A5049454476- Ancient Near East History
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Archaeology and Rock Art Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Morphological variations and asymmetry
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Colonialism, slavery, and trade
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Historical Studies of Medieval Iberia
- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
Archéorient
2016-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2015-2025
Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux
2010-2025
Université Lumière Lyon 2
2022-2025
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
2022-2025
The origins and prehistory of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are incompletely understood; to address this, we generated data from 118 ancient genomes spanning 12,000 years sampled across Eurasia. Genomes Central Türkiye ~8000 BCE genetically proximal the but do not fully explain ancestry later populations, suggesting a mosaic wild ancestries. Genomic signatures indicate selection by herders for pigmentation patterns, hornedness, growth rate. Although first European flocks derive Türkiye, in...
Donkeys transformed human history as essential beasts of burden for long-distance movement, especially across semi-arid and upland environments. They remain insufficiently studied despite globally expanding providing key support to low- middle-income communities. To elucidate their domestication history, we constructed a comprehensive genome panel 207 modern 31 ancient donkeys, well 15 wild equids. We found strong phylogeographic structure in donkeys that supports single Africa ~5000 BCE,...
ABSTRACT In the last three decades, DNA sequencing of ancient animal osteological assemblages has become an important tool complementing standard archaeozoological approaches to reconstruct history domestication. However, key archaeological contexts are not always available or do necessarily preserve enough for a cost‐effective genetic analysis. Here, we develop in‐solution target‐enrichment approach, based on 80‐mer species‐specific RNA probes (ranging from 306 1686 per species)...
This paper aims to present the context, methodological approaches and results of a research project, called ORIMIL funded by French National Research Agency (ANR). An integrative multi-proxy analysis, in collaboration with Musée des Confluences Lyon, has been designed identify whether region South Caucasus was also hotbed millet domestication expansion, like China. The from fields anthropology, archaeozoology, archaeobotany, geomorphology isotopic biogeochemistry for territories Armenia,...
Kites have often been interpreted as traps built for hunting purposes. This is based on ethnographic parallels, and recurrent references of the habitat range animals possible migration routes. Faunal remains from limited zones a selection sites around kites were studied, particularly northern Syria eastern Jordan. When considering wide distribution in Middle East Central Asia, some patterns animal exploitation strategies are explored testing hypothesis cynegetic function across these...
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We report the first large-scale palaeoproteomics research on eastern and southern African zooarchaeological samples, thereby refining our understanding of early caprine (sheep goat) pastoralism in Africa. Assessing introductions is a complicated task because their skeletal similarity to endemic wild bovid species sparse fragmentary state relevant archaeological remains. Palaeoproteomics has previously proved effective clarifying attributions materials, but few comparative protein sequences...
A la suite d'une prospection régionale du plateau basaltique Leja, le site de Qarassa a été choisi pour fouille en raison sa représentativité chronologique Natoufien à l'âge Fer qui fait première référence chronostratigraphique longue zone basaltique. Le tell sud est occupé milieu IVe jusqu'au deuxième quart Ier millénaire. On propose ici une synthèse des résultats niveaux Bronze ancien cette agglomération fortifiée.
Animal production and Neolithic subsistence economy in the plain of Ararat (Armenia) This contribution presents a preliminary comparative analysis archaeozoological data from two sites Armenia : Aratashen Khatunarkh-Aknashen, occupied during 6th millennium B. C. The period is poorly known point view modes. comparison results studies on fauna reveals many similarities. animal rested largely exploitation domestic animals, especially sheep goats, but mode varied one site to other. Cattle played...
The book compiles a portion of the contributions presented during symposium "Urbanisation, commerce, subsistence and production third millennium BC on Iranian Plateau", which took place at Maison de l'Orient et la Méditerranée in Lyon, 29-30 April, 2014. twenty papers assembled provide an overview recent archaeological research this region Middle East Bronze Age. socio-economic transformation from rural villages to towns ...