wetland sites in Northwestern Europe: combining experimentation, use wear and residue analysis [Paper presentation]. 6ème édition du Congrès International d'Archéologie Expérimentale à Pézenas.

Rots, V., Tomasso, A., Beyries, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Julien, M.-A., Lepers, C., M’hamdi, M., Sardelli, G., Purdue, L., & Porraz, G. (21 June 2022). The Stratigraphic Unit L17 and the composite bone tip of Les Prés de Laure [Paper presentation]. Vallées de Préhistoire.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Taipale, N., Coppe, J., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (June 2022). Reconstructing prehistoric hunter-gatherer behaviour through the study of stone tools: combining experimentation, use wear and residue analysis [Paper presentation]. 13th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies "Living Well Together", Dublin, Ireland.

Coppe, J., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (2022). Projectiles Under a New Angle: a Ballistic Analysis Provides an Important Building Block to Grasp Paleolithic Weapon Technology. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. doi:10.1007/s10816-022-09551-z

Taipale, N., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (07 October 2021). Transferability of use-wear identification criteria between raw materials: insights from a blind test [Paper presentation]. Rock and Roll: 13th International Symposium on Knappable Materials, Tarragona, Spain.

Goffette, Q., Jadin, I., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (June 2021). A handful of duck radiuses – Peculiarities of the avifaunal exploitation at the Gravettian site of Maisières ‘Canal' (Belgium) [Paper presentation]. Bird Working Group meeting.

Starkovich, B. M., Cuthbertson, P., Kitagawa, K., Thompson, N., Konidaris, G. E., Rots, V., Münzel, S. C., Giusti, D., Schmid, V. C., Blanco-Lapaz, A., Lepers, C., & Tourloukis, V. (2021). Minimal Tools, Maximum Meat: A Pilot Experiment to Butcher an Elephant Foot and Make Elephant Bone Tools Using Lower Paleolithic Stone Tool Technology. Ethnoarchaeology. doi:10.1080/19442890.2020.1864877

Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (October 2020). The important role of bow choice and arrow fletching in projectile experimentation. A ballistic approach. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 34, 102613. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102613

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.

Coppe, J., Lepers, C., Clarenne, V., Delaunois, E., Pirlot, M., & Rots, V. (2019). Ballistic study tackles kinetic energy values of Palaeolithic weaponry. Archaeometry. doi:10.1111/arcm.12452

Tomasso, A., Rots, V., Purdue, L., Beyries, S., Buckley, M., Cheval, C., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Julien, M.-A., Grenet, M., Lepers, C., M'hamdi, M., Simon, P., Sorin, S., & Porraz, G. (2018). Gravettian weaponry: 23,500-year-old evidence of a composite barbed point from Les Prés de Laure (France). Journal of Archaeological Science. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.003

Hayes, E. H., Cnuts, D., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (February 2017). Learning from blind tests: Determining the function of experimental grinding stones through use-wear and residue analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 11, 245 - 260. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.001

Tomasso, A., Rots, V., Purdue, L., Beyries, S., Buckley, M., Cheval, C., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Julien, M.-A., Grenet, M., Lepers, C., M'Hamdi, M., Simon, P., Sorin, S., & Porraz, G. (2017). The Upper Paleolithic site of Les Prés de Laure (France) sheds new light on Palaeolithic weaponry [Paper presentation]. European Society for the study of Human Evolution ESHE 7th Annual Meeting, Leiden, Netherlands.

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

Coppe, J., & Lepers, C. (03 June 2015). Reflections on how to haft projectiles in practice: a struggle between toughness and morphological potential [Paper presentation]. Contact day FNRS: Workshop on residues and hafting, Liege, Belgium.

Lepers, C. (2010). Réflexions sur l'usage du propusleur. Bulletin des Chercheurs de la Wallonie, 49, 105-131.