Call for Papers by Pantelitsa Mylona
The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for... more The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for the archaeologists. In France, for example, their identification on the field is actually a challenge for researchers and it gives problems of scientific policy to the organisms that are in charge of the regulation of the preventive archaeology and the archaeological heritage. The recognition on the field is particularly hard in temperate regions of central and western Europe, especially for the most ancient periods. The comparison between some most evident structures, preserved in arid contexts or in sites such as tells, and latent or bad preserved structures, as in temperate contexts, can help the development of methods, excavation techniques and interpretation of archaeological findings. This session will be an opportunity to compare different experiences on the theme of earthen architecture in European and Middle East Prehistory relating to the identification of these structures on the field, the characterization of techniques (mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub, plasters, floors,...) and their decay. Various kinds of site can be presented, from domestic to funerary contexts. The discussion will be focused on the comprehension and interpretation of the rests of walls, buildings and other earthen structures, the understanding of the nature of mudbrick sediments, the ethnofacies and the formation processes of tells. Different approaches are welcomed (archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, geophysics,…) to present case studies and specific methodologies from preventive archaeology or long-term research projects. Interdisciplinary papers and posters are encouraged, as well as ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies.
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The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for... more The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for the archaeologists. In France, for example, their identification on the field is actually a challenge for researchers and it gives problems of scientific policy to the organisms that are in charge of the regulation of the preventive archaeology and the archaeological
heritage. The recognition on the field is particularly hard in temperate regions of central and western Europe, especially for the most ancient periods. The comparison between some most evident structures, preserved in arid contexts or in sites such as tells, and latent or bad preserved structures, as in temperate contexts, can help the development of methods, excavation techniques and interpretation of archaeological findings.
This session will be an opportunity to compare different experiences on the theme of earthen architecture in european and Middle East Prehistory relating to the identification of these structures on the field, the characterization of techniques (mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub, plasters, floors,...) and their decay. Various kinds of site can be presented, from domestic to funerary contexts. The discussion will be focused on the comprehension and interpretation of the rests of walls, buildings and other earthen structures, the understanding of the nature of mudbrick sediments, the ethnofacies and the formation processes of tells. Different approaches are welcomed (archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, geophysics,…) to present case studies and specific methodologies from preventive archaeology or long-term research projects. Interdisciplinary papers and posters are encouraged, as well as ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies.
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Journal of archaeological Science: Reports, 2023
The interdisciplinary approach and analytical tools applied in the last 30 years in the Amathous ... more The interdisciplinary approach and analytical tools applied in the last 30 years in the Amathous region (Cyprus), especially at the sites of Shillourokambos and Klimonas, generated a huge quantity of archaeological, geoarchaeological and bioarchaeological data. They significantly contributed to document the interactions between the early Neolithic human societies and the environment and natural resources of an isolated island, during this pivotal period when both the climate and the human subsistence strategies went through radical changes. This paper briefly reviews these changes through several insights: hydrological changes and their impact on the establishment and preservation of Neolithic sites; plant and vertebrate faunal evolution, especially as a consequence of the introduction of new wild and domestic species in the island; birth and evolution of the commensal fauna (e.g. mice, cats); local domestication of wild boar and goats; adaptation and intensification of cultivation and breeding to the local environments. Altogether, these insights can provide a heuristic model at a regional scale to further understand the incipient human niche construction of the Eastern Mediterranean area.
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Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - Université de Nantes, Sep 1, 2017
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Séance de la Société préhistorique française. Nouvelles données sur les débuts du Néolithique à Chypre, Mar 18, 2015
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Les fouilles sur le site de Klimonas a Chypre (Ayios Tychonas, Limassol) ont mis en evidence un v... more Les fouilles sur le site de Klimonas a Chypre (Ayios Tychonas, Limassol) ont mis en evidence un village neolithique dont l’occupation est datee entre 9100 et 8600 BP. Une structure (Structure 10) circulaire de 10 m de diametre construite en terre crue a ete interpretee comme un bâtiment communautaire. Le site de Klimonas se situe pres d’un fleuve cotier, Athiaki. L’activite fluviatile au cours des siecles a forme des terrasses alluviales emboitees. La place importante du site dans le contexte neolithique chypriote, la complexite de la stratigraphie ainsi que sa position pres des depots alluviaux, rend necessaire la mise en place d’une etude geoarcheologique multi-scalaire : du paysage au site. Cette etude vise a repondre aux questions concernant l’environnement et le paysage de la region avant et pendant l’occupation neolithique de Klimonas d’un cote, et d’etudier les modes de formation de la stratigraphie dominee par la terre crue, de l’autre cote. La demarche geoarcheologie du pay...
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Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021
Abstract Geoarchaeology uses sediments to define the relation between human, soil and environment... more Abstract Geoarchaeology uses sediments to define the relation between human, soil and environment by approaching, among other questions, the use of space in different earthen structures. During the excavation of Area Pi in Malia, Crete, different questions were raised concerning the use and function of the space in and around the Neopalatial building (ca. 1700–1450 BCE). Geoarchaeological study, using soil micromorphology, was applied in three rooms (Rooms 19, 25 and 16) dated from Middle Minoan II to Late Minoan IA period in order to understand more thoroughly the activities of the Minoan inhabitants. The study allowed a correlation of archaeological and micromorphological data, to challenge hypotheses and propose interpretations on the use of space and spatial organization of occupation. The study revealed successive frequently used plaster floors in Room 19, exterior but roof protected space for the Space 25 and for Room 16 the study proposed the presence of a hole in the roof relating to a movable hearth.
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3rd ISCAHKRD 3rd International Scientific Conference under slogan Archaeology and Heritage of Kurdistan – Erbil, 2019
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Les premières phases du projet lancé en 2016 sur le site de Castellu di Coscia ont permis de défi... more Les premières phases du projet lancé en 2016 sur le site de Castellu di Coscia ont permis de définir plus précisément l’extension du site et de proposer le postulat d’une homogénéité chronoculturelle des utilisations de nombreuses structures anthropiques identifiées (Soula, Manca et al. 2016, 2017, 2018). Initialement rattaché d’un point de vue très général à l’âge du Bronze et à l’âge du Fer, les recherches menées entre 2016 et 2019 montrent que le gisement est daté des premières phases de l..
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L’opération de fouilles programmées 2018 de Castellu di Coscia (ou Castellu Coscia), situé dans l... more L’opération de fouilles programmées 2018 de Castellu di Coscia (ou Castellu Coscia), situé dans la moyenne vallée de Conca à la limite de communes entre Sartène et Grossa (Corse-du-Sud), fait suite aux opérations de prospection et de relevé mises en œuvre en 2016 et de fouilles en 2017 sur le gisement. Les premières phases de la recherche avaient permis de définir plus précisément l’extension du site et de supposer une homogénéité chronologique entre les nombreuses structures anthropiques ide..
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XVIIIe Congrès UISPP, 2018
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The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for... more The correct detection of the remains of earthen buildings and structures is often complicated for the archaeologists. In France, for example, their identification on the field is actually a challenge for researchers and it gives problems of scientific policy to the organisms that are in charge of the regulation of the preventive archaeology and the archaeological heritage. The recognition on the field is particularly hard in temperate regions of central and western Europe, especially for the most ancient periods. The comparison between some most evident structures, preserved in arid contexts or in sites such as tells, and latent or bad preserved structures, as in temperate contexts, can help the development of methods, excavation techniques and interpretation of archaeological findings. This session will be an opportunity to compare different experiences on the theme of earthen architecture in european and Middle East Prehistory relating to the identification of these structures on the field, the characterization of techniques (mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub, plasters, floors,...) and their decay. Various kinds of site can be presented, from domestic to funerary contexts. The discussion will be focused on the comprehension and interpretation of the rests of walls, buildings and other earthen structures, the understanding of the nature of mudbrick sediments, the ethnofacies and the formation processes of tells. Different approaches are welcomed (archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, geophysics,…) to present case studies and specific methodologies from preventive archaeology or long-term research projects. Interdisciplinary papers and posters are encouraged, as well as ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies.
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Cet article se propose de presenter, a partir d’une selection bibliographique, un bilan des devel... more Cet article se propose de presenter, a partir d’une selection bibliographique, un bilan des developpements methodologiques en imagerie 3D appliquee aux sediments naturels et archeologiques. Son usage en geosciences et en geoarcheologie s’est le plus souvent inscrit en complement de la micromorphologie pour ameliorer la visualisation et la quantification des proprietes intrinseques des formations sedimentaires et pedologiques. En pedologie, les recherches menees depuis les annees 1980 concernent plus specifiquement les proprietes physiques et hydro-physiques du sol et visent entre autres a determiner les modifications de la structure des sols sous l’effet des pratiques agricoles. En geoarcheologie, l’introduction des techniques d’imagerie est plus recente. Elles contribuent a la caracterisation de la structuration interne des couches archeologiques et des constituants d’origine anthropique et ameliorent la comprehension des comportements socio-economiques des societes anciennes inscr...
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Conference Programmes by Pantelitsa Mylona
heritage. The recognition on the field is particularly hard in temperate regions of central and western Europe, especially for the most ancient periods. The comparison between some most evident structures, preserved in arid contexts or in sites such as tells, and latent or bad preserved structures, as in temperate contexts, can help the development of methods, excavation techniques and interpretation of archaeological findings.
This session will be an opportunity to compare different experiences on the theme of earthen architecture in european and Middle East Prehistory relating to the identification of these structures on the field, the characterization of techniques (mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub, plasters, floors,...) and their decay. Various kinds of site can be presented, from domestic to funerary contexts. The discussion will be focused on the comprehension and interpretation of the rests of walls, buildings and other earthen structures, the understanding of the nature of mudbrick sediments, the ethnofacies and the formation processes of tells. Different approaches are welcomed (archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, geophysics,…) to present case studies and specific methodologies from preventive archaeology or long-term research projects. Interdisciplinary papers and posters are encouraged, as well as ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies.
Papers by Pantelitsa Mylona
heritage. The recognition on the field is particularly hard in temperate regions of central and western Europe, especially for the most ancient periods. The comparison between some most evident structures, preserved in arid contexts or in sites such as tells, and latent or bad preserved structures, as in temperate contexts, can help the development of methods, excavation techniques and interpretation of archaeological findings.
This session will be an opportunity to compare different experiences on the theme of earthen architecture in european and Middle East Prehistory relating to the identification of these structures on the field, the characterization of techniques (mudbrick, cob, wattle and daub, plasters, floors,...) and their decay. Various kinds of site can be presented, from domestic to funerary contexts. The discussion will be focused on the comprehension and interpretation of the rests of walls, buildings and other earthen structures, the understanding of the nature of mudbrick sediments, the ethnofacies and the formation processes of tells. Different approaches are welcomed (archaeology, geoarchaeology, geochemistry, geophysics,…) to present case studies and specific methodologies from preventive archaeology or long-term research projects. Interdisciplinary papers and posters are encouraged, as well as ethnoarchaeological and experimental studies.