Dr. M.b. Roussel
professor
Archeology
Leiden University
Netherlands
Biography
Morgan Roussel is a researcher in Paleolithic archaeology. His main research focuses on the lithics from the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Western Europe. Through a precise lithic technology approach from final Mousterian, Châtelperronian, Proto- and early Aurignacian, Morgan is looking for evidence of possible contacts between the last Neanderthals and the first migrant Anatomically Modern Humans. He is mainly working on Châtelperronian sites such as Les Cottés, Quinçay and Fontenioux located in the central part of France. With his experience of flintknapping, Morgan is also working on the identification of percussion techniques through the Paleolithic. Morgan excavated in France, Austria, Morocco, he is leading fieldwork at Le Fontenioux and he is part of several research team projects in Europe.
Research Interest
Archeology
Publications
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(2016), A Simple Photogrammetry Rig for the Reliable Creation of 3D Artifact Models in the Field. Lithic Examples from the Early Upper Paleolithic Sequence of Les Cottés (France), Advances in Archaeological Practice 4(1): 71-86.
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Roussel M., Soressi M. & Hublin J.-J. (2016), The Châtelperronian conundrum: Blade and bladelet lithic technologies from Quinçay, France., Journal of Human Evolution 95: 13-32.
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Welker F., Soressi M., Roussel M., Riemsdijk I. van, Hublin J.-J. & Collins M. J. (2017), Variations in glutamine deamidation for a Châtelperronian bone assemblage as measured by peptide mass fingerprinting of collagen, Science & Technology of Archaeological Research 3(1): 15-27.
