Publications and communications of Dries Cnuts

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.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Perdaen, Y., & Rots, V. (22 March 2024). Van micro naar macro: de aanwezigheid van Mesolitische jagers-verzamelaarsgroepen in de regio van de Beneden-Schelde begrijpen door middel van techno-functioneel onderzoek [Paper presentation]. Verdiepende opleiding: syntheseonderzoek archeologie 2021, Brussels, Belgium.

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.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Rots, V.* , & Focant, J.-F.*. (27 January 2024). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by DHS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Poster presentation]. EDT-Chimie.

Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (2024). Utiliser la science participative et l'Archéologie Expérimentale pour développer nos connaissances du travail des plantes à travers le temps au sein de l'Unité de Recherche Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine [Paper presentation]. Deuxième Journée de la Recherche d’AAP 2024, Liège, Belgium.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (16 December 2023). Functional insights from a Middle Neolithic toolbox: a case study from Koersel [Paper presentation]. NOTAE, Groupe de Contact FNRS Préhistoire, Brussels, Belgium.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Rots, V.* , & Focant, J.-F.*. (17 April 2023). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by HS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Poster presentation]. GMPCA - Nice 2023, Nice, France.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (01 February 2023). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by HS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Paper presentation]. 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholzer, R., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (30 January 2023). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by HS-GC×GC-TOFMS [Poster presentation]. 14th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop.

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.

Xhauflair, H., Ford, A., Cnuts, D., & Gaffney, D. (2023). Evidence for plant technology in Prehistoric New Guinea the Kiowa polisher [Paper presentation]. UISPP XX World Congress, Timișoara, Romania.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., Michel, M., Perdaen, Y., Devriendt, I., Geerts, F., Van Gils, M., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (22 December 2022). Final Pleistocene and Early Holocene hunter-gatherer technological organisation and human-environment interaction in Northeast Belgium [Paper presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2022, Leuven, Belgium.

Cnuts, D., Peresani, M., & Rots, V. (December 2022). The contribution of stone tool residues in reconstructing Late Pleistocene hominin stone tool behaviour at Grotta di Fumane, Italy. Quaternary Science Reviews, 297, 107829. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107829

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.

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.

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.

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2022). Understanding the effect of taphonomic processes on stone tool residues through actualistic experimentation [Paper presentation]. 6th International Congress of Experimental Archaeology, Pézenas, France.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2022). Towards a detailed reconstruction of mesolithic plantrelated wetland activities at the lower scheldt basin belgium through systemic experimentation, residue and usewear analysis [Paper presentation]. 3th Conference of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts, Barcelona, Spain.

Lokker, A., Stefanuto, P.-H., Oberholtzer, R., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (2022). Non-destructive identification of prehistoric adhesives by HS-SPME-GCxGC-TOFMS: preliminary study [Poster presentation]. ADVANCES IN SEPARATION SCIENCE from extraction to chromatographic applications, Gembloux, Belgium.

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

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. (1). ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/263395. doi:10.31219/osf.io/pf3sm

Cnuts, D. (2021). Appreciating the little things. Possibilities and challenges of stone tool residue analysis in reconstructing Late Pleistocene technologies [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/260149

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (29 March 2021). Experiments in functional studies of stone tools. The case of hearth-related experiments [Paper presentation]. EXARC conference.

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (26 March 2021). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen [Paper presentation]. Verdiepende opleiding / webinar "Archeologisch syntheseonderzoek", Belgium.

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.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Mikdad, A., & Rots, V. (2020). Changes in hafting practices during the Middle Stone Age at Ifri n’ Ammar. Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.026

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2020). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen. Synthese-onderzoek archeologie 2018. Agentschap Onroerend erfgoed.

Douze, K., Igreja, M., Rots, V., Cnuts, D., & Porraz, G. (2020). Technology and function of Middle Stone Age points in sub-Saharan Africa. Insights from a combined approach on Bushman Rockshelter, South Africa. In H. Groucett, Culture history and convergent evolution: Can we detect populations in Prehistory? (pp. 127-141). Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-46126-3_7

Michel, M., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (September 2019). What about taphonomy for stone tools? The effect of freeze and thaw cycles on use-wear and residues [Poster presentation]. 9th Annual Meeting of the European Society for the Study of Human Evolution, Liège, Belgium.

Michel, M., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2019). Freezing in-sight: the effect of frost cycles on use-wear and residues on flint tools. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. doi:10.1007/s12520-019-00881-w

Hayes, E., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2019). Integrating SEM-EDS in a sequential residue analysis protocol: benefits and challenges. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 23, 116-126. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.029

Cnuts, D., Perrault, K., Stefanuto, P.-H., Dubois, L., Focant, J.-F., & Rots, V. (December 2018). Fingerprinting glues using HS-SPME GC×GC-HRTOFMS: a new powerful method allows tracking glues back in time. Archaeometry, 60 (6), 1361-1376. doi:10.1111/arcm.12364

Michel, M., Rots, V., & Cnuts, D. (14 November 2018). Altérations des outils lithiques en contexte périglaciaire : études expérimentales vers une meilleure interprétation fonctionnelle des sites archéologiques [Paper presentation]. Conférence des Chercheurs de la Wallonie, Flémalle, Belgium.

Perrault, K.* , Dubois, L.* , Cnuts, D., Rots, V., Focant, J.-F., & Stefanuto, P.-H. (November 2018). Characterization of hafting adhesives using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Separation Science Plus, 1-12. doi:10.1002/sscp.201800111

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (October 2018). Extracting residues from stone tools for optical analysis: towards an experiment-based protocol. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10 (7), 1717–1736. doi:10.1007/s12520-017-0484-7

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (27 September 2018). Taphonomy and stone tool residues: understanding processes of deposition, removal and decay [Paper presentation]. Taphonomy of use-wear traces and residues on stone tools : issues and perspectives.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Mikdad, A., & Rots, V. (11 September 2018). Assessing the preservation of residues on stone tools from a North African Pleistocene context: the case of Ifri’n Ammar [Paper presentation]. The 15th Congress of PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies (PanAf), Rabat, Morocco.

Cnuts, D.* , Tomasso, S.* , & Rots, V. (September 2018). The Role of Fire in the Life of an Adhesive. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 25 (3), 839–862. doi:10.1007/s10816-017-9361-z

Cnuts, D., Peresani, M., Purdue, L., Porraz, G., Soressi, M., Tomasso, A., Val, A., & Rots, V. (30 May 2018). Assessing residue preservation and identification on stone tool assemblages from four different Late Pleistocene sites [Paper presentation]. Second Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts conference.

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.

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

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.

Cnuts, D. (2017). La question des adhésifs au Paléolithique : état de l’art, méthodes d’identification et expérimentations au TraceoLab [Paper presentation]. Cycle de conférences « Les Chercheurs de la Wallonie », Flemalle, Belgium.

Hayes, E., Rots, V., & Cnuts, D. (December 2017). The use of SEM-EDS in the documentation and characterisation of tool residues: recent research and future directions [Paper presentation]. ARCAS symposium, Australia.

Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2017). Taphonomie et analyse des résidus sur les pièces lithiques. In J.-P. Brugal, TaphonomieS (pp. 187-194). Paris, France: Éditions des archives contemporaines.

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

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2017). Around the fireplace: heat exposure and adhesive alteration [Poster presentation]. 7th Annual European Society for the study of Human Evolution meeting, Leiden, Netherlands.

Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Zanella, D., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (January 2017). Investigation of archeological mysteries by GCxGC-HRTOFMS and GCxGC-MS/MS [Paper presentation]. 8th Annual MDC Workshop, Toronto, Canada.

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.

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.

Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (07 July 2016). Time travelling into human prehistory using GC×GC-TOFMS [Paper presentation]. Journée du Département de Chimie, Liège, Belgium.

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

Perrault, K., Dubois, L., Stefanuto, P.-H., Cnuts, D., Rots, V., & Focant, J.-F. (March 2016). GCxGC-TOFMS for the Investigation of Archeological Mysteries [Paper presentation]. Forum Labo Biotech Lyon, Lyon, France.

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

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.

Cnuts, D. (02 June 2015). Protocols for extracting residues from stone tools [Paper presentation]. The Workshop for residues 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.

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.

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.

Hayes, E., Cnuts, D., Fullagar, R., Pardoe, C., Clarkson, C., & Stephenson, B. (05 September 2014). Experimental replication of Australian grinding stone implements [Paper presentation]. XVII World UISPP Congress, Burgos, Spain.

Cnuts, D. (2014). Residue analysis of prehistoric stone tools: a critical evaluation of current methods and practices through experimentation [Poster presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2014, Liège, Belgium.

Hayes, E., Cnuts, D., Fullagar, R., Pardoe, C., Clarkson, C., & Stephenson, B. (2014). Experimental replication of Australian grinding stone implements [Poster presentation]. AAA/ASHA2014, Cairns, Australia.

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.