Project desciption: The research engineer will collaborate with members of Action 2 within Work Package 5 to develop and implement methodologies for the digital restoration and virtual reconstruction of artifacts, buildings, and human-shaped natural spaces from the past, such as prehistoric caves, cultic structures, and funerary monuments. These methods must enable the integration of diverse documentation, including observations (texts), photographs, surveys (maps, laser scans, photogrammetry), and various physico-chemical analyses and measurements.
The research engineer in archaeology and digital technologies will participate in missions involving the implementation of a 3D-referenced information system, the development of methodologies, and their adaptation to multiple archaeological sites and objects. This work aims to generate new research questions and interpretations, and to identify and confirm new tipping with the relevant scientific teams.

Principal supervisor: Bruno Dutailly, Archéosciences Bordeaux - Plateforme Archeovision

Place of work: Laboratoire Archéosciences Bordeaux; Archéopole d’Aquitaine, Esplanade des Antilles; 33600 Pessac, France

Contract duration: 18 months

Expected starting date: January 1st 2027

Application deadline: November 13th 2026

Project desciption: The successful candidate will be recruited to the research unit Archéosciences Bordeaux within the Geochronology team. He/she will be involved in the study of several East African archaeological sites for which there is currently no chronological data based on physical dating methods. The project is part of Work Package 3 of the GPR ‘Human Past’ and aims to provide innovative dating tools that can be used over a wide time range, in line with the scientific objectives of the GPR.
The successful candidate will be required to carry out experiments on sediment samples from the Mochena Borago (Ethiopia) and Lokam (Kenya) sites, for which Dr C. Tribolo is responsible for the dating.

Principal supervisor: Norbert Mercier, Archéosciences Bordeaux

Place of work: Laboratoire Archéosciences Bordeaux; Maison de l’archéologie, 8 esplanade des Antilles; 33607 Pessac, France

Contract duration: 12 months

Expected starting date: January 1st 2027

Application deadline: November 6th 2026