Geometric morphometrics can effectively distinguish isolated third lower molars of present-day sheep and goat, but its applicability to archaeological specimens has yet to be established. Using a modern reference collection of 743 sheep and goats and a two-dimensional landmark-based geometric morpho...
The quantification of taxa is a major exercise in zooarchaeology. Specialists have multiplied the methods of counting animal remains, but the choice of the stratigraphic unit for these analyses (stratigraphic unit, sector of an archaeological site, occupation phase of a settlement…) constitutes an e...
This paper critically revisits three Provençal seigneurial domains from the 10th-12th centuries AD through new zooarchaeological and archaeological data as well as through the work of historians. The contexts studied correspond to four seigneurial, two military and one peasant settlements. The resul...
Soils and sediments are the backbone of the archaeological record and provide information about the changing form and function of spaces within castles and concerning the links between these spaces and activities in their hinterlands. In this paper, by applying a range of geoarchaeological technique...
This article describes the numerous bone remains discovered in a Roman road station, a mansio, on the Via Nova Traiana. The finds are exceptional and provide valuable insights into the daily life, environment, and economy of a road station. The assemblage is dominated by domestic species, mainly she...
Dental mesowear is a widely used tool in archaeology and palaeontology for the reconstruction of the overall diet of mammals. This method is based on the characterisation of the height and relief of dental cusps, as they vary according to diet. The use of this method on domestic ungulates presents l...
Los sociétés de la région de l’Empordà et du Languedoc à l’âge du Fer subissent une série de transformations progressives affectant leur structure économique, sociale et politique. Plusieurs indices suggèrent le développement d’une hiérarchisation marquée, d’une société plus inégalitaire, de tension...
Depuis près de huit millénaires, l’élevage et le pastoralisme ont joué un rôle moteur dans le développement des sociétés de Méditerranée nord-occidentale. Pour la Provence et les Alpes méridionales, toutefois, les caractéristiques et les dynamiques des systèmes d’exploitation des ressources animales...
Dental Microwear Analysis (DMA) is currently used for obtaining information on diet of different animal species. Low-magnification Microwear Dental Analysis (LMDA) is a DMA technique based on the identification of microfeatures (pits and scratches) on the tooth enamel surface. During the last decade...
The assessment of the date of death (DOD) of animals found in archaeological sites provides insights into the exploitation of their environment by ancient mobile and sedentary populations. In an attempt to overcome the limitations of the traditional methods, we determine the DOD of domestic caprines...
18 Textile technology strongly advanced with sedentism and pastoralism. During prehistory, many 19 populations settled in central Eurasia, a place of extensive exchange and cultural contact. In the 20 Taklamakan desert, the dry climate enabled good preservation of ancient textiles. The study present...
The arrival of early farmers and their livestock in the western Mediterranean during the early Neolithic marked a new way of life for the north‐east Iberian Peninsula. Given the permanence of the introduced economic strategies, which are still practiced today, and their apparently momentous outcome,...
Often present in the archaeological record but rarely studied in archaeozoology, the petrosal part of the temporal bone provides important distinctive features allowing specific determination, despite a confusing morphological variability. Here, we propose to use this bone to untangle the question o...
The Near East is the cradle of sheep and goat domestication. It is also the first place where farming began to specialize in sheep husbandry from the Neolithic period onwards. This paper focuses on the evolution of husbandry and the contribution of caprines (sheep and goats) to the animal economy in...
Pastoral activities in the northeastern Pyrenees increased substantially during the Bronze Age, raising the question of the modalities of occupations in zones where the snow cover limited access to grasslands for a significant part of the year. The present study explores how stable isotope analysis...
In Austral Africa, no remains of domestic caprines (sheep Ovis aries and goat Capra hircus) has never been found in archaeological assemblages. This suggests that those domestic animals have been introduced from the Near East to East Africa and then to the southern part of the continent (MacHugh, La...
The first occupation levels at Tell Aswad, a Neolithic site located in the central Levant near Damascus (Syria), dates to the end of the Early PPNB period. These architectural levels had yielded a low amount of faunal remains but their chronological position and the geographical location of the sett...
Une fouille réalisée en 2013 à Cazan « le Clos du Moulin » Vernègues (Bouches-du Rhône) a permis de mettre en évidence une importante occupation du Chasséen récent en fond de vallon. Aucun niveau de sol n’a été retrouvé, mais plus de 600 structures en creux permettent de documenter un des premiers s...