Dr Ginette Auxiette has a Ph.D. in archaeology from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne and is currently a researcher specialized in archaeozoology with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP). Her research carried out with the team Trajectoires «De la sédentarisation à l'Etat» (UMR 8215 of CNRS) deals with different aspects of material culture in the Metal Ages in the northern half of France.
Dr Lamys Hachem graduated with a Ph.D. in archelogy from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne where she also has been teaching for several years. She is currently a senior researcher in archeozoology and pre-history at the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), the largest French center for archaeological research and one of the largest in Europe.