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Tomasso Sonja

Département des sciences historiques > TraceoLab

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Main Referenced Co-authors
Rots, Veerle  (38)
Cnuts, Dries  (24)
Coppe, Justin  (10)
Taipale, Noora  (5)
Geerts, Ferdi (4)
Main Referenced Keywords
Aterian (11); Hafting (6); residues (6); Use-wear (6); Ifri n'Ammar (5);
Main Referenced Unit & Research Centers
AAP - Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine - ULiège [BE] (10)
TraceoLab (2)
Traceolab (2)
Kommission für Archäologie Außereuropäischer Kulturen (KAAK) (1)
Main Referenced Disciplines
Archaeology (43)

Publications (total 43)

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Lucarini, G., & Tomasso, S. (2020). Africa under the microscope: What's new in techno-functional analyses in archaeology? Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.07.030 https://hdl.handle.net/2268/263060

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24 citations (Scopus®)

Cnuts, D.* , Tomasso, S.* , & Rots, V. (September 2018). The Role of Fire in the Life of an Adhesive. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 25 (3), 839–862. doi:10.1007/s10816-017-9361-z https://hdl.handle.net/2268/216798

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Perdaen, Y., & Rots, V. (22 March 2024). Van micro naar macro: de aanwezigheid van Mesolitische jagers-verzamelaarsgroepen in de regio van de Beneden-Schelde begrijpen door middel van techno-functioneel onderzoek [Paper presentation]. Verdiepende opleiding: syntheseonderzoek archeologie 2021, Brussels, Belgium.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (05 March 2024). Constructing a more detailed picture of human-environment relations during the Quaternary through the functional analysis of stone tools [Paper presentation]. BELQUA Annual Scientific Workshop, Brusssels, Belgium.

Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (2024). Utiliser la science participative et l'Archéologie Expérimentale pour développer nos connaissances du travail des plantes à travers le temps au sein de l'Unité de Recherche Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine [Paper presentation]. Deuxième Journée de la Recherche d’AAP 2024, Liège, Belgium.

Tomasso, S. (2024). What is new in the Aterien? A functional view on tool use, hafted stone tool technologies and assemblage variability at Ifri n’Ammar within the context of the Northwest African Middle Stone Age. (20). Berlin, Germany: Harrassowitz Verlag.
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (16 December 2023). Functional insights from a Middle Neolithic toolbox: a case study from Koersel [Paper presentation]. NOTAE, Groupe de Contact FNRS Préhistoire, Brussels, Belgium.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (2023). Functioneel onderzoek. In Y. Perdaen, I. Depaepe, M. Opbroek, ... I. Woltinge, Jager-verzamelaars en boeren onder het veen (pp. 373-416). Gent, Belgium: BAAC Vlaanderen bvba.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., Michel, M., Perdaen, Y., Devriendt, I., Geerts, F., Van Gils, M., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (22 December 2022). Final Pleistocene and Early Holocene hunter-gatherer technological organisation and human-environment interaction in Northeast Belgium [Paper presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2022, Leuven, Belgium.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Cheval, C., Perdaen, Y., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (25 October 2022). Towards a better understanding of fibre processing activities in Mesolithic wetland sites in Northwestern Europe: combining experimentation, use wear and residue analysis [Paper presentation]. 6ème édition du Congrès International d'Archéologie Expérimentale à Pézenas.
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Taipale, N., Tomasso, S., Michel, M., & Rots, V. (01 September 2022). How to integrate quantification into qualitative use-wear analysis? [Paper presentation]. 28th EAA Annual Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Taipale, N., Coppe, J., Lepers, C., & Rots, V. (June 2022). Reconstructing prehistoric hunter-gatherer behaviour through the study of stone tools: combining experimentation, use wear and residue analysis [Paper presentation]. 13th International Conference on Hunting and Gathering Societies "Living Well Together", Dublin, Ireland.
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Van gils, M., Geerts, F., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (2022). Gone with the wind? Evaluating the functional potential of a federmessergruppen assemblage from the eroded dune landscape of Lommel Maatheide [Paper presentation]. 3th Conference of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts, Barcelona, Spain.
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Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2022). Towards a detailed reconstruction of mesolithic plantrelated wetland activities at the lower scheldt basin belgium through systemic experimentation, residue and usewear analysis [Paper presentation]. 3th Conference of the Association of Archaeological Wear and Residue Analysts, Barcelona, Spain.
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Geerts, F., Van Gils, M., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (2021). A closer look at an eroded dune landscape: first functional insights into the Federmessergruppen site of Lommel-Maatheide. Peer Community Journal. doi:10.24072/pcjournal.67
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Geerts, F., Van Gils, M., De Bie, M., & Rots, V. (2021). A closer look at an eroded dune landscape: first functional insights into the Federmessergruppen site of Lommel - Maatheide. (1). ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/263395. doi:10.31219/osf.io/pf3sm

Tomasso, S. (2021). What is new in the Aterian? A functional view on tool use, hafted stone tool technologies and assemblage variability at Ifri n’Ammar within the context of the Northwest African Middle Stone Age [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/260173

Rots, V., Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (29 March 2021). Experiments in functional studies of stone tools. The case of hearth-related experiments [Paper presentation]. EXARC conference.
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Rots, V., Cnuts, D., & Tomasso, S. (26 March 2021). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen [Paper presentation]. Verdiepende opleiding / webinar "Archeologisch syntheseonderzoek", Belgium.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2021). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen. Belgium: Agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed.

Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2021). Time to shine The effect of metal traces on the functional analysis of lithic artefacts. Notae Praehistoricae, 41, 81-92.

Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., Mikdad, A., & Rots, V. (2020). Changes in hafting practices during the Middle Stone Age at Ifri n’ Ammar. Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.026
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Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., & Rots, V. (2020). Functioneel onderzoek van Laat-Paleolithische en Vroeg-Mesolithische sites in Vlaanderen. Synthese-onderzoek archeologie 2018. Agentschap Onroerend erfgoed.

Tomasso, S., Mikdad, A., & Rots, V. (2020). Apport de l’analyse tracéologique à la compréhension de l’assemblage lithique atérien d’Ifri n’Ammar : résultat d’une étude préliminaire sur l’assemblage de l’Occupation supérieure. Bulletin d'Archeologie Marocaine, 24, 23-36.
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Lucarini, G., & Tomasso, S. (2020). Africa under the microscope: What's new in techno-functional analyses in archaeology? Quaternary International. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.07.030
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2020). Toolkits in the Aterian technocomplex: new insights based on a use-wear analysis of the assemblages of Ifri n’Ammar. In Hunter-gatherers tool-kit: a functional perspective (pp. 309-329). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Tomasso, S., Abdeslam, M., & Rots, V. (11 September 2018). The Aterian at Ifri n’Ammar from a functional perspective [Paper presentation]. PANAF-The 15th Congress of PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related StudiesThe 15th Congress of PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies, Rabat, Morocco.
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Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., Mikdad, A., & Rots, V. (11 September 2018). Assessing the preservation of residues on stone tools from a North African Pleistocene context: the case of Ifri’n Ammar [Paper presentation]. The 15th Congress of PanAfrican Archaeological Association for Prehistory and Related Studies (PanAf), Rabat, Morocco.
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Cnuts, D.* , Tomasso, S.* , & Rots, V. (September 2018). The Role of Fire in the Life of an Adhesive. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 25 (3), 839–862. doi:10.1007/s10816-017-9361-z
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* These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Taipale, N., Tomasso, S., Coppe, J., Touzé, O., & Rots, V. (30 May 2018). Untangling tangs: Implications of tanged stone tool morphologies for hafting and raw material use in the Palaeolithic [Paper presentation]. AWRANA 2018. Beyond use-wear traces: On tools and people, Nice, France.
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Tomasso, S., Cnuts, D., & Rots, V. (28 May 2018). Around the Fire: Understanding the effect of heat exposure on hafting adhesives [Paper presentation]. AWRANA, Nice, France.
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Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (16 December 2017). Understanding the transformation of stone tool residues around the fire place: an experimental approach [Paper presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie”, Flemalle, Belgium.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (November 2017). Apport de l’analyse tracéologique à la compréhension de l’assemblage lithique atérien d’Ifri n’Ammar [Paper presentation]. RQM 9 - Quaternaire des plaines et plateaux côtiers atlantiques marocains : géomorphologie, préhistoire, paléo-environnements, Safi, Morocco.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (September 2017). A Techno-Functional Study of the Aterian Technocomplex at Ifri n'Ammar [Poster presentation]. 7th Annual European Society for the study of Human Evolution meeting, Leiden, Netherlands.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2017). What is the use of shaping a tang? Tool use and hafting of tanged tools in the Aterian of Northern Africa. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 1-29. doi:10.1007/s12520-016-0448-3
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Cnuts, D., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2017). Around the fireplace: heat exposure and adhesive alteration [Poster presentation]. 7th Annual European Society for the study of Human Evolution meeting, Leiden, Netherlands.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (16 September 2016). What’s the difference? Results of a functional study of Aterian and Mousterian tools from the site of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. 6th Annual ESHE Meeting.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (June 2016). What is the use of shaping a tang? Use-wear and technological analysis of the tanged and non-tanged tools from the Aterian assemblage of Ifri N'Ammar [Paper presentation]. Society for Africanist Archaeologists, Toulouse, France.
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Tomasso, S., Rots, V., Perdaen, Y., Crombé, P., & Meylemans, E. (December 2015). Hunting with trapezes at Bazel-Sluis: the results of a functional analysis. Notae Praehistoricae, 35.

Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (11 November 2015). Etude des traces d’utilisation et d’emmanchement au Paléolithique Moyen en Afrique du Nord: résultats préliminaires d’une analyse fonctionnelle des outils lithiques Atérien d’Ifri n’Ammar (Maroc) [Paper presentation]. RQM 8 - Le Quaternaire Maghrébin dans son contexte méditerranéen, Nador, Morocco.
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Tomasso, S., & Taipale, N. (03 June 2015). Reflections on tangs and other morphological adaptations that may be hafting-related [Paper presentation]. Workshop on Residues and Hafting, Liège, Belgium.
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Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (28 May 2015). Tool use and hafting in the Middle Palaeolithic of Northern Africa An on-going use-wear analysis on the Mousterian/Aterian assemblages of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. AWRANA Meeting 2015: Connecting people and technologies, Leiden, Netherlands.
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Coppe, J., Tomasso, S., & Rots, V. (2015). Le TraceoLab de l'université de Liège: regarder les traces pour mieux comprendre l'outil. In Rapports. Archéologie. Belgium: Région Wallonne.

Tomasso, S., Rots, V., & Eiwanger, J. (02 September 2014). Tool use and hafting in the Middle Palaeolithic of North Africa: preliminary results of an on-going use-wear analysis on the Mousterian/Aterian assemblages of Ifri n’Ammar (Morocco) [Paper presentation]. 17th World UISPP conference, Burgos, Spain.
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Rots, V., Cnuts, D., Coppe, J., Taipale, N., & Tomasso, S. (07 December 2013). Functional studies at Liège [Poster presentation]. Journée de contact FNRS “Préhistoire – Prehistorie” 2013, Eupen, Belgium.
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