The IRN Coast-inland dynamics in hunter-gatherer societies (PrehCOAST) is a network involving researchers from Spain (Santander), France (Bordeaux, Brest, La Rochelle, Paris, Rennes, and Toulouse), Latvia (Riga) and Norway (Oslo). It integrates specialists (archaeologists and environmentalists) who devote all or part of their work to the issues of prehistoric societies (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) in their environment.

At this stage, the network involves 27 people from 8 laboratories in France and 1 laboratory in each of the partner countries (Spain, Latvia, Norway). At this stage, it is more the existence of obvious research links that presided over the association of these researchers.
FRANCE
Laboratory : UMR 6566, Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH)
Institutional partners : CNRS, Universités de Rennes 1, Rennes 2, Nantes et Le Mans, Ministère de la Culture, INRAP
– Vincent Bernard, Researcher, Archaeology and Dendrology
– Cyrille Billard, Curator, Coastal Archaeology
– Jorge Calvo Gomez, PhD student Rennes 1, functional analysis
– Marie-Yvane Daire, Senior Researcher, Coastal Archaeology
– Catherine Dupont, Researcher, Archaeozoology (Malacology)
– Olivier Kayser, Curator, Archaeology (Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– Grégor Marchand, Senior Researcher, archaeology and lithic technology
– Elena Paillet, Curator, Parietal Art
– Laurent Quesnel, Technician, Surveys, computer graphics, 3D
Laboratory : UMR 6554 LETG
Institutional partners : CNRS, Universités de Brest et Nantes
– Pierre Stéphan, Researcher, coastal geomorphology
– Serge Suanez, Professor, coastal geomorphology
– Alain Hénaff, Lecturer, coastal geomorphology
– Agnès Baltzer, Professor, coastal geomorphology
Laboratory : UMR 6538 LGO
Institutional partners : CNRS, Universities of Brest
Main contact and persons involved in GDRI :
– Aurélie Penaud, Lecturer, Marine Paleontology
– Muriel Vidal, Lecturer, Marine Paleontology
– Pascal Le Roy, Lecturer, Marine Paleontology
– Nicolas Le Dantec, Lecturer, Marine Geology
Laboratory : UMR 6539 LEMAR
Institutional partners : CNRS, Universités de Brest
– Yves-Marie Paulet, Professor, Marine Biology and Archaeology
– Jean-François Cudennec, PhD Student, Marine Biology and Archaeology
Laboratory : UMR 7209 Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique
Institutional partners : CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle
– Philippe Béarez, Senior Researcher, Archaeozoologist (ichthyology)
– Alexa Dufraisse, Researcher, Anthracologist
Laboratory : UMR 5608 TRACES
Institutional partners : CNRS, University of Toulouse Jean-Jaurès
– Vincent Ard, Researcher, Archaeologist (Neolithic)
– Jean-Marc Pétillon, Researcher, Archaeologist (Palaeolithic)
– Alizée Hoffman, PhD Student, Paleoparasitology
Laboratory : UMR 7266 – LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LINKS)
Institutional partners : CNRS, University of La Rochelle
– Jean-Michel Carozza, Professor, Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology
– Vivien Mathé, Lecturer, Geomorphology and Geoarchaeology
Partner unit: UMR 5607 – Ausonius
Institutional partners : CNRS, University of Bordeaux-Montaigne
– Florence Verdin, Researcher, Coastal Archaeologist
– Elias Lopez Romero, Research Fellow (LaScArBx Junior LabEx Chair), Archaeologist (Neolithic)
– NORWAY
Institutional partners : Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
– Almut Schülke, Associate Professor, Archaeology (Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– Inger Marie Berg-Hansen, Associate Professor (Mesolithic, Neolithic, Lithic Technology)
– Axel J. Mjærum, Associate Professor, Archaeology (Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– Steinar Solheim, Associate Professor, Archaeology (Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– Svein Vatsvåg Nielsen, Archaeology, PhD-student
– Guro Fossum, Archaeology, PhD-student
– Isak Roalkvam, Archaeology, University of Oslo, Institute for Archaeology, Conservation and History, archaeologist, M.A.
– LATVIA
Laboratory: Institute of Latvian History
Institutional partners : University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia)
– Valdis Bērziņš, Researcher, Archaeology (Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– SPAIN
Laboratory : Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas (IIIPC)
Institutional partners : University of Cantabria
– Pablo Arias, Professor (Catedrático), Archaeology (Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic)
– Ángel Armendáriz, Professor (Profesor Titular), Archaeology ((Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Archaeology of Death)
– Igor Gutiérrez Zugasti, Professor (Ayudante), Archaeology (Mesolithic, Archaeomalacology)
– Luis C. Teira, Technician, topography, imaging, megalithism
– Marián Cueto, Doctoral student, Archaeozoology
– Patricia Fernández, Researcher, Lithic Raw Materials
– Antonio Higuero, Doctoral Student, Physical Anthropology
– Jorge Vallejo, Researcher, Data Banks
– Ana Costa, PhD student, Geology
– Sara Núñez, Doctoral Student, Palynology
– Eliana Catelli, doctoral student, dye analysis
– Jesús Tapia, doctoral student, lithic technology
– Carlos Duarte Simões, PhD student, micromorphology