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7. Beyond Use-Wear Traces. Going from tools to people by means of archaeological wear and residue analyses. Leiden : Sidestone Press

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Hamon, Caroline, Maigrot, Yolaine, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Trajectoires - UMR 8215, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Published
2021

8. ETAPAS Project IPEV n°1146: aims and first results

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Beyries, Sylvie, Henry, Auréade, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, [SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology, [SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2019

9. Living in the forest from the forest: Ethnobotany of nomad Amur Region Evenks

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Kurovskaya, Elina, Henry, Auréade, Rageot, Maxime, Beyries, Sylvie, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Karl-Eberhardt Universität Tübingen

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[SHS.ANTHRO-SE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Social Anthropology and ethnology, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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Published
2019

10. Ethnoarchaeology of glue production in East Siberia - A biomolecular perspective

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Rageot, Maxime, Henry, Auréade, Kurovskaya, Elina, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Karl-Eberhardt Universität Tübingen, Laboratoire d'anthropologie sociale (LAS), and École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Collège de France (CdF (institution))-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
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International audience

Published
2019

11. Occupation of west-central France between 19 and 17.5 ky cal. BP: which cultural adaptations to the Heinrich 1 cold event? Technological and functional approach of the lithic industry of la Marche (Vienne) and la Garenne (Indre)

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Gauvrit Roux, Eugénie, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Henry, Auréade and Vanlandeghem, and Marine

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Industrie lithique, Centre-Ouest de la France, Magdalénien moyen ancien, Heinrich I
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Occupation of west-central France between 19 and 17.5 ky cal. BP: which cultural adaptations to the Heinrich 1 cold event? Technological and functional approach of the lithic industry of la Marche (Vienne) and la Garenne (Indre).

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2019

12. Gravettian weaponry: 23,500-year-old evidence of a composite barbed point from Les Pres de Laure (France):23,500-year-old evidence of a composite barbed point from Les Prés de Laure (France)

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Tomasso, Antonin, Rots, Veerle, Purdue, Louise, Beyries, Sylvie, Buckley, Michael, Cheval, Carole, Cnuts, Dries, Coppe, Justin, Julien, Marie-Anne, Grenet, Michel, Lepers, Christian, M'hamdi, Mondher, Simon, Patrick, Sorin, Sabine, and Porraz, Guillaume

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Hunting weapon, Western Europe, Upper Palaeolithic, Weapon design, Composite technology
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Understanding hunting technology is pivotal in the study of adaptive and innovative forces that influenced the evolution of prehistoric societies. The manufacture, design and use of hunting weapons involve technical processes such as those of tool miniaturization, blank standardization and projection modes, but also influence broader demographic structures such as human subsistence strategies, territorial organization and socio-economic structures. Here we present a unique discovery from a newly discovered site at Les Prés de Laure (Var, France). Excavations revealed a multi-stratified open-air site with archaeological units that were rapidly buried by the alluvium of the Jabron River. In a Gravettian layer dated between 25 and 23.5 ka cal BP, within an area apparently dedicated to horse carcasses processing and consumption, 11 backed points were discovered in direct association with altered bone remains. Wear and residue analysis of the lithic backed points in combination with complementary experimental data converge to indicate that the find represents a bone point armed with lithic barbs and used as hunting weapon. This discovery provides new evidence for the manufacture and use of hunting weaponry in a Gravettian context and stimulates discussion on Paleolithic weapon function and design, offering a unique window into the characterization of prehistoric hunting strategies.

Published
2018

13. Perforated La,d snails shells in western Mediterranean during late Pleistocene-early Holocene: preliminary study

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Saafi, Ismail, Verdun-Castello, Ester, Hutterer, Rainer, Beyries, Sylvie, Bernad, Josep, Aouadi, Nabiha, Merzoug, Souhila, Belhouchet, Lotfi, Linstdater, Jörg, Petrullo, Giacoma, Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique (LAMPEA), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC), Section of Mammals, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Department of Vertebrates, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Conselleria d'Educació, Cultura i Esport, Institut National du Patrimoine - Tunisie (INP), Musée du Bardo, Institut national du patrimoine (INP), CNRPAH (CNRPAH), CNRPAH, Musée Archéologique de Sousse, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

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Pleistocene, Early Holocene, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Snail shell
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International audience; Since the beginning of the 20th century, certain works (e.g. Debruge and Mercier, 1912, Debruge, 1910) have mentioned the presence of terrestrial snail shells pierced in archaeological sites of eastern Algeria. These sites are locally called “rammadiyat” (or “escargotières”). After about a century, new studies are interested in this phenomenon (Hutterer et al., 2011, 2014, Saafi et al., Submitted). Although the appearance of perforated gastropod has been identified since the Aurignacian (in the Iberian Peninsula). and the Iberomaurusian (in North Africa), they are more abundant in recent periods (Mesolithic / Capsian). In the North African sites the percentage of pierced shells does not exceed 20% of the malacological assemblage at each site. Generally, the perforations are similar in shape, size and position. However, thanks to an ethnographic study, an experimentation program and a traceological analysis some differences can be highlighted and we have been able to identify the techniques used to make the perforations and their function. Some of the perforations were made pierced by human canine teeth or by a cutting tool (blades or slats for example). In most of the cases when the perforations are located in the upper part of the spire they are used to facilitate the extraction of the animal from its shell when the latter resists in the upper part of the shell. The perforations at the last body whorl (behind the peristome) are fewer. They are related to the production of ornaments (necklaces) and, up to now, they are only present on the Maghreb. This is an example of the new role of continental malacofauna in the daily life of human groups. Moreover, due to the limited presence at a few sites, these perforated terrestrial snail shells are considered to be markers of the mobility of human groups in the western Mediterranean.

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2018

14. Reindeer and fish as raw materials – an ethnoarchaeology of Evenk glue technology (east Siberia, Russian Federation)

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Henry, Auréade, Rageot, Maxime, Kurovskaya, Elina, Simonova, Veronika, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), IPEV Projet 1140 ETAPAS, Terberger, Thomas and Kabacinski, and Jacek

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ethnoarchaeology, animal glue preparation, east Siberia, Evenks
Abstract

International audience; Reindeer and fish as raw materials – an ethnoarchaeology of Evenk glue technology (east Siberia, Russian Federation)

Published
2018

15. Insights in Epigravettian ornamental traditions: use-wear analysis on the shell ornaments from Martin rockshelter (Alpes-Maritimes, France)

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Hoareau, Leila, Beyries, Sylvie, Binder, Didier, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
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International audience; Insights in Epigravettian ornamental traditions: use-wear analysis on the shell ornaments from Martin rockshelter (Alpes-Maritimes, France)

Published
2018

16. Methodological perspectives to differentiate states of hide based on experimentation and ethnoarchaeology

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Beyries, Sylvie, Gauvrit Roux, Eugénie, De Stefanis, Cristina, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Sylvie Beyries, Caroline Hamon andYolaine Maigrot

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Analyse fonctionnelle, experimentation, Archéologie, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Industrie lithique, Travail de la peau, tracéologie, Ethnoarchéologie
Published
2018

17. Ornamental traditions during Epigravettian: techno-functional study of shell ornaments from Martin rockshelter (Alpes-Maritimes, France)

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Hoareau, Leïla, Binder, Didier, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Beyries, Sylvie and Hamon, Caroline and Maigrot, and Yolaine

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experimentation, abri Martin, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, techno-functional study, Epigravettian, shell ornaments
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International audience; Ornaments are a non-verbal mode of communication, employed by societies to transmit various information between individuals such as membership to a group, social status or biological maturity. Ornaments contribute both to the construction of the group and individual identity. Ornamental traditions, when we are able to decipher them, can give us an image of the territorial and social organisation of human groups. Since ornaments can be part of the maintenance of exchange networks, it can inform us about transfers of know-how and/or aesthetic conceptions. During the Epigravettian (20 000 – 9 000 cal. B.P.), ornaments are predominantly made out of marine shells. However, most Epigravettian sites only benefit from malacological determination. On very few site technical and sometimes functional aspects were taken in account: grotta Continenza, riparo Biarzo and Vela Spila. Martin rockshelter, attributed to terminal Epigravettian, revealed 136 seashells, among which Antalis sp., Tritia pellucida and Columbella rustica. Most of them present use-wear traces, which give us an idea on how the objects were worn, on the ornamental compositions. Use-wear traces nevertheless erase gradually technological traces. They however bring complementary information on the societies, in the extent that technical gestures stem from cultural choices. We therefore made experimentations in order to understand how use-wear modifies technical traces, and consequently, in what extent can we identify technological choices on a used archaeological object. Various manufacture techniques were tested on three marine shell species: perforation by grinding, pressure and drilling, on Tritia pellucida and Columbella rustica, and truncation by sawing and flexion for Antalis sp.. The shells were then used by means of a sieve shaker, and use-wear development was regularly documented during the experimentation. This work should allow us to better understand the different steps of ornament biography.

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2018

18. An experimental approach to the functional study on the non-flint Tools in Morocco

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Djellal, Yousef, Bouzouggar, Abdeljalil, Beyries, Sylvie, Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine (INSAP), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC), Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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Tools, Morocco, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, non-flint, traceology
Abstract

International audience; An experimental approach to the functional study on the non-flint Tools in Morocco

Published
2018

19. Use-wear analysis of plant processing in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of south-east of France: The contribution of ethnography

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De Stefanis, Cristina, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Sylvie, Beyries and Caroline, Hamon and Yolaine, and Maigro

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, ethnograph, plant working, Neolithic, use-wear, Mesolithic
Abstract

The functional analysis of knapped stone tools produced by the last hunter-gatherers (during the 7th and the beginning of 6th millennium B.C.) and the first farmers (beginning of 6th millennium B.C.) in the south-east of France shows a diversity of plant working (taxa and gesture). Both groups used tools with notched edges shaped by pressure or percussion for plant scraping. The use-wear performed on these tools shows the contact on a medium rigid, fresh, lightly siliceous plant but not abrasive. The contact angle of the motion is quite low. The morphological standardization of the concave used zone, as well as the type of worked material and motion can be interpreted as a specialisation of these tools for a particular task. This kind of tools could be involved in many different chaînes opératoires linked to plant working. Among them, we choose to focus on basketry. Investigations of today’s practices were conducted among two basket makers of the south of France (PACA region). We observed the ways of collecting, processing and weaving four different species of plants to manufacture baskets and fish traps (Juncus Maritimus Lam., Arundo Donax L., Myrtus Communis L., Salix Viminalis L.) and one species to only weave baskets (Castanea Sativa Mill.). This study allowed us to better understand the different treatments each species needs and the types of tools and gestures used for. Some of these activities were reproduced experimentally using flint tools similar to the archaeological ones to complete the study. By blending ethnographic and experimental activities, we had the opportunity to better understand the archeological data and produce new hypothesis on its meaning.

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2018

20. Cultural adaptation and mobility patterns in siberian tundra and taiga environments

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Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Godon, Martin

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taïga, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, adaptation, Toundra, mobilité
Abstract

Cultural adaptation and mobility patterns in siberian tundra and taiga environments

Published
2018

21. Birch bark tar production: experimental and biomolecular approaches of a common and widely used prehistoric adhesive

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Rageot, Maxime, Théry-Parisot, Isabelle, Beyries, Sylvie, Lepère, Cédric, Carré, Alain, Mazuy, Arnaud, Filippi, Jean-Jacques, Fernandez, Xavier, Binder, Didier, Regert, Martine, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Hépato-Gastroentérologie, and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice)

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System of production, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Biomolecular archaeology, Experimental archaeology, Neolithic, Chassey cultur, Birch bark tar
Abstract

International audience; Birch bark tar, the oldest adhesive known in Europe, was widely used during Prehistory. This material, produced by a controlled heat treatment of birch bark, is identified in various spheres of activities and provides valuable information on know-how, technical and territorial systems of past societies. This biomaterial can also supply evidence for socio-economic networks and mobility. However, very few is known on the systems of production during Prehistory, even for Neolithic period. The lack of findings in the archaeological record requires the development of an approach that combines experimental archaeology and biomolecular chemistry. We present here (i) the results of experimental production of birch bark tar and (ii) their molecular signatures according to different processes based on the use of ceramic vessels. The key role of bark quality is highlighted for the first time. This study also details direct archaeological inference of the experimental results obtained: a total of 23 samples from the site of Nice-Giribaldi (France, second part of the Vth century BCE) was investigated. Different categories of birch bark tars were identified during Neolithic in the south of France, giving evidence for complex manufacture systems and procurement networks

Published
2018

22. Experimental approach of shell bead manufacturing technique during Epigravettian : efficiency and variability

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Leïla Hoareau, Zen, Chiara, Fontana, Federica, Beyries, Sylvie, Università degli Studi di Ferrara (UniFE), Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Guzzo Falci, Catarina and Winnicka, Kinga and Van Gijn, Annelou, CEPAM, Labo, and Guzzo Falci, Catarina and Winnicka, Kinga and Van Gijn, Annelou

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experimentation, [SHS.ARCHEO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, shell beads, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Epigravettian, manufacturing technique
Abstract

International audience; Throughout the Upper Palaeolithic, shell beads experienced few modifications as the only manufacturing stage is reduced to the perforation of the shell. In epigravettian contexts, whereas raw material identification is systematic, the characterisation of perforation techniques is still rarely considered. The few studies which take in account this aspect show that technical choices vary much more than raw material choices ; therefore bringing to light new information regarding cultural differentiation in epigravettian groups. It seems therefore necessary today to characterise precisely the traces specific to each perforation technique to define the technical choices adopted by different prehistoric groups. Nevertheless, some factors might modify the traces and efficiency of the techniques. The shell thickness can vary according to the species and to environmental conditions, which can change significantly from one area to another within the same body of water. Thus we made an experimentation using three species, commonly discovered in epigravettian contexts: Tritia pellucida, Tritia neritea and Columbella rustica. Eight perforations (direct and indirect percussion, pressure, sawing, manual rotation, scratching, grinding, and inside-out bipolar percussion techniques were tested to identify their traces and variability depending on the species tested and the origin of the shell. The drills used during the experimentation were replica of drills discovered in the epigravettian site of Riparo Tagliente. This site was chosen because one of the levels (level 13a alfa) revealed lithic drills and perfored shells. This association could be interpreted as traces of shell bead manufacturing activity. These experimentations and the traceological analysis of the archaeological shells and drills, should enable us to understand the link between the techniques involved, the species exploited and the visible traces on shells.

Published
2017

23. Experimentation

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Philipakis, Georgia

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Experimentation
Abstract

Experimentation

Published
2016

24. Ethnoarchaeology and experimentation for approaching prehistoric human-environment interactions

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Henry, Auréade, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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experimentation, approaching, human-environment, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, interactions, Ethnoarchaeology, prehistoric
Abstract

Ethnoarchaeology and experimentation for approaching prehistoric human-environment interactions.

Published
2016

25. Use-wear analysis of a Mesolithic assemblage: the Mourre de Sève rock shelter (Sorgues-Vaucluse)

Author

De Stefanis, Cristina, Beyries, Sylvie, Binder, Didier, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

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[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Southern France, Use wear, Sauveterrian, Castelnovian, Mesolithic
Abstract

International audience; This research concerns the characterisation of economy of a Mesolithic settlement in the South of France. The Mourre de Sève site is a rock shelter located not far the confluence of Rhône-Ouvèze and it represents the exploitation of a riverine environment by hunter-gatherers. The latest excavations, in 1994 and 1997, dated the site using AMS to the Sauveterrian and the Castelnovian periods. The Castelnovian lithic industry from the top levels of the site constitutes one of the few blade and trapeze complexes of the region between the Alps and the Pyrenees. In this article we discuss the results of use-wear analysis carried on the lithic artefacts from the recent excavations. The results of this analysis are linked to multidisciplinary studies of the archaeological material to characterize the economy of the site. The findings suggest continuity in economy type from the Sauveterrian to the Castelnovian occupations

Published
2016

26. Technology, traceology and functional analysis

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Philippakis, Georgia

Subjects
functional, Technology, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, analysis, traceology
Abstract

Technology, traceology and functional analysis

Published
2016

27. Roc-aux-Sorciers. A Palaeolithic rock Shelter with uniques scluptures

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Philipakis, Georgia and Galanidou, and Nena

Subjects
préhistoire, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Séminaire
Abstract

Roc-aux-Sorciers. A Palaeolithic rock Shelter with uniques scluptures

Published
2016

28. Plant-working in an Early Neolithic settlement. The use-wear study on lithic industry of Pendimoun (Castellar – Alpes Maritimes) site

Author

De Stefanis, Cristina, Beyries, Sylvie, Binder, Didier, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
Castellar, industry, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Pendimoun, Maritimes, settlement, Early, lithic, site, study, Neolithic, use-wear, Alpes, Plant-working
Abstract

International audience; Plant-working in an Early Neolithic settlement. The use-wear study on lithic industry of Pendimoun (Castellar – Alpes Maritimes) site

Published
2015

29. The state of the hide. Discriminating hide conditions through lithic tool polish using confocal microscopy

Author

Gonzalez Urquijo, Jesús, Beyries, Sylvie, Ibanez, Juan-José, Lazuén, Talia, Universidad de Cantabria [Santander], Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Departamento de Arqueologıa y Antropologıa (IMF CSIC), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientıficas (IMF-CSIC), De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), and Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

Subjects
methodoligie, confocal, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, peau, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS
Abstract

International audience; The state of the hide. Discriminating hide conditions through lithic tool polish using confocal microscopy

Published
2015

30. Engraved horse incisors during the Middle Magdalenian (France)

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Bignon, Olivier, Jacomet, Suzanne, Mazière, Guy, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité (ArScAn), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ministère de la Culture et URA 28 du CRA, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis (UP8)-Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris)

Subjects
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Magdalenian, Engraved, incisors, during, France, Middle, dents de cheval, horse, art
Abstract

International audience; Engraved horse incisors during the Middle Magdalenian (France)

Published
2015

31. Hide-working in the Middle Magdalenian: preliminary results of stone tool functional analysis of La Marche (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne, France)

Author

Gauvrit Roux, Eugénie, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
industrie lithique, analyse fonctionnelle, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, peau, magdalénien moyen
Abstract

Hide-working in the Middle Magdalenian: preliminary results of stone tool functional analysis of La Marche (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne, France)

Published
2015

32. Site function of a Middle Magdalenian site with symbolic productions: preliminary results of La Marche stone tools functional analysis (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne, France)

Author

Gauvrit Roux, Eugénie, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
industrie lithique, analyse fonctionnelle, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, magdalénien moyen
Abstract

International audience; Site function of a Middle Magdalenian site with symbolic productions: preliminary results of La Marche stone tools functional analysis (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne, France)

Published
2015

33. ETAPAS: EThnoArchaeology of Plant use and exploitation by Arctic and subarctic Societies

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Henry, Auréade, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
bois, végétal, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Ethnoarchaeology
Abstract

National audience; ETAPAS: EThnoArchaeology of Plant use and exploitation by Arctic and subarctic Societies

Published
2014

34. Use-wear analysis of a Castelnovian blade and trapeze assemblage. The Mourre de Sève rock shelter (Sorgues-Vaucluse)

Author

De Stefanis, Cristina, Beyries, Sylvie, Binder, Didier, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
trapeze, Use-wear, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, shelter, Mourre, assemblage, analysis, Sorgues-Vaucluse, Sève, Castelnovian, rock, blade
Abstract

Use-wear analysis of a Castelnovian blade and trapeze assemblage. The Mourre de Sève rock shelter (Sorgues-Vaucluse)

Published
2014

35. Fire, hearths and firewood. Ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology for understanding past human activities linked to fire: the contribution of charcoal analysis

Author

Henry, Auréade, Beyries, Sylvie, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
activities, understanding, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, analysis, experimental, fire, hearths, archaeology, firewood, Ethnoarchaeology, Fire, contribution, human, past, charcoal, linked
Abstract

International audience; Fire, hearths and firewood. Ethnoarchaeology and experimental archaeology for understanding past human activities linked to fire: the contribution of charcoal analysis

Published
2013

36. Resharpening and recycling:different conceptions of the Magdalenian tools

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Cattin, Marie-Isabelle, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), and Université de Neuchâtel (UNINE)

Subjects
[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, recy, roc-aux-sorciers
Abstract

International audience; Resharpening and recycling:different conceptions of the Magdalenian tools

Published
2013

38. Chemistry, manufacture and uses of plant exudates and tars over time in Western Europe and Mediterranean area: new trends and results

Author

Regert, Martine, Rageot, Maxime, Beyries, Sylvie, Binder, Didier, Delhon, C., Drieu, Léa, Henry, Auréade, Théry-Parisot, I., Fernandez, X., Filippi, J.-J., Burri, Sylvain, Durand, Aline, Sacchetti, F., Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic, Le Hô, Anne-Solenn, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA), Gestion des ressources naturelles , environnements et sociétés (GReNES), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Laboratoire d'Archéologie Médiévale et Moderne en Méditerranée (LA3M), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), CNR-INFM CRS-Soft, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, CNR-INFM CRS-Soft, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF), Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH), Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Dynamique Interactions et Réactivité (LADIR), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF)

Subjects
trends, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, exudates, education, plant, Mediterranean, Europe, results, Chemistry, [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry, over, uses, Western, manufacture, time, area, tars
Abstract

International audience; Chemistry, manufacture and uses of plant exudates and tars over time in Western Europe and Mediterranean area: new trends and results

Published
2012

39. Are the Magdalenian Backed Pieces From Hohle Fels Just projectiles or Part of a Multifunctional Tool kit?

Author

Taller, Andreas, Beyries, Sylvie, Bolus, M., Conard, Nick, Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
Just, From, Multifunctional, Backed, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, Magdalenian, kit, Tool, Hohle, Part, projectiles, Fels, Pieces
Abstract

International audience; Are the Magdalenian Backed Pieces From Hohle Fels Just projectiles or Part of a Multifunctional Tool kit?

Published
2012

40. Wood technology of Patagonian hunter-gatherers.A use-wear analysis study from the site of Cerro Casa de Piedra 7 (Patagonia, Argentina)

Author

Caruso, L., Clemente, I., Beyries, Sylvie, Civalero, T., Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), and COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)

Subjects
Piedra, Patagonian, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, hunter-gatherersA, analysis, Casa, Argentina, Cerro, Wood, from, technology, site, Patagonia, study, use-wear
Abstract

Wood technology of Patagonian hunter-gatherers.A use-wear analysis study from the site of Cerro Casa de Piedra 7 (Patagonia, Argentina)

Published
2012

41. There is the tool and the way of using it.Quina scrapers and their retouches

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Shott, M.

Subjects
their, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, There, tool, itQuina, scrapers, retouches, using
Abstract

International audience; There is the tool and the way of using it.Quina scrapers and their retouches

Published
2011

42. How to model the results of functional analyses?

Author

Beyries, Sylvie, Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age (CEPAM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MacDonald, D. and Lerner, and H.

Subjects
results, functional, model, [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory, analyses
Abstract

International audience; How to model the results of functional analyses?

Published
2011

44. Divergence in the evolution of Paleolithic symbolic and technological systems: The shining bull and engraved tablets of Rocher de l'Impératrice.

Author

Naudinot, Nicolas, Bourdier, Camille, Laforge, Marine, Paris, Céline, Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic, Beyries, Sylvie, Thery-Parisot, Isabelle, and Le Goffic, Michel

Subjects
BIOLOGICAL divergence, BIOLOGICAL evolution, PALEOLITHIC Period, MAGDALENIAN culture, PHYSICAL anthropology
Abstract

The development of the Azilian in Western Europe 14,000 years ago is considered a “revolution” in Upper Paleolithic Archaeology. One of the main elements of this rapid social restructuring is the abandonment of naturalistic figurative art on portable pieces or on cave walls in the Magdalenian in favor of abstract expression on small pebbles. Recent work shows that the transformation of human societies between the Magdalenian and the Azilian was more gradual. The discovery of a new Early Azilian site with decorated stones in France supports this hypothesis. While major changes in stone tool technology between the Magdalenian and Azilian clearly mark important adaptive changes, the discovery of 45 engraved schist tablets from archaeological layers at Le Rocher de l’Impératrice attests to iconographic continuity together with special valorization of aurochs as shown by a “shining” bull depiction. This evidence suggests that some cultural features such as iconography may lag far behind technological changes. We also argue that eventual change in symbolic expression, which includes the later disappearance of figurative art, provides new insight into the probable restructuring of the societies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2017
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46. First Sculpted Human Face in the Western Mediterranean Early Neolithic.

Author

Binder, Didier, Hamon, Caroline, Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic, Beyries, Sylvie, Pradeau, Jean-Victor, Vautier, Franck, and Voldoire, Olivier

Subjects
HISTORY of sculpture, FACE in art, ART & culture, AEGEAN civilization, NEOLITHIC Period, ARCHAEOLOGICAL excavations, MASKS, HISTORY, MANNERS & customs, SOCIAL history, ANTIQUITIES
Abstract

The development of the Neolithic way of life in the western Mediterranean during the sixth millennium cal. BC is the consequence of the spread of populations from the Near East after successive stages of cultural remodelling. Despite the clear contribution of the Near Eastern and Aegean Neolithic to the economic and technical changes that happened to the west, little is known here about their symbolic legacies, because of the scarcity of representations and ritual evidences associated to the earliest western Neolithic contexts. Excavations at the rock shelter of Pendimoun (southeastern France) yielded the first anthropomorphic stone sculpture from the western Mediterranean Neolithic (early sixth millennium cal. BC). Using both carving and painting techniques, it represents a realistic-looking human face and is a unique example within the western Mediterranean and European frameworks. After describing the shaping and colouring details of the mask, the authors here deal with its possible social significances and cultural connections. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2014
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