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Auréade Henry
Disentangling scattered charcoal assemblages for palimpsest dissection: Spatial analyses from El Salt Stratigraphic Unit Xb (Eastern Iberia)
International audience; Disentangling scattered charcoal assemblages for palimpsest dissection: spatial analyses from El Salt Stratigraphic unit Xb (Eastern Iberia)
Dead wood gathering among Neanderthal groups: Charcoal evidence from Abric del Pastor and El Salt (Eastern Iberia)
International audience; We present here a new approach combining the microscopic characterization of fungal decay features and the fragmentation degree of the charcoal remains from Middle Palaeolithic combustion structures: features H4 and H11 from Abric del Pastor, unit IV (>75 ka BP) and features H50 and H57 from El Salt, unit Xb (ca. 52 ka BP), Eastern Iberia. The observation of wood degradation patterns that occurred prior to charring followed by their quantitative analysis according to previous experimental studies revealed differences between the alteration degrees of the firewood used in the hearths, highlighting the existence of firewood acquisition criteria based on dead wood gathe…
Dynamiques spatio-temporelles de la vigne (Vitis vinifera) au cours de l’Holocène en France d’après les enregistrements archéobotaniques (graines et fruits, charbons de bois)
International audience; Le vin joue un rôle économique et culturel capital depuis l’âge du Fer en France. Dès cette époque, la viticulture s’implante dans le Midi méditerranéen puis va progressivement se diffuser dans la zone tempérée. L’archéologie a bien montré à quel point le Haut-Empire romain représente une étape clé dans cette diffusion (Poux et al. 2011). Cependant, les différents marqueurs à disposition de l’archéologie culturelle et spatiale (aménagements, structures, mobiliers) sont généralement limités à des fenêtres chrono-géographiques particulières. Changeant en fonction du contexte technique, culturel et environnemental, aucun ne permet véritablement de suivre l’expansion de …
Disentangling human from natural factors: Taphonomical value of microanatomical features on archaeological wood and charcoal assemblages
International audience; Archaeobotanical charcoal and wood analyses rely on the observation of different macro and microanatomical features affecting wood structure to variable extents. These features may result from a wide range of intrinsic and extrinsic factors alluding to different stages of the wood's taphonomical history: initial growth conditions, human selection, transformation/use and discard, post-depositional processes and archaeological sampling strategies. Papers in this volume address taphonomy in this broad sense, through recent methodological work mainly based on experimentation and case studies from a variety of chrono-cultural and geographical contexts. The authors present…