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Faecal markers (pollen-free microfossils and parasite eggs) in natural and archaeological archives (middens) are used to study the presence of fauna and the interactions between society and environement. In Arctic area, where wildlife is an essential resource for the survival of the population, these analyses reveal the complex history of the ecocu...
The Nain region including its archipelago (56• 3232N; 61•4134W) has been studied for long-term climate dynamics and human occupation. The human settlement on the coast of this part of North-Central Labrador (Nunatsiavut) is intricate, with the earliest archaeological sites of various cultures dating back to at least 5000 BC. The last migration wave...
Les travaux de construction de la station de métro “République”, au cœur des quartiers historiques de la ville de Rennes, ont révélé un remplissage sédimentaire de l’ancien lit de la Vilaine sur trois mètres d’épaisseur maximum. Étant donné le peu de travaux concernant les dépôts alluviaux quaternaires de la Vilaine disponibles à ce jour, cette opé...
Reliable quantitative vegetation reconstructions for Europe during the Holocene are crucial to improving our understanding of landscape dynamics, making it possible to assess the past effects of environmental variables and land-use change on ecosystems and biodiversity, and mitigating their effects in the future. We present here the most spatially...
Citation: Serge, M.A.; Mazier, F.; Fyfe, R.; Gaillard, M.-J.; Klein, T.; Lagnoux, A.; Galop, D.; Githumbi, E.; Mindrescu, M.; Nielsen, A.B.; et al. Testing the Effect of Relative Pollen Productivity on the REVEALS Model: A Validated Reconstruction of Europe-Wide Holocene Vegetation. Land 2023, 12, 986. https://doi. Abstract: Reliable quantitative v...
Study of the drivers of spider diversities in sub-arctic peat bogs at differents scale through taxonomic and functionnal diversities.
Quantitative reconstructions of past land cover are necessary to determine the processes involved in climate-human-land-cover interactions. We present the first temporally continuous and most spatially extensive pollen-based land-cover reconstruction for Europe over the Holocene (last 11 700 cal yr BP). We describe how vegetation cover has been qua...
Several recent dendrochronological, macrofossil and palynological studies have surveyed modern spruce forests at multiple locations in the Nain region of coastal Nunatsiavut (north-central Labrador) in order to reconstruct past forest composition, growth rates, species diversity and harvesting patterns. The present paper synthesizes original and pr...
Qikirtajuaq is a long island facing the Inuit village of Akulivik on the northeastern coast of Hudson Bay (Canada) that is rich in archaeological sites. Kangiakallak‐1 (JeGn‐2), one of the main sites on this island, is a large multicomponent site that includes Dorset and Thule Inuit winter houses. This study documents the dynamics of palaeoenvironm...
Analysis of charcoal particles preserved in lake sediments has been frequently used to reconstruct fire, vegetation and climate history. Larger macroscopic particles (>125 μm) are attributed to local fires, whereas microscopic charcoal particles (<125 μm), observed on pollen slides, are a signal of regional fire. Taxonomic identification of the cha...
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The Biological Field Station of Paimpont (Station Biologique de Paimpont, SBP), owned by the University of Rennes and located in the Brocéliande Forest of Brittany (France), has been hosting student scientific research and field trips during the last 60 years. The study area of the SBP is a landscape mosaic of 17 ha composed of gorse m...
A multidisciplinary geoarchaeological investigation was performed at Paaliup Qarmangit 1 site (JjGj‐14), located in a valley affected by periglacial processes in Nunavik, Canada. A taphonomic approach was carried out to document site formation processes on the site of a single‐family semi‐subterranean winter Thule‐Inuit house. Off‐site geomorpholog...
Interactions between human societies and vegetation since Prehistoric period up to the present time represents for archaeobotanists a vast ield of investigation, with numerous archaeological and historical implications. hree disciplines: palynology, anthracology and palaeoethnobotany are here under review, in a tentative for summarizing 40 years of...
Charcoal analysis aims to study different aspects of forest management, techno-economical choices and their specific impact on past landscapes, as well as the impact of climatic events. However, at the present time, charcoal analysis is generally limited to the study of a list of taxa and their relative frequency, as the methods usually employed in...
Hunter-gatherers collected and used various woody species depending on the landscape, availability of plant communities, and sociocultural considerations. With extensive paleo-wetlands and groundwater-fed oases, the Atacama Desert was interspersed with riparian woodlands that provided vital resources (fuel, water, and game) at the end of the Pleist...
Various studies using pollen stratigraphies have demonstrated significant correlations between Holocene plant diversity, climate, and human activities. Studies that have analyzed longer Holocene timescales tend to discuss cultural data very superficially. This is remarkable because detailed insights into past human activities may be key to gain an...
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La Bruyère du Hamel est située en Normandie occidentale, dans la plaine de Caen. Le site est localisé sur le versant ouest de la rivière Laizon à 200 m de « Derrière les Prés » à Ernes. Il a été découvert fortuitement en 1988. Dix-neuf campagnes sur le terrain ont mis en évidence deux occupations du Néolithique moyen. Un sol avec structur...
The primary aim of this study was to differentiate immersed wood samples from dry wood samples based on chemical analysis. The method has been developed to be applied to wood found in archaeological sites to distinguish between driftwood and wood that was cut in the forest tundra and then transported to the sites. The results of our research show t...
A geoarchaeological and paleobotanical study of a Paleoeskimo and Neoeskimo site was undertaken in order to reconstruct site-formation processes. The study site JfEl-10 is located on Igloo Island, in Diana Bay, on the southern shore of Hudson Strait. It contains a peat-mineral deposit situated between two successive beach crests, close to a small m...
At the end of the 20th century a programme of field work was carried out concerning the beginning and the development of the stoneware industry in southern Normandy. It permitted the identification of several medieval production sites. At la Picaudière kilns were discovered close to clay pits from which the earliest Normandy stone wares were made i...
Excavations conducted at the site of Gegharot in north central Armenia, along the northeastern margin of the Tsaghkahovit Plain (Aragatsotn region) have produced a large quantity of well-preserved charcoals. With occupations dating to the Early and Late Bronze Age, the site has been excavated since 2000 under the supervision of R. Badalyan and A.T....
Data concerning driftwood is of value to researchers in fields as diverse as oceanography, geomorphology and human occupation. Yet, studies on the subject in the Canadian Arctic have only recently been carried out and the present study is the first in Nunavik (north-eastern Canada). This study documents the composition, characteristics and origin o...
At the end of the 20th century a programme of field work was carried out concerning the beginning and the development of the stoneware industry in southern Normandy. It permitted the identification of several medieval production sites. At la Picaudiere kilns were discovered close to clay pits from which the earliest Normandy stone wares were made i...
La lande est une formation végétale actuellement caractéristique du Massif Armoricain. Elle est dans la majorité des cas de dynamisme régressif. Elle contient une dizaine de Papilionacées ligneuses indigènes. L'observation anatomique de leur bois carbonisé permet d'y distinguer les genêts et les ajoncs. L'étude des restes anthracologiques et pollin...
Dendro-anthracological analyses were performed on 19 archaeological sites located in the Limagne plain and dated from the 5th millennium BC to the 3rd century AD. Analyses concerned different archaeological contexts such as fireplaces, post-holes and settlement sites. The data shows a change in wood supply with time, namely the replacement of oak b...
Dendro-anthracological analyses were performed on 19 archaeological sites located in the Limagne plain and dated from the 5 millennium BC to the 3rd century AD. Analyses concerned different archaeological contexts such as fireplaces, post-holes and settlement sites. The data shows a change in wood supply with time, namely the replacement of oak by...
Driftwood and shrubs are the primary wood resources available in most areas of coastal Nunavik. Today, they are mainly used as fuel for campfires, but historically they were very important for the ancestors of present-day Inuit. This article documents Inuit traditional knowledge about the origin, availability, gathering, and exploitation of wood re...
Le Néolithique final. Les faits. Les matériaux organiques et minéraux.
The authors provide here the review of data on the ancient populations and the coastal landscape of Bas-Léon (Finistère), during the 1st millennium BC. The analysis of the abundant results from multidisciplinary approaches can provide indicators of environmental and social developments, suggesting the identification of two clearly distinct phases d...
This paper is a review of the recent developments in dendro-anthracology. On large fragments of charcoal, the growth ring width can be measured and, in parallel, the tree ring estimated or even the caliber of the original wood measured. This method can provide fundamental information on the interaction of societies with the environment, such intere...
A high-resolution, continuous 10,500 cal. yrs-long macroscopic charcoal record from a peat and lake sediment deposit at Storasjö, in the hemiboreal vegetation zone of southern Sweden, is presented. This record was compared with the microscopic charcoal record from the same core, and tentatively correlated with the macroscopic and microscopic charco...
The shell deposit of Beg-an-Dorchenn has been the subject of an interdisciplinary study. The first aim of our work is to calculate the value of the sea reservoir effect for this area of the Atlantic coast. The second is to understand how the Mesolithic people living near the sea exploited their environment. The results presented are mainly based on...
An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contribu-tions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an int...
In August 2007, holidaymakers discovered two pairs of polished axeheads that had been set vertically in clayey silt on the beach of Porh Fetan, at a place called Petit Rohu. They reported their find to the Regional Archaeology Service of Brittany and to the Carnac Museum. The shape and material of these axeheads allowed them to be identified straig...
Le niveau coquillier de Beg-an-Dorchenn (Plomeur, Finistere) a fait l’objet d’une etude interdisciplinaire visant, d’une part a calculer la valeur de l’effet reservoir pour cette zone du littoral atlantique, d’autre part a comprendre comment les hommes du Mesolithique installes a proximite de la mer ont exploite leur environnement, a partir notamme...
In hedged landscapes, the hedge structure induces a modification of soil organization at the landscape scale and another modification of soil geometry and properties at the slope scale. In these environments, the effects of landscape structures on soil pedogenesis and properties are identified, yet the time scale on which the target processes are o...
New methodologies using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and statistical tools were developed to provide new elements
to the interpretation of fossil pollen records on the large spatial scale of north-western France. The originality of these
methods lies in the analysis of the spatial distribution of the archaeobotanical data in order to iden...
In August 2007, holidaymakers discovered two pairs of polished jadeitite axeheads that had been set vertically in gravelly silt on the beach of Porh Fetan, at a location called Petit Rohu (Figure 1). The shape and material of these axeheads allowed them to be identified straightaway as being of Alpine origin, in common with a number of axeheads fou...
Rapport scientifique final du programme inondations dans le bassin de la Vilaine : paramètres hydrogéomorphologiques et flux terrigènes. IAV. p 91-177
During the last 15 years, charcoal analysis of archaeological sites in north-western France has been carried out in conjunction with systematic and detailed dendrological examination. By considering these extrinsic criteria in association with the analytical results, palaeo-ethnographic and palaeo-environmental information can be obtained. The char...
"The aim of this article is to present the results of the two first years of prospections done at Quequén
Salado river zone (Buenos Aires- Argentine). Prospection’s techniques adopted are presented. The distribution of
evidence are analysed from a micro regional point of view in function to the ecological context and regional
archaeological backgro...
During a séries of excavations carried out on a Bronze Age site and a medieval village site, six silo pits and an extraction pit were discovered by the Antoine Chancerel team. The abondant archeological material recovered dated from the Middle Neolithic II. This is the first time that the material culture of this period has been identified in Lower...
5AActes du colloque Bocages et sociétés, 29 sept - 1er oct 2004, Rennes
Les bocages sont des paysages construits par les sociétés agraires, au cours des siècles, pour aménager leurs territoires et gérer les ressources naturelles. La diversité du milieu et des fonctions sociales sont deux sources de diversité paysagère et biologique. Le maintien des caractéristiques des paysages bocagers est très lié à la pérennité de c...
Cet article issu de l'ouvrage "Des milieux et des hommes : fragments d'histoires croisée " récapitule le travail d'une vingtaine de spécialistes de l'archéologie, l'histoire, la paléoécologie, la géographie, l'écologie et la géo-agronomie sur le bocage breton.