RAGEOT , Maxime

Natural substances and transformed organic products used for their adhesive and hydrophobic properties are rarely considered for the pre- and protohistorical periods in the North Western Mediterranean. These materials can however provide technological, economic, social and environmental information about ancient societies.A biomolecular...

Plant exploitation for craft activities during the Early Iron Age: comparison of Central European and Mediterranean practices.

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Rapport de mission ethnoarchéologique ETAPAS. Projet IPEV 1140, mission 2017.

Si les procédés de réparation, réutilisation et recyclage ont fait l'objet de recherches spécifiques en ce qui concerne les productions lithiques ou osseuses préhistoriques, et les métaux pour les périodes plus récentes, les poteries n'ont encore que rarement été considérées de ce point de vue, en particulier pour les époques protohistoriques....

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Reindeer and fish as raw materials – an ethnoarchaeology of Evenk glue technology (east Siberia, Russian Federation)

La céramique et l'industrie lithique

The excavation of the site of Cuciurpula (South Corsica, France) revealed a significant amount of potsherds, often bearing visible surface crusts, sometimes very thick. This exceptional case in the Mediterranean region, suggesting a good preservation of organic substances, provided a unique opportunity to address questions related to natural...

How to fit vegetation in a box? Building a palaeobotanical and chemical database for the project "Exsudarch"

Comment faire rentrer la végétation dans des cases ? L'exemple de la base de données Betula-Adhésifs.

In the northwestern Mediterranean area, the first Iron Age is characterized by intense contacts and cultural interactions between populations. Archaeological remains such as ceramic vessels or metal and glass objects are usually good indicators of the nature and the intensity of these exchanges, but can also be used to determine the way in...

Reconstructing the past networks of birch tar: archaeobotany and archaeomaterials.

Géochimie et Archéologie des résines et des goudrons végétaux : nouveaux résultats pour les périodes néolithique et protohistorique dans le nord-ouest méditerranéen

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Birch bark tar, pine tar and resin during Iron Age in the North-Western Mediterranean area: between ancestral traditions and innovations?

Du brai de bouleau en Corse à l'Âge du Fer : nouvelles données chimiques, environnementales et archéologiques

Ceramic vessels offer unparalleled performance characteristics that explains their success from the Neolithic forth: ability to hold liquids and sustain heat and shocks to a certain amount. They can also be made in a variety of convenient shapes and sizes. Because they are solicited in different aspects of daily life, they are also regularly...

Exploitation des exsudats et goudrons de conifères pendant l'Antiquité et le Moyen Age : référentiel et premiers résultats archéologiques

Exploitation des exsudats et goudrons de conifères pendant l'Antiquité et le Moyen Age : référentiel et premiers résultats archéologiques

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The Northern European Mesolithic is well known for the manufacture of composite tools and weapons for specialised purposes. A composite implement recovered from the Early Holocene site of Krzyż Wielkopolski 7 in Poland, dated to the Preboreal/Boreal transition, raises questions about expediency versus efficiency in the fabrication of these...