Solène DENIS

**CURRENT POSITIONS** 2022 *S**tandard grade Researcher (CRCN),* French National Center for Research, UMR 8068 TEMPS, Technologie et Ethnologie des Mondes PréhistoriqueS, Nanterre, France **EDUCATION** 2014 PhD. Prehistory Paris Ouest Nanterre University, France, Highest honour Supervisor: Dr. Jacques Pelegrin (CNRS, UMR 7055) 2009 Master, Human and Social Sciences, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Highest honour Supervisor: Dr. Jean-Paul Demoule (Professor, Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University) **PREVIOUS POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS** *Seal of Excellence, European Commission, project n° 101025733, KIN-Flint Knapping Apprenticeship and Intergenerational Transmission of Technical Know-how: Assessing the Cultural Transitions Processes of the First Continental Neolithic, Horizon 2020’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call H2020-MSCA-IF-2020* 2020 *Post-doctoral Researcher*, Operational Program Research, Development and Education - Project „Postdoc2MUNI“ (No. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/18\_053/0016952), 24 months Masaryk University, Department of Archaeology and Museology, Czech Republic 2020 *Post-doctoral Researcher*, IN WBI Excellence Short Term Scholarship, 3 months Namur University, LIATEC laboratory, Belgium 2017 *Post-doctoral Researcher*, Move-In Louvain fellowship, Cofund Marie Curie, 22 months Namur University, LIATEC laboratory, Belgium 2016 *Post-doctoral Researcher*, fellowship from the Foundation Wagemann, 6 months Universität zu Köln, Institut für Ur-und Frühgeschichte, Germany 2016 *Post-doctoral Researcher*, Mobility fellowship from the Foundation Maison des sciences de l’homme (FMSH - France) and the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (FTS - Germany), 3 months Universität zu Köln, Institut für Ur-und Frühgeschichte, Germany **DIRECTION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FIELDWORK** 2021/2022 *Siliceous raw materials between the Rhine and the Scheldt: constitution of a litho­theque to international standards*, co-directed with Prof. Dr. Silviane Scharl (University of Cologne) and Dr. Jean-Philippe Collin (University of Namur) supported by the French-German Univer­sity (NBV-24-21-I) 2019/2022 iNSTaNT project: *The End of the Early Neolithic in Nor­th-Western Europe: from the integrated approach of the technical system to the socio-cultural dynamics of a major historical transition (6th to the 5th millennium BC),* co-directed with Dr. L. Gomart (CNRS, UMR 8215), supported by the Maison de l’Archéologie et de l’Ethnologie, Nanterre, France 2019 *International Standards for techno-economic analysis of neolithic Stone Tools*, co-directed with Prof. Dr. S. Scharl (University of Cologne) and J.-P. Collin (PhD student, Unamur/Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne), supported by the French-German University (NBV-60-18\_2019) 2017 Direction of rescue excavations at the site of Ath «les Haleurs», Belgium, Early Neolithic. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and Public Utility of Wallonia partnership, 5,5 months 2014 Co-direction with C. Lietar (UMR 8215) and L. Manceau (INRAP-UMR 8215) of thematic archaeological surveys project entitled «Researches on the Neolithic of Mauges area : pedestrian surveys around the Evre Valley», France, Operation n° 2014-49, prefectoral decree n° 108 ; Programme n° 12, 2014 **TEACHING ACTIVITIES** 2020 Neolithic and Eneolithic Seminar, with Dr. P. Tóth, Bachellor, Masaryk University, Brno (République Tchèque), 20h 2019 Contract worker – *Neolithic lithic industries*, Master, Lille University, France, 12 hours 2017 Contract worker – *Societies and material culture during Prehistory*, Bachelor, Franche-Comté University, Besançon, France, 24 hours 2017 Contract worker – *Art History of Prehistory*, Bachelor, Franche-Comté University, Besançon, France, 24 hours **ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS** 2023 (forth.) Denis S., Dumont L., Kiosak D., Manem S.- *Craft and apprenticeship in past societies: a barometer of social changes. Methods, Issues and Interprétations,* 3rd Session of Scales of Social, Environmental and Cultural Change in Past Societies, Kiel Conference, Kiel (Germany) 13th-18th March 2022 Denis S., Gomart L. – Closing round-table of the MSH Mondes iNSTaNT project: *The End of the Early Neolithic in Nor­th Western Europe: from the integrated approach of the technical system to the socio-cultural dynamics of a major historical transition (6th to the 5th millennium BC),* Paris (France), 20 oct. 2022 Denis S., Defranould E., Kačar S., Szilágyi K. - Borderline lithics: from spatial patterns to social processes during the European neolithization. *In \[Re\]Integration, 28th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists,* Session 252, Budapest (Hungaria), 31 aug. -3 sept. 2022 Denis S., *Workshop* *Ceramic Studies, make sherds speak! Methods and Interpretations*, Department of Archaeology and Museology, Brno, 6th June 2021 Denis S., Gomart L. and Tóth P. - Crossed approaches to transitions in the Neolithic: understanding the social mechanisms underlying material culture transformation using the concept of *chaîne opératoire*. In *Widening Horizons,* 27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Online Session 276, Kiel (Allemagne), 9 September 2017 Denis S. and Collin J.-P. - The siliceous raw materials of Northwestern Europe: transnational dialogue on the characterization of raw materials. *In Building Bridges*, 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Session 335, Maastricht (Pays-Bas), 30 August– 2 September