As part of the ‘Living in the World: Choices, Practices and Impacts’ seminar series (ED 395 – École doctorale Espaces, Temps, Cultures):

Discontinuity or continuity of Pleistocene settlements in northern France: a hot topic for a cold topic? by David Hérisson (CNRS, UMR 7041)

Neolithic changes in techniques and materials for building dwellings in the Near East, by Martin Sauvage (CNRS, UMR 7041) and Emmanuel Baudouin (UPN, UMR 8068)

Overcoming the myth of ‘dalla capanna alla casa’. A look back at the evolution of Italian protohistoric architecture: the case of the south of the peninsula, by Lisa Marchand (UMR 5140)

This series of seminars will look at how people chose to live in their environment, domestic practices and their impact on nature. What criteria were used to select a natural area and what adaptation strategies were implemented? How do the practices of these spaces reflect the social structures and dynamics of the communities? These multidisciplinary questions will be addressed over a long period of time (from the earliest prehistoric times to the present day) and in a variety of regions and environments. We will seek to shed light on the reasons underlying the ways in which people inhabit the world (economic, social, symbolic, etc.) and the diversity or complementarity of human settlements in the landscape. An approach to temporality, including stability and mobility, the rhythms and cycles of human occupation, will examine the relationship between man and his environment.
Consult the seminar programme