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Higher education in evolutionary anthropology involves providing students with in‐depth knowledge of biological and cultural heritage sites and collections that are frequently inaccessible. Indeed, most sites, fossils, and archaeological remains can be visited or manipulated only rarely and solely by specialists with extensive experience. Owing to the development of 3D and medical imaging techniques, this fragile heritage is now more widely accessible, and in a dynamic way. However, exclusive adoption of virtual teaching and learning has a negative impact on student engagement and, naturally, on exchanges with instructors, and thus cannot be used without some reservations. In the ITAP (Immersion dans les Terrains de l’Anthropologie biologique et de la Préhistoire) project of the higher education STEP (Soutien à la Transformation et à l’Expérimentation Pédagogiques) transformation program at the University of Bordeaux, we combine student‐active teaching with Master's students fully immersed in ongoing fieldwork, laboratory study, and dissemination of research results in order to develop more individually shaped learning curricula and to foster both professional and new interdisciplinary skills. Here, we present examples of experiments conducted in the ITAP project using both authentic and virtual collections of archaeological, experimental, and reference materials that help to break down the barriers between research activities and higher education, as well as providing a more general appraisal of the appropriate use of virtual tools in higher education by combining them with real‐life situations. The article describes examples of novel teaching methods that we have developed in our Master's program in evolutionary anthropology, where we combine student‐active teaching with Master's students fully immersed in ongoing fieldwork, laboratory study, and dissemination of research results.

La Quina is a major Middle Palaeolithic site in south-western France. The different excavations unearthed numerous human remains and an important bone accumulation. Level 6c, attributed to the Denticulate Mousterian, is characterized by a faunal spectrum largely dominated by bison. The particular position of the site above the highest cliff in the region led several authors to propose the use of La Quina as a Buffalo Jump site. This article proposes a skeletochronological analysis of the bison with the aim of establishing its hunting season. These data help us to discuss the hunting strategies more precisely and to better understand the function of the site.

Le gisement de la Quina est un site majeur du Paléolithique moyen du Sud-Ouest français. Les différentes fouilles qui s'y sont succédé ont mis au jour un nombre important de vestiges humains et une accumulation osseuse exceptionnelle. Le niveau 6c, attribué au Moustérien à denticulés, est caractérisé par un spectre faunique très largement dominé par le Bison. La position particulière du gisement au pied de la plus haute falaise de la région a poussé plusieurs auteurs à proposer une utilisation du site en Jump site. Par une étude cémentochronologique, nous proposons une réflexion sur la saisonnalité de prédation du Bison. Ces données apportent des éléments de discussion concernant les modalités de prédation et la fonction du site. La Quina is a major Middle Palaeolithic site in south-western France. The different excavations unearthed numerous human remains and an important bone accumulation. Level 6c, attributed to the Denticulate Mousterian, is characterized by a faunal spectrum largely dominated by bison. The particular position of the site above the highest cliff in the region led several authors to propose the use of La Quina as a Buffalo Jump site. This article proposes a skeletochronological analysis of the bison with the aim of establishing its hunting season. These data help us to discuss the hunting strategies more precisely and to better understand the function of the site.

Armand Dominique, Lenoir Michel. André Debénath (1940-2016). In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 113, n°4, 2016. pp. 860-861.

The Mousterian of Acheulian tradition (MAT) is considered by many to be a forerunner of the Chatelperronian. Although there are new data concerning the latter, recent and detailed studies of the MAT are rare. Pech-de-1'Azé I (Carsac, Dordogne) is one of the few Middle Palaeolithic sites containing several levels of MAT, making it a key site for understanding the technical and economic behaviour underlying this industry. In 1999 we began a new study of the site with the following objectives: studying Bordes' unpublished collection from the 1970-1971 excavation (stone tool industry, utilized black colorants and faunal remains); identifying the site formation processes; obtaining radiometric dates; and evaluating the site potential for palaeo- environmental studies. The preliminaiy results of this ongoing project are presented here. Le Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne est considéré par plusieurs auteurs comme un technocomplexe précurseur du Châtelperronien. Malgré l'apport de nouvelles données à propos du Châtelperronien, le Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne n'a fait l'objet ces dernières années que de rares analyses détaillées. Pech-de-l'Azé I (Carsac, Dordogne) est un des rares gisements à avoir livré en stratigraphie plusieurs niveaux de Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne. Il représente de ce fait un site clé pour définir les comportements techniques et économiques dans ce contexte moustérien particulier. Nous avons engagé en 1999 un programme de recherche sur ce site dont les principaux objectifs sont : l'étude de la collection inédite F. Bordes (fouilles 1970-1971), l'analyse des processus de formation du gisement, la datation radiométrique des niveaux archéologiques et l'évaluation du potentiel d'information en terme de paléoenvironnement du site. Cette note présente la problématique et la méthodologie de ce projet ainsi que le résultat des premières évaluations concernant les processus de formation de la séquence, son âge radiométrique et les analyses des restes fauniques.

Le Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne est considéré par plusieurs auteurs comme un technocomplexe précurseur du Châtelperronien. Malgré l'apport de nouvelles données à propos du Châtelperronien, le Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne n' a fait l'objet ces dernières années que de rares analyses détaillées. Pech-de-l'Azé I (Carsac, Dordogne) est un des rares gisements à avoir livré en stratigraphie plusieurs niveaux de Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne. Il représente de ce fait un site clé pour définir les comportements techniques et économiques dans ce contexte moustérien particulier. Nous avons engagé en 1999 un programme de recherche sur ce site dont les principaux objectifs sont: l'étude de la collection inédite F. Bordes (fouilles 1970-1971), l'analyse des processus de formation du gisement, la datation radiométrique des niveaux archéologiques et l'évaluation du potentiel d'information en terme de paléoenvironnement du site. Cette note présente la problématique et la méthodologie de ce projet ainsi que le résultat des premières évaluations concernant les processus de formation de la séquence, son âge radiométrique et les analyses des restes fauniques. The Mousterian of Acheulian tradition (MAT) is considered by many to be a forerunner of the Chatelperronian. Although there are new data concerning the latter, recent and detailed studies of the MAT are rare. Pech-de-l'Azé I (Carsac, Dordogne) is one of the few Middle Palaeolithic sites containing several levels of MAT, making it a key site for understanding the technical and economic behaviour underlying this industry. In 1999 we began a new study of the site with the following objectives: studying Bordes' unpublished collection from the 1970-1971 excavation (stone tool industry, utilized black colorants and faunal remains); identifying the site formation processes; obtaining radiometric dates; and evaluating the site potential for palaeo-environmental studies. The preliminary results of this ongoing project are presented here.

The 1986 excavations at the Mousterian site of La Quina, Charente, France included a witness section left intact by an earlier researcher, Germaine Henri-Martin. Zooarchaeological study of material from this witness section was designed to evaluate the effects of a number of different natural and human factors. This analysis demonstrated that the assemblage was actually the product of a number of different processes, some natural and some human, operating one after the other. The first of these processes was the accumulation offaunal remains by humans, a process that included some damage to the bones and probably some effect on the relative frequencies of different elements. This wasfollowed by damage and probably partial destruction by carnivores, and then by small-scale displacement by stream action. This complex series of events obscured details of the human activities originally responsiblefor the accumulation, although some behavioral information could still be extracted.

Armand Dominique. Bon F., Dubois S., Labails M.-D., dir. (2010) — Le muséum de Toulouse et l’invention de la Préhistoire . In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 110, n°4, 2013. pp. 766-767.