STOETZEL , Emmanuelle

A large amount of faunal remains has been recently recovered from the excavations of the Roman (and Byzantine) fortress and the adjacent building of the village of Khirbet es-Samra (Jordan). The study of this assemblage shows great taxonomic diversity and provides abundant data about the semi-arid environment at that time as well as about the...

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Microvertebrates are often found in abundance in Quaternary archaeological and palaeontological sites, and bring numerous information on the age of a sequence, the taphonomic context, the palaeoenvironments, the anthropisation of the habitats, the human subsistence, as well as on symbolic purposes. All these aspects are addressed in this...

The Horn of Africa is particularly important for understanding human and faunal migration events through the Strait of Bab el Mandeb or along the Red Sea. At the end of the Pleistocene, the Middle / Later Stone Age (MSA / LSA) transition represents a key step in human (cultural) evolution; however, this transition and its environmental context...

Given its proximity to the Strait of Bab el Mandeb and the Red Sea, the Horn of Africa is particularly important for understanding human and faunal migration events to and from Africa. Towards the end of the Pleistocene, the Middle/Later Stone Age (MSA/LSA) transition represents a critical step in human cultural evolution. However, in the Horn...

During Prehistory, the European territories challenged numerous climatic changes of varying intensity and frequency. Therefore, understanding how these variations modified the ecosystems and landscapes and how ancient societies faced these latter are critical issues for prehistorians. Unfortunately, local or regional data on short-term...

Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions through the Middle Pleistocene sequence in the Valle Giumentina, located in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy, are discussed. The sampled sequence is 16 m thick and includes nine levels with Lower Palaeolithic industries. The lithostratigraphy shows fluvio-glacial sediments with interbedded colluvial...

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The Paleolithic site of Mutzig, discovered by chance in 1992 (Sainty, 1992), has been the focus of several excavations since 2009. Located in Alsace (Bas-Rhin, France), it is presently one of only a handful of sites reliably attributed to the Middle Paleolithic in this area; it thus provides rare evidence for a zone still relatively unknown for...

Llivret-guide de l'excursion AFEQ-CNF-INQUA, 17-19 mai 2017

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The site of Mutzig, discovered by chance in 1992 (Sainty et al., 1994), has been the focus of programmed excavations since 2009. Located in Alsace (Bas-Rhin, France), it is presently one of the only reliable sites attributable to the regional Middle Paleolithic, thus providing rare evidence for a zone still relatively unknown for Early...

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La caractérisation de la subsistance des populations préhistoriques d'Afrique du Nord s'est appuyée dans un premier temps sur l'analyse des faunes vertébrées, principalement des ongulés. Néanmoins, en zone côtière les Hommes ont aussi exploité des ressources animales marines, en particulier des mollusques. L'occupation des zones côtières est...

Il est exceptionnel de pouvoir appliquer la démarche palethnologique, si fréquemment développée pour le Magdalénien, aux gisement du Paléolithique supérieur ancien dans le Bassin parisien, dans la mesure où ils sont rares, c'est indéniable, mais aussi en raison d'un état de conservation généralement médiocre de la plupart d'entre eux. Le site...

À l'évidence, ces vingt dernières années ont vu en France, notamment, se développer en parallèle deux nouvelles façons de traiter le Paléolithique supérieur ancien qui ne sont pas antagonistes d'ailleurs. L'une consiste en une reprise des stratigraphies anciennes dans le Centre et le Sud-Ouest de la France plus spécifi-quement et est associée à...

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The Waziers Formation consists of a silty alluvial deposit topped by calcareous tuff and peat. It is preserved in a small palaeo- channel of the Scarpe-Scarbus river, recognised over several hundred metres long at the edge/entrance of the Scarpe river plain and dated to the end of the Saalian (SIM 6) and the Eemian (SIM 5e). The Waziers...