The Pratz le Curtillet settlement

Among the earliest habitats of the early Middle Ages studied in Franche-Comté, the Pratz le Curtillet a settlement sets itself apart by its location in the Jura highlands, renowned for its remoteness and inhospitable landscapes. On the Lizon plateau, the scope of the archaeological work explored on the 16 hectares and the quality of the remains still constitute an exceptional complex today. An imposing 16m by 13m stone building flanked by an annex forms the residential part of the estate, while sheltering fodder and livestock, while the second building houses a forge. Domestic and artisanal equipment provide ample documentation on the living conditions of this small community of high status…

High resolution gully erosion and sedimentation processes, and land use changes since the Bronze Age and future trajectories in the Kazimierz Dolny area (Nałęczów Plateau, SE-Poland)

Abstract This paper presents the results of 40 years of research on the gully system in the Doly Podmularskie catchment (0.35 km² in size), which is situated in the south-western part of the loess-covered Naleczow Plateau in SE-Poland. Topographic, stratigraphic and pedologic investigations, and monitoring of a tributary gully (gully area: 0.7 ha, catchment: 2.5 ha) were combined with historical, archaeological and palaeoecological records. The results reveal a long and complex history in terms of the temporal and spatial extent and the impact of land use on gully erosion, and the long-term feed-back mechanisms between land use changes and natural processes since the end of the Pleistocene.…

Essai de standardisation des méthodes d'isolement des organites subcellulaires

Rencontre autour du cadavre

Le cadavre est «outre-signifiant, écrivait Louis-Vincent Thomas. Objet ou sujet, il a toujours suscité dans l’esprit des hommes à la fois fascination et répulsion. Pour apprivoiser la mort et se soustraire aux désordres de la putréfaction, rituels et techniques thanatologiques ont été élaborés.Construire une anthropologie du cadavre implique une connaissance des comportements sur une longue histoire et une approche pluridisciplinaire. C’est aussi aborder la mort en dissolvant le sujet dans un objet répondant à des lois bio-physico-chimiques dont il faut s’accommoder lors des rituels.C’est enfin remettre le sujet ─le défunt ─ au centre du fait social. Pour aborder ces questions, la Rencontre…