Gilles Touchais

Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University | UNiVPARIS1 · UMR 7041 ArScAn

While preparing the final publication of the excavations carried out on the prehistoric lakeside settlement of Sovjan (1993–2006), during the last years, we have undertaken (1) the complete re-examination of the stratigraphic data, (2) the detailed study of the pottery of the Bronze and Iron Age levels, and (3) the realisation of new absolute dates...

The archaeological site of Sovjan is situated on the edge of the Korçë Basin, southeastern Albania. Its remarkably long and well investigated stratigraphic sequence, spanning from the Neolithic till the Iron Age, makes it an important type- and reference-site for the whole region. At different periods of prehistory it was located on the shores of t...

The Mycenaean cemetery of Deiras has enjoyed relatively little attention by Aegean scholars. This is mainly due to the rather modest character of its contents, which does not favor quantitative analysis of “wealth” and “status” differences among individuals. Based on the assumption that mortuary patterns “mirror” social structure, such approaches h...

A synthetic review of the archaeology of Argos, Greece, from the beginning of the Middle to the end of the Late Bronze Age.

Actes de la 14e Rencontre égéenne internationale, Paris, Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art (INHA), 11-14 décembre 2012

Le sud-ouest des Balkans est parsemé de nombreux lacs situés dans des bassins intramontagnards typiques de ces régions et dont les rives ont exercé un attrait tout particulier sur les populations dès la Préhistoire. Les lacs les plus fréquemment rencontrés (Fouache, 2006) sont de grands lacs comme ceux d’Ochrid, de Prespa ou de Jannina, qui sont in...

Chantée par les poètes comme la patrie des héros de l'épopée, Argos n'a pourtant joué qu'un rôle modeste dans l'histoire. Mais son site est occupé sans interruption depuis six mille ans. Village préhistorique, habitat mycénien, cité grecque enfin, elle a connu toutes les phases du développement de la civilisation grecque, des origines à nos jours....

La campagne de 2011 a été centrée sur les trois axes autour desquels s’organisent les activités de la mission depuis 2008 : 1) l’exploration du site néolithique de Kallamas, au bord du lac de Prespa (nouveaux sondages, poursuite de l’étude du matériel) ; 2) l’étude des données des fouilles de Sovjan en vue de la publication ; 3) la prospection arch...

https://www.persee.fr/doc/bch_0007-4217_2011_num_135_2_7896

Since the early 1990s, excavations of a protohistoric lakeside settlement in the Korça basin carried out by a French–Albanian archaeological team have induced geomorphological and palynological studies about the sedimentary records of Lake Maliq. These studies allow us to distinguish a series of centennial-scale high and low lake level events betwe...

Depuis le début des années 1990, les fouilles archéologiques menées dans le bassin de Korçë, notamment sur le tell de Sovjan, occupé du Néolithique ancien (7990 cal BP, soit 7060 - 6899 av. J.-C.) jusqu’à l’Âge du fer (2600 cal BP, soit 822 - 671 av. J.-C.), ont confirmé l’implantationde populations sédentaires, pratiquant l’agriculture et l’élevag...

This paper presents an event stratigraphy based on data documenting lake-level changes as well as volcanic eruptions over the period 4500—3500 cal. BP from sediment sequences of Lakes Accesa in Tuscany (north-central Italy) and Maliq (Albania) in the central Mediterranean. The available data make it possible to recognise a tripartite climatic oscil...

This paper presents the results of the radiocarbon analysis of human bones (seven samples) from MH Aspis. The analyses have been carried out at the Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen, using the AMS (Accelerator Mass Spectroscop) method. The main aim of the analysis is to elucidate the periods of use of the site by comparing the ab...

This paper presents the results of a carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of human bones from MH Aspis. The aims of the analysis are to reconstruct the diet of the inhabitants of MH Aspis and to investigate dietary variation between population subgroups defined by age/sex and or social status. Seven samples were taken, out of which only four...