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Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social

Just returned from two weeks of archaeological excavation on an uninhabited island in Brittany for @univbrest.bsky.social summer archaeological field school. Shell midden archaeology at its finest : bones, shells, shards and friends 💥 #PaleoSky 🏺 🦑

The excavation area: after five years of research, we have digged through modern, medieval and Bronze Age periods, all interbedded in sand dune, and we are now reaching the Bell Beaker level. Overview of a shell-rich area : stone tools, fauna remnants… Maybe linked to a post hole filled with paleo-trash ? A pile of limpet shells, directly from the sand : are these structure resulting from natural processes in the midden or are they intentionally deposited this way ? Conguel-style ceramic shard, nicely decorated
aug 18, 2025, 8:53 am • 12 2

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Caravelle @caravellin.bsky.social

Nice ! What island?

aug 28, 2025, 3:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jean-François Cudennec @jfcudennec.bsky.social

Béniguet ! 🏝️

aug 28, 2025, 3:32 pm • 1 0 • view