Ballistic study tackles the question of impact energy for Palaeolithic weaponry
J. COPPE, C. LEPERS, V. CLARENNE, E. DELAUNOIS, M. PIRLOT & V. ROTS
Archaeometry. 2019

Integrating SEM-EDS in a sequential residue analysis protocol: benefits and challenges
E. HAYES, D. CNUTS & V. ROTS
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23: 116-126. 2019

Documenting scarce and fragmented residues on stone tools: an experimental approach using optical microscopy and SEM-EDS
E. HAYES & V. ROTS
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2018

Breakage, scarring, scratches, and explosions: understanding impact trace formation on quartz
N. TAIPALE & V. ROTS
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 27pp. 2018

Gravettian weaponry: 23,500-year-old evidence of a composite barbed point from Les Prés de Laure (France)
A. TOMASSO, V. ROTS et al.
Journal of Archaeological Science. May 2018

On the role of fire in the life of an adhesive
D. CNUTS, S. TOMASSO & V. ROTS
Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. December 2017

Extracting residues from lithics: towards an experiment-based protocol
D. CNUTS & V. ROTS
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Springer, 20pp (2017)

Focus on the target. The importance of a transparent fracture terminology for understanding projectile points and projecting modes
J. COPPE & V. ROTS
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 12: 109-123 (2017)

Learning from blind tests: determining the function of experimental grinding stones through use-wear and residue analysis
E. HAYES, D. CNUTS, C. LEPERS & V. ROTS
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 11: 245-260 (2017)

Pressure to serrate points for the hunt: Serrated points used as hafted projectiles at Sibudu Cave, South Africa
V. ROTS, C. LENTFER, V.C. SCHMID, G. PORRAZ & N.J. CONARD
PLoS ONE 12(4): e0175151, 61pp (2017)

What is the use of shaping a tang? Tool use and hafting of tanged tools in the Aterian of Northern Africa
S. TOMASSO & V. ROTS
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Springer, 29pp (2017)
DOI 10.1007/s12520-016-0448-3

Making sense of residues on flaked stone artefacts: learning from blind tests
V. ROTS, E. HAYES, D. CNUTS, C. LEPERS & R. FULLAGAR
PLOS One (2016)

Residue and microwear analyses of the stone tools from Schöningen
V. ROTS, B. HARDY, J. SERANGELI & N. CONARD
Journal of Human Evolution. Special Issue 89: 298-308 (2015)

Projectiles and the abuse of the use-wear method in a search for impact
V. ROTS & H. PLISSON
Journal of Archaeological Science 48: 154-165 (2014)

Insights into early Middle Palaeolithic tool use and hafting in Western Europe. The functional analysis of Level IIa of the early Middle Palaeolithic site of Biache-Saint-Vaast (France)
V. ROTS
Journal of Archaeological Science 40, 1: 497-506 (2013)

Prehension and Hafting traces on Flint Tools. A Methodology
V. ROTS
2010, 298 pages, 204 illustrations
ISBN 9789058678010
Published by Leuven University Press