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A 12,000-year-old clay figurine of a woman and a goose marks symbolic innovations in Southwest Asia

This paper introduces a 12,000-year-old clay figurine from Southwest Asia that pushes back the emergence of several fundamental innovations in human symbolic expression. This object is both the earliest naturalistic representation…
Couverture de l'ouvrage d'Anne AugereauRoutledge

The Archaeological Challenge of Gender

Illustration du fascicule de Catherine Lara

Scientific dissemination initiatives of the San Miguel de Porotos Archaeological Project (Ecuador)

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Publication of the booklet ‘Cerámica y ceramistas cañaris en los tiempos de los Incas, una mirada desde San Miguel de Porotos (Ecuador)’ (Cañari pottery and potters in Inca times, a view from San Miguel de Porotos (Ecuador)), published…
Couverture Oublier PrometheeSociété d'Ethnologie

Oublier Prométhée : la lente préhistoire du feu

Everyone knows that fire is a gift from Prometheus. Rejecting darkness and obscurantism, Prometheus laid the foundations of civilisation by bringing fire to mankind. Where fire was unknown, another hero – a wren, a falcon, a jaguar or…
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Comment l’archéologie change par ses pratiques numériques

Les pratiques numériques de l’archéologie se développent depuis les années 1960, avec une nette accélération du mouvement depuis le début des années 2000. Pourquoi, pour quoi faire et quels impacts ? [zotp
Illustration livre C. Baroin 2025C. Baroin

Morality and violence in desert societies

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Illustration livre C. Baroin 2025C. Baroin

Conflict and Violence in the Lake Chad Basin. Insecurity in Central Africa

Ranging from Boko Haram to the war in the Central African Republic, insecurity forms a major factor among societies in the Lake Chad Basin (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Niger, Nigeria, Chad). Marred by conflict and violence, these territories…
Illustration de l'article Early Humans and the SeaRoxane Rocca

Early humans and the sea in Europe: Evidence of shellfish exploitation ca. 300,000 years ago?

Research on early hominin subsistence has been increasingly concerned with the exploitation of diverse food resources in prehistory, including coastal resources, and its implications on the evolution of technological, behavioural, and ecological…
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Man is a learner: transmission of technical know-how among knappers. The development of simple productions in post-Linear Pottery cultures in the German Rhineland

Couverture du livre Unie dans sa diversiteéEditions de La Sorbonne

United in diversity. The Sorbonne School of Art History and Archaeology.

Duplouy, A. Schnapp éds (2025). Unie dans sa diversité. L'École d'histoire de l'art et d'archéologie de la Sorbonne. Éditions de la Sorbonne, 404p.http://www.editionsdelasorbonne.fr/fr/livre/?GCOI=28405100904150Several chapters…
Borderline Lithics CoverLisa Bauer, Journal of Lithic Studies

Borderline Lithics: from spatial patterns to social processes during the European neolithisation

Based on presentations from the Borderline Lithics: from spatial patterns to social processes during the European neolithization session (Session 252) of the 28th European Association of Archaeologists (EAA) Annual Meeting, Budapest, 31 August…
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The Toubou, or marriage outside the kinship system

In a few words, this text highlights the main characteristics of Toubou society, as opposed to other Saharan societies.
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The return of the skulls (Tanzania, 2022). An example of the problems associated with the return of human remains in Africa

During the colonial era, many African skulls were sent for study to museums in Europe, where craniology was in full swing. Today, however, the situation is reversed, with more and more African countries requesting the return of cultural objects…
Illustration Stone disc articleEmilie Lesvignes

Stone disc production at Pincevent (France) reveals versatile uses of colouring materials in the Late Magdalenian

Level IV0 at Pincevent, dating from the Late Magdalenian (15-14 ka cal BP), has revealed a singular assemblage of more than 400 artefacts in colouring materials, including a unique series of perforated discs. This unusual occurrence of shaped…
Bronze ScuptureD. Bourgarit

Guidelines for the Technical Examination of Bronze Sculpture

"Since the fourth millennium BCE, bronze has been the preferred medium for some of the most prestigious and sacred works of art. But only through interdisciplinary research can the fabrication of these extraordinary objects be properly…
Constructions en terre crue llustrationQuantin Aubourg et Emmanuel Baudouin

Earth construction from past to present: Initial results of the ethnoarchaeological program in the Gobaad Basin (Republic of Djibouti, Dikhil region)

Architectural studies are of great interest in considering variations in social phenomena. This ethnoarchaeological program therefore focuses on the evolution of building techniques, both in relation to the recent prehistory of Western Asia,…
Couverture de l'ouvrage "La figuration humaine dans l'art paléolithique"

La figuration humaine dans l’art paléolithique

‘Here is an admirably illustrated book about the singular representations of human figures in prehistory. The authors' comprehensive overview of human representations highlights the importance of these engraved, sculpted or painted images…
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New insights from Ecuador into Inca-style pottery production in the provinces

Beyond military conquest, the successful consolidation of the Inca Empire likely depended on the exercise of ideological cooptation. The widespread distribution of Inca pottery suggests it played a key role in the imperial agenda. Archaeological…
Illustration de l'article Rapports sociaux de sexe en Préhistoire. Adèle Huguet pour Mondes Sociaux. Licence CC BY-NC-NDAdèle Huguet pour Mondes Sociaux. Licence CC BY-NC-ND

Gender relations in prehistory

A new article by Anne Augereau has been published in the open-access journal ‘Mondes sociaux’. Gender differences often materialise in a variety of areas: clothing, ornaments, food, origin, and so on. Applied to the Linearbandkeramik Culture…

Ath « les Haleurs » : deux occupations Rubané et Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (Néolithique ancien)

Publication monographique des données de la fouille préventive d’Ath « les Haleurs » sous la forme d’un volume « Thema » dans la revue Anthropologica et Praehistorica, disponible en accès libre !Denis S., Deramaix I., Jadin…

De Courbet à Lascaux. Une origine du monde préhistorique/ Ouvrage de Boris Valentin paru le 17/10/2024 aux Éditions de l’INHA (collection « Dits »)

Dans des chaos de grès proches de Fontainebleau se trouve un triptyque gravé il y a 21 000 ans, à la même époque que la grotte de Lascaux. Deux chevaux encadrent un pubis de femme, qui rappelle au visiteur actuel le tableau de Gustave…
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Emergence and development of an Upper Palaeolithic culture, the Magdalenian. The Taillis des Coteaux cave (Antigny, Vienne, France).

"The Magdalenian certainly is the technocomplex that has undergone the most profound upheaval over the last twenty years, both in terms of the characterisation of its identity and its chronological margins.  Within this debate, the Taillis…
Affiche où sont les femmes?Anne Augereau

Introduction. Where are the Women?

Affiche où sont les femmes?Anne Augereau

Perceiving the Women of the Linearbandkeramik Culture (LBK). Contributions and Limits of a Gender Approach in Neolithic Archaeology.

Affiche où sont les femmes?Anne Augereau

Where are the women? Archaeology of gender in prehistory and protohistory: is France off the beaten track of gender studies?

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