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A Later Stone Age quartz knapping workshop and fireplace dated to the Early Holocene in Senegal: The Ravin Blanc X site (RBX) Open
Well-dated and well-preserved Later Stone Age sites are unfortunately scarce in West Africa. The few known ones exhibit significant typo-technical variability, reflecting diverse socio-cultural behaviors that remain poorly understood. The …
Phytoliths to apPROXYmate Maya landscapes over early Anthropocene : case of Naachtun tropical wetland Open
Reconstitutions of past anthromes in the tropical karstic environments of the Central Maya lowlands (CMLs) are generally restrained by bioindicators such as pollen in the rare lakes and perennial wetland systems and charcoals. This origina…
View article: From pottery use-alteration to food habits: Perspectives from a 20th century Diola Kassa midden (Lower Casamance, Senegal)
From pottery use-alteration to food habits: Perspectives from a 20th century Diola Kassa midden (Lower Casamance, Senegal) Open
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A Fast Plastic Scintillator for Low-Intensity Proton Beam Monitoring Open
In the context of particle therapy monitoring, we are developing a gamma-ray\ndetector to determine the ion range in vivo from the measurement of particle\ntime-of-flight. For this application, a beam monitor capable to tag in time the\nin…
View article: Investigating grandmothers’ cooking: A multidisciplinary approach to foodways on an archaeological dump in Lower Casamance, Senegal
Investigating grandmothers’ cooking: A multidisciplinary approach to foodways on an archaeological dump in Lower Casamance, Senegal Open
Because they hold information about cultural identity, foodways have been the focus of a variety of disciplines in archaeology. However, each approach documents different stages of culinary preparation and is constrained by the preservatio…
3 - Geoarcheological Study of the Kota Cina Site (North Sumatra, Indonesia) Open
The geoarchaeological study of Kota Cina is a pioneering work in Sumatra. It questions the environmental changes involving the position of the site in relation to the current coastline and the variables underlying these transformations. A …
Long- to short-term environmental changes in the Bao Bolon River valley (Senegal). A geoarchaeological perspective on a World Heritage site (Wanar). Open
<p>In the Sudano-Sahelian context, where strong seasonal contrasts characterize the climatic and hydrological regimes, palaeoenvironmental studies are faced with a real challenge, because the exacerbated hydro-sedimentary functioning…
A West African Middle Stone Age site dated to the beginning of MIS 5: Archaeology, chronology, and paleoenvironment of the Ravin Blanc I (eastern Senegal) Open
The Ravin Blanc I archaeological occurrence, dated to MIS 5, provides unprecedented data on the Middle Stone Age (MSA) of West Africa since well-contextualized archaeological sites pre-dating MIS 4/3 are extremely rare for this region. The…
View article: Dynamics and sustainability of the Maya socio-ecosystem of the hinterland of Naachtun, between 1500 BCE and 1000 CE (Southern Maya Lowlands, Pet&#233;n, Guatemala).
Dynamics and sustainability of the Maya socio-ecosystem of the hinterland of Naachtun, between 1500 BCE and 1000 CE (Southern Maya Lowlands, Petén, Guatemala). Open
<p>In the Southern Maya Lowlands (SML), several scientific and technical obstacles hinder the knowledge of environmental and socio-environmental dynamics, that have occurred at the scale of the territories of the cities. This include…
High resolution palynofacies analysis to understand Holocene Sudanian landscapes. First data from the Bao Bolon middle valley (Senegal). Open
<p><strong>Key words</strong>: Palaeoenvironments, Holocene, Palynofacies, Microcharcoal, Fire signal, Anthropisation</p><p>The Bao Bolon valley, located in a Sudano-Sahelian context and overlapping both the G…
New data on settlement and environment at the Pleistocene/Holocene boundary in Sudano-Sahelian West Africa: Interdisciplinary investigation at Fatandi V, Eastern Senegal Open
The end of the Palaeolithic represents one of the least-known periods in the history of western Africa, both in terms of its chronology and the identification of cultural assemblages entities based on the typo-technical analyses of its ind…
Synthèse morpho-sédimentaire et occurences archéologiques dans la vallée de la Falémé" (de 80 à 5 ka ; Sénégal oriental) : mise en évidence d'une permanence des occupations à la transition Pléistocène-Holocène Open
Studies conducted along the Falémé River (East Senegal) since 2011, in Sansande-Missira sector, inform our understanding of the stratigraphy of Pleistocene alluvial formations. Radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence dating set a…
Adaptation of an ecological and pastoral diagnosis to the Albanian context: challenges and lessons learned Open
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