Project members

Faleme – Senegal (project ongoing since 2011)

General coordination of the programme:

Eric Huysecom, Professor at Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique at the Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution at the University of Geneva (Switzerland).

Institutional collaboration:

Senegal: Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar (UCAD); Fundamental Institute of Black Africa, Dakar (IFAN); Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar (MCN).
Mali: Institute of Human Sciences (ISH); National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST); Kayes Cultural Mission (MCK).
Switzerland: University of Geneva (UniGe) ; Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) ; University of Fribourg (UniFr)
France: University of Paris XII – Créteil; University of Bordeaux Montaigne; Université Lumière of Lyon 2; University of Angers, University of Paris X- Nanterre;
Germany: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt.

Archaeological team, Paleolithic thematic:

• Katja Douze, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Matar NdiayeIntitut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire (IFAN), Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal.
• Eric Huysecom, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Viola Schmid, University of Tübingen.
• Luca Pollarolo, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).

In the past have also contributed:

• Abdoulaye Camara, Benoît Chevrier, Alice Leplongeon, María Lorenzo Martinez.

Archaeological team, Protohistory, Ancient History and Ethnoarchaeology:

• Anne Mayor, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Céline Cervera, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Eric Huysecom, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Pierre Lamotte, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Thomas Pelmoine, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Néma Guindo, Department of History and Archaeology, University of Bamako, Mali.
• Vincent Serneels, Department of Geosciences, University of Fribourg.
• Jacques Aymeric, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Miriam Truffa-Giachet, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Nadia Cantin, Laboratoire IRAMAT-CRP2A, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux Montaigne, France.
• Hamady Bocoum, Black African Fundamental Institute (IFAN), Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), Dakar, Senegal, Director of the Museum of Black Civilizations (M.C.N).
• Julien Vieugué, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).

In the past have also contributed:

• Serge Loukou, Amy Sonko, Ndèye Sokhna Gueye †, Alexander Walmsley, Margaux Chappuis, Mamoudou Diallo, Guémou Kassogué, Fatoumata Dykel Sankaré, Cheikh Oumar Kanté, Kléna Sanogo, Boubacar D. Traoré, Oumar Sy.

Paleo-environmental Team, Archaeobotany, Archaeozoology, Geomorphology:

• Michel Rasse, Laboratoire Archéorient, Université Lumière of Lyon 2, France
• Laurent Lespez, University of Paris Est – Créteil.
• Aline Garnier University of Paris Est – Créteil.
• Sarah Davidoux, University of Paris Est – Créteil.
• Patricia Chiquet, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Louis Champion, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Camille Ollier, E.N.S., University Lumière of Lyon 2, France

In the past have also contributed:

• Aziz Ballouche, Louis Chaix, Fatima Mokadem, Clément Virmoux.

Chronology Team:

• Chantal Tribolo (OSL, TL), Laboratoire IRAMAT-CRP2A, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux Montaigne, France.
• Norbert Mercier (OSL), Laboratoire IRAMAT-CRP2A, CNRS, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne, France.
• Irka Hajdas (14C), Laboratory of Ion Beam Physics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (ETH-Z)

In the past have also contributed:

• Brice Lebrun (OSL)

Eotilé – Côte d’Ivoire (project in progress since 2016)

General program coordination:

• Eric Huysecom, Professor at Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland), and Hélène Kienon-Kaboré, Department of Archaeology of the Institute of Anthropological Development Sciences, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Institutional collaboration:

• Ivory Coast: Félix-Houphouët-Boigny University, Abidjan (UFHB); Swiss Centre for Scientific Research in Côte d’Ivoire, Yopougon (CSRS).
• Switzerland: University of Geneva (UniGe)

Archeological team:

• Eric Huysecom, Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Serge Loukou,Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique, Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva (Switzerland).
• Hélène Kienon-Kaboré
• Sylvain Kouakou

Pays Dogon – Mali (project completed, 1997-2012)

General coordination of the programme:

Eric Huysecom, Professor at Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l’Afrique at the Anthropology Unit of the Department of Genetics and Evolution at the University of Geneva (Switzerland).

Institutional collaboration:

Mali: Institute of Human Sciences (ISH); University of Bamako (FLASH); National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST); Bandiagara Cultural Mission (MCB).
Switzerland: University of Geneva (UniGe); University of Fribourg (UniFr).
France: University of Paris X- Nanterre, University of Caen, University of Rouen, University of Bordeaux, University of Angers.
Belgium: Afrika Museum, Tervuren.
Germany: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt; Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne.
Great Britain: University of Oxford, Oxford.

Archaeological team, Paleolithic thematic:

Eric Boëda, Sylvain Soriano, Aline Robert, Katja Schaer, Louis de Weyer, Eric Huysecom.

Archeological team, Epipaleolithic and Neolithic theme:

Eric Huysecom, Sylvain Ozainne, Francesco Raeli, Souad Kouti, Jocelyne Desideri.

Archaeological team, thematic Archaeometallurgy and Ethnometallurgy:

Caroline Robion-Brunner, Vincent Serneels, Sébastien Perret, Eric Huysecom, Raphaëlle Soulignac, Boubacar D. Traoré.

Archaeological team, Protohistory and Ancient History theme:

Anne Mayor, Eric Huysecom, Sylvain Ozainne, Marie Canetti, Néma Guindo, Daouda Keïta, Chrystel Jeanbourquin, Ileina Colaizzi, Laurence Cappa, Nafogo Coulibaly, Ambaéré André Tembély †, Alexander Downing, Doulaye Konaté, Ousmane Sow, Aurélie Terrier, Messac Poudiougo, Serge Loukou, Kléna Sanogo, Adama Dembélé.

Archaeological team, Ethnoarchaeology, Ethnology and Linguistics:

Anne Mayor, Alain Gallay, Nadia Cantin, Elena Burri, Roger Blench, Denis Douyon, Camille Selleger, Heidrun Mezger.

Paleo-environment, Archaeobotany, Archaeozoology and Geomorphology Team:

Michel Rasse, Laurent Lespez, Aline Garnier, Yann Le Drezen, Katharina Neumann, Barbara Eichhorn, Stefanie Kahlheber, Aziz Ballouche, Nuscia Taibi, Jan Moyersons, Nicolas Fedoroff †, Hugues Doutrelepont †, Koen Deforce, Jan van de Velde, Sylvie Coutard, Louis Chaix, Émile Roche, Hans Beeckman.

Chronology Team:

Chantal Tribolo, Stephen Stokes †, Irka Hajdas.