HOAREAU , Leïla

The Late Glacial (18 - 11 ka cal. BP) is marked by a series of important climatic changes. Hunter-gatherer societies in Europe adapted in various ways. The studies carried out over the last decades on Epigravettian societies allowed to identify major socio-economic changes during this period, mainly through lithic tools analysis. The networks...

Understanding the meaning of prehistoric ornaments allows us to penetrate the social and symbolic universe of human groups. Even if certain elements of adornment are very standardized, the variety of their arrangement and/or the way of wearing offers a polysemy that can express a diversity of information about the wearer. Interpreting the...

Durant l'Épigravettien (24 000 – 11 000 cal. B.P.), la parure est majoritairement constituée de coquilles marines. Cependant, ces assemblages n'ont souvent bénéficié que de déterminations malacologiques, qui révèlent une certaine homogénéité dans le choix espèces utilisées et les études technologiques et fonctionnelles n'ont été menées que sur...

During the Epigravettian (22,000 – 9,000 cal. BCE), ornaments were mainly made of marine shells. The assemblage discovered at the site of the Martin rock shelter (Gréolières, Alpes-Maritimes), is completely in keeping with this tradition. We study here the 136 marine shells recovered during the rescue excavation, by integrating the choice of...

Ornaments are a non-verbal mode of communication, employed by societies to transmit various information between individuals such as membership to a group, social status or biological maturity. Ornaments contribute both to the construction of the group and individual identity. Ornamental traditions, when we are able to decipher them, can give us...

l'occasion du projet de valorisation des collections archéologiques monégasques, les vestiges fauniques trouvés dans lesabris sépulcraux des Bas-Moulins et des Spélugues à la fin du XIXe siècle ont fait l'objet d'un nouvel examen. À partir de l'étude del'état de conservation des ossements et de l'identification des espèces animales présentes...

Throughout the Upper Palaeolithic, shell beads experienced few modifications as the only manufacturing stage is reduced to the perforation of the shell. In epigravettian contexts, whereas raw material identification is systematic, the characterisation of perforation techniques is still rarely considered. The few studies which take in account...

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