Dr. A. Queffelec

Alain Queffelec is a specialist of archaeometry of lithic materials at the CNRS, based at the UMR5199 PACEA laboratory at the University of Bordeaux. He employs different techniques of spectroscopy and microscopy to characterize raw materials and archaeological artifacts from various periods and contexts, including the Ceramic Age of the Caribbean islands. Additionally, he devotes part of his time to Open Science initiatives, notably as the founder of PCI Archaeology.

• Leck, A., Bellot-Gurlet, L., Carazzo, G., Gratuze, B., Langlade, J., Le Bourdonnec, F.-X., Leandri, C., Shearn, I., Stouvenot, C., and Queffelec, A., 2024, Obsidian in the Caribbean islands? Mysterious Ceramic Age glass artefacts in the Lesser Antilles, Archaeometry, 66(6), 1255–79. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12980
• Queffelec, A., 2023, Diversity and similarity in the Ceramic Age lapidary production in the Caribbean islands, Revista de Arqueología Americana(41), 191–244. https://doi.org/10.35424/rearam.v0i41.4308
• Queffelec, A., Maureille, B., Arzarello, M., Blasco, R., Crandell, O., Doyon, L., Halcrow, S., Karoune, E., Ruiz-Redondo, A., and Van Peer, P., 2023, Peer Community In Archaeology: a community-driven free and transparent system for preprints peer-reviewing, Archeologia e Calcolatori, 34(1), 125–34. https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.34.1.2023.14
• Queffelec, A., Bellot-Gurlet, L., Foy, E., Lefrais, Y., and Fritsch, E., 2021, First identification of sudoite in the Caribbean Ceramic Age lapidary craftsmanship, Gems and Gemology, 57(3), 206–26. https://dx.doi.org/10.5741/GEMS.57.3.206
• Queffelec, A., Fouéré, P., Bellot-Gurlet, L., and Bérard, B., 2020, Stone ornaments from Guadeloupe and Martinique Early Ceramic period sites (200 BC – AD 400), detailed analysis and comparison with a Late Ceramic period site (AD 750 – 1000), Journal of Caribbean Archaeology, 20, 1–44.