The First Prize was awarded to Nicolas Brot, from the Archéosciences Bordeaux unit and the Montaigne Humanités laboratory (EDMH). His thesis focuses on establishing chronological frameworks for different human groups during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition between southern Brazil and northern Uruguay, utilizing luminescence dating.
Two special mentions were also presented. The first to Marthe Czebakoff (AMERIBER, Montaigne Humanités - EDMH) for her research titled 'Hunting by horn, cry, and writing. Shaping, uses, and stakes of naturalist knowledge and techniques in Castilian hunting treatises (13th-16th century)'.
The second special mention recognized Olga Spaey (IKER, Montaigne Humanités - EDMH). Her thesis, 'The imprint of a society: spatial organization of negative handprints in Upper Paleolithic decorated caves,' offers a comparative study of the El Castillo, Fuente del Trucho, and Fuente del Salín sites using geomatic techniques.
Furthermore, the call for projects for the MSHBx 2027 initiative is open from October 1 to November 30, 2026.
