Full Name: Céline Emmanuelle Kerfant
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Nationality: French
Address: Facultat de Lletres. Av. De Catalunya,- Tarragona, Spain
Contact :-,
ckerfant1-Academic qualifications- International Doctorate in Quaternary and Prehistory, University Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain- Erasmus Mundus Master's degree, Evolution, Heritage and Societies, Quaternary and Prehistory at
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Scored good- Bachelor's degree in History of Art and Archeology at University of Paris 1- Panthéon-Sorbonne,
Paris
Work and employment history
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. UMR 7209.December 2016-March 2017. Dir Charlène Bouchaud.
Research project on Cotton (Gossypium Hirsutum) phytolith. Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac.
Musée Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac. Since January 2016. Dir Christophe Moulhérat Expertise of Marquesas
Islands fans (19th century); Cubeo Costume-Mask from Amazonia (20th century); To'o-Maro Ura from Society
islands (20th century). Raw materials characterization (Digital microscope) & Study of manufacturing process
(Binocular microscope).
Laboratory work
Muséum
National
d'Histoire
Naturelle.
Alcoothèque,
January
2017
&
February-March
2016. Dir. Thierry Deroin. Anatomical reference collection (Chemical treatments, mounting solution on slide).
Institut de Recherche sur le Développement, November- December 2016. Dir Anne-Marie
Sémah. Phytoliths reference collection (Extraction process, mounting solution on slide)
Publications
Forthcoming (submitted) Melandri M, Kerfant C et Moulherat C. Les éventails des îles Marquises : Méthode
d’analyse et perspective de l’imagerie numérique 3D. In Situ, Revue des patrimoines.
Moncel M-H, Daujeard C, Chacon Navarro M.G, Vettese D., Fernandes P, Hardy B, Puaud S, Richard M, Allue E,
Bearez P, Boulbes N, Britton K, Courty M-A, Crégut-Bonnoure E, Desclaux E, Gallotti R, Joannes-Boyau R, Kerfant
C, Lateur N, La Porta A, Limondin-Lozouet N, Marin J, Pike-Tay A, Rivals, Roger T, Bahain J-J, Falguères C. 2018 .
Abri du Maras (Saint-Martin d’Ardèche). Un habitat néandertalien occupé il y a 90 000 et 40 000 ans. Ardèche
Magazine.
Kerfant C. 2016. Significance of landscape for a better understanding of present and past societies. In:
L.Oosterbeek, M.Quagliulo & L.Caron (ed). Sustainability Dilemmas Transdisciplinary contributions to Integrated
Cultural Management (p 271-281), Instituto de Terra e Memora, Arkeos, Tomar.
Kerfant C. 2005. Drafting of Jan and Joël Martel.Camard & Associés - Sales catalogue “Art décoratifs XXh century
», Paris.
Communications
2018. Poster Presentation. 11th Kapi Conference - Katipunan Arkeologist ng Pilipinas, Bulacan, the Philippines.
December 8th. Ropes and baskets made of Banana fibers: Case studies from Taiwan and the Philippines.
2018. Visual Presentation. 40th Annual Conference UGAT – Ugnayang Pang-AghamTao, Anthropological
Association of the Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Palawan State University, the Philippines. November 9 th. Ropes
and baskets: Case Studies from Taiwan and the Philippines.
2018. Visual Presentation. 21th of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Congress, Hue, Vietnam. September
27th. A comparative study of craft tradition in the Batanes Islands, the Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan,
Republic of China.
2018. Poster Presentation. European Association of Archaeologists, Barcelona, Spain. September 8th.
A comparative study of craft tradition in the Batanes Islands, the Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan,
Republic of China.
2018. Visual Presentation. Center for Chinese Studies Fellowship, National Central Library, Taipei, Taiwan.
August 23th. Ropes and Baskets made of Zingiberales : Case Studies from Taiwan and the Philippines.
2018. Visual Presentation. 8th Symposium of Zingiberales, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore. July 27 th.
Ropes and Baskets made of Zingiberales : Case Studies from Taiwan and the Philippines.
2018. Visual Presentation. Binalot Talks, Archaeological Studies Program, UP Diliman, Quezon city - Metro
Manila. The Philippines. January 31 st. A comparative study of craft tradition in the Batanes Islands, the
Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2018. Visual Presentation. Early Rice Worksop, Siridhorn Anthropology Center, Bangkok. Thailand. January 3 rd.
Ropes and baskets: Raw materials, manufacturing processes and uses. A comparative study of craft tradition in
the Batanes Islands, the Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2017. Visual Presentation. Department of Archaeology, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan. Taiwan.
Republic of China. November 15th. Ropes and baskets: Raw materials, manufacturing processes and uses. A
comparative study of craft tradition in the Batanes Islands, the Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan, Republic of
China.
2017. Visual Presentation. Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei. Taiwan. Republic of China.
October 24th. Ropes and baskets: Raw materials, manufacturing processes and uses. A comparative study of
craft tradition in the Batanes Islands, the Philippines and Lanyu Island, Taiwan, Republic of China.
2017. Co-visual Presentation with Vladimir Dabrowski. Cotton in the Old World: domestication, cultivation, use
and trade. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. France. May 4 th. Cotton fibres and seeds at Mleiha: A
cotton production centre in Southeast Arabian Peninsula during Early Pre-Islamic period?
2015. Visual Presentation. Binalot Talks, Archaeological Studies Program, UP Diliman, Quezon city - Metro
Manila. The Philippines. September 2nd. Archaeological Textile remains: Inputs of biological approach.
2015. Visual Presentation. Worshop de Fibras, Presentation at Ana Oms House, UAB and ICREA researchers,
Barcelona. Spain. February 20th. Las fibras vegetales de Mleiha en la época Preislámica reciente D (250 AD):
Estudio de los textiles.
2012. Visual Presentation Council of Europe, Participation to the First Cultural Routes Summer Seminars.
Strasbourg. France. September 2012.
Excavations
Abri du Maras (Ardèche, France) April 2016, Institution : MNHN. Sediment sampling for phytolith analysis and
excavation/ Callao Cave (Cagayan Valley, Philippines) June - July 2015, Institution: ASP, UP Diliman. Excavation
and archaeological research/ La Noira (Centre, France) August 2014, Institution: MNHN, Paris. Excavation and
archaeological research/ Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy) July 2014, Institution: Ferrara University. Excavation
and material restauration/ Falerii-Novi (Umbria, Italy), August 1997 and 1999. Institution: Gruppo archeologico
Romano. Excavation, material restauration and surveys.