PRADEAU , Jean-Victor

The aim of this research was to determine the "chaînes opératoires" of colouring materials in the north-western Mediterranean region during the Early and Middle Neolithic and to integrate them in chrono-cultural framework. Two major archaeological sites were selected: Castellar – Pendimoun rock-shelter (5750-4900 cal. BCE) and Nice – Giribaldi,...

Les matières colorantes

L'exploitation des matériaux colorants au Paléolithique supérieur. Quelles stratégies d'approvisionnement, quelles transformations, pour quelles utilisations ?

From 300 ky, prehistoric people have used pigmentaceous rocks. If the activities relatedto the so called "pigment" uses are difficult to describe, it is principally due to the mode ofutilization. In fact, these mineral resources were mainly ground to powder, which irreme-diably destroyed the structure of the initial rock, and blur the...

La Bréguée, opération annuelle probatoire

In the N.-W. Mediterranean area, the development of the Neolithic way of life during the 6th millennium cal. BCE is related to the spread of sailing pioneer groups. In the course of the 5th millennium cal. BCE, more stable agro-pastoral settlements expand their hold on the hinterland and exchange networks increase in complexity (obsidian,...

What were the coloring agents used during the Palaeolithic? How to recognize, define and describe them? What kind of information may they have recorded?In the past decade, these questions have become essential since coloring agents take a central place in current researches on modern human behaviors and emerging of figurative expressions....

Les matières colorantes sur le site de plein air aurignacien de Régismont-le-Haut (Poilhes, Hérault). Acquisition, transformations et utilisations

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Colouring materials in western mediterranean Early and Middle Neolithic sites: from procurement strategies, to preparations and uses

Colouring materials in western mediterranean Middle Neolithic sites: from procurement strategies, to preparations and uses

La figure humaine dans le contexte du Néolithique Impresso-cardial : interprétation du "masque" sculpté de Castellar-Pendimoun (6ème mill. Cal BCE, Alpes-Maritimes, France)

Catching Neolithic Humans Red-Handed: The Procurement of Colouring Materials in N.-W. Mediterranean Néolithic

In the N.W.‑Mediterranean area, exchange networks and social relationships gain an increasing complexity in the course of the Neolithic: varied goods diffuse in considerable quantities and distances. In particular, obsidian, Bedoulian and Oligocene flints, jadeite and eclogite are known to have been exchanged over long distances as shown by...

Stratégies d'approvisionnement et d'exploitation des matériaux de la couleur au Néolithique

Collections de Préhistoire du dépôt du Clos de la Tour (annexe 4)

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La microscopie électronique pour remonter le temps - Exemples d'intégration du MEB et du MEB-EDS à la panoplie analytique de l'archéologue