Papers by Aurelie Guidez
Scientific Reports, 2021
Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers from the Near East introduced wild boars (Sus scrofa) to Cyprus, ... more Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers from the Near East introduced wild boars (Sus scrofa) to Cyprus, with the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) settlers hunting the wild descendants of these boars. However, the geographic origin of the Cypriot boar and how they were integrated into the earliest forms of pig husbandry remain unsolved. Here, we present data on 11,000 to 9000 cal. BP Sus scrofa from the PPN sites of Klimonas and Shillourokambos. We compared them to contemporaneous populations from the Near East and to Neolithic and modern populations in Corsica, exploring their origin and evolution using biosystematic signals from molar teeth and heel bones (calcanei), using 2D and 3D geometric morphometrics. We found that the Cypriot PPN lineage of Sus scrofa originates from the Northern Levant. Yet, their phenotypic idiosyncrasy suggest that they evolved into an insular sub-species that we named Sus scrofa circeus, referring to Circe, the metamorphosis goddess that changed Ulysses companions into pigs. The phenotypic homogeneity among PPNA Klimonas wild boars and managed populations of PPNB Shillourokambos suggests that local domestication has been undertaken on the endemic S. s. circeus, strengthening the idea that Cyprus was integrated into the core region of animal domestication.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2022
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2021
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2020
Archimède. Archéologie et histoire ancienne, 2015
Journal of conservation & museum studies, Sep 23, 2020
Museum collections not only provide educational tools for the public, but also reference material... more Museum collections not only provide educational tools for the public, but also reference material for osteological research and baseline information for understanding historical population dynamics and food webs. Such applications are only possible, however, with accurate identifications of museum osteological specimens, which is sometimes challenging, as specimens can be separated from their original information. In order to clarify missing information about provenience and species identifications, we analysed 13 historical whale bone specimens from the Museum of Zoology, Strasbourg, using a multidisciplinary approach that combined historical document analysis, osteology, and Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS). These analyses enabled identification of elements from seven different whale species: five baleen whales (Mysticeti) and two toothed whales (Odontoceti). Two skeletons could be connected with letters from the early 1900s indicating they derived from whales stranded on the shores of South Island, New Zealand. One of these skeletons was digitized using a 3D scanner and can be freely viewed online. All of the samples will be available through a digital archive. The identification and digitization of these museum whale specimens, which include threatened and endangered whale species whose past histories are not yet fully understood, is of great value and ensures they are fully available for future systematic research. The study demonstrates a new and useful application of ZooMS, particularly in concert with other methods, to support museum collections research.
Scientific Reports, 2021
Res. Berl. Atelier 295-322 (1999). ' were added erroneously. These references have been removed, ... more Res. Berl. Atelier 295-322 (1999). ' were added erroneously. These references have been removed, and the Reference List has been renumbered. The original Article has been corrected.
Cahier Alsacien d'Archéologie d'Art et d'Histoire, 2021
Le site d’Eschau « Extension du Parc d’Activités de la Neuhard », fouillé en 2017 par Archéologie... more Le site d’Eschau « Extension du Parc d’Activités de la Neuhard », fouillé en 2017 par Archéologie Alsace, a livré structures et mobilier datés du milieu du XVIIIe siècle. Le géo-référencement des structures découvertes avec
une carte manuscrite permet d’attribuer les vestiges à un camp temporaire de l’armée française. L’installation de ce camp intervient lors de manoeuvres militaires le long du Rhin et durant le mois de septembre de 1754, moins de deux ans avant la Guerre de Sept ans. La confrontation de données archéologiques et historiques permet de proposer une identification des vestiges, une mise en contexte historique et un éclairage sur le quotidien de troupes militaires françaises sous Louis XV.
This contribution reviews the recent discoveries of inhumations in circular pits belonging to the... more This contribution reviews the recent discoveries of inhumations in circular pits belonging to the Late Neolithic phase in the Mulhouse region (Southern Alsace). Recent finds have been made at 18 sites, attributable to the first half of the 4th millennium BC in this region, 13 of which produced human remains (distributed in 26 pits). Four of these sites are presented in detail here: Didenheim ‘Zac des Collines’, Didenheim ‘Kahlberg’, Sierentz ‘Les Villas d’Aurèle’ and Wittenheim ‘Lotissement du Moulin’. The last of these sites produced a particularly spectacular discovery in feature 426, where the remains of a cow, two pigs and three human individuals were found deposited in a silo-type pit. The rites and burial practices found on these different sites perfectly match those recorded in the recent synthesis published on the late Neolithic of the southern Rhine valley (Lefranc et al., 2010). Amongst the more remarkable characteristics, the dead were mostly inhumed in pits with nothing ...
Scientific Reports
Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers from the Near East introduced wild boars (Sus scrofa) to Cyprus, ... more Epipaleolithic hunter-gatherers from the Near East introduced wild boars (Sus scrofa) to Cyprus, with the Early Pre-Pottery Neolithic (PPN) settlers hunting the wild descendants of these boars. However, the geographic origin of the Cypriot boar and how they were integrated into the earliest forms of pig husbandry remain unsolved. Here, we present data on 11,000 to 9000 cal. BP Sus scrofa from the PPN sites of Klimonas and Shillourokambos. We compared them to contemporaneous populations from the Near East and to Neolithic and modern populations in Corsica, exploring their origin and evolution using biosystematic signals from molar teeth and heel bones (calcanei), using 2D and 3D geometric morphometrics. We found that the Cypriot PPN lineage of Sus scrofa originates from the Northern Levant. Yet, their phenotypic idiosyncrasy suggest that they evolved into an insular sub-species that we named Sus scrofa circeus, referring to Circe, the metamorphosis goddess that changed Ulysses compan...
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Poster présenté lors du XVIIIe confrès mondial de l'UISPP.
L'abri de pied de falaise de La Souch... more Poster présenté lors du XVIIIe confrès mondial de l'UISPP.
L'abri de pied de falaise de La Souche (Arconciel, Canton de Fribourg, Suisse), fouillé entre 2003 et 2012, a livré une quantité de matériel exceptionnelle et sa stratigraphie, extrêmement bien conservée, offre la possibilité d'une reconstitution fidèle et détaillée de l'occupation du site.
Couplés aux données principales des industries lithiques, les résultats inédits de l'étude archéozoologique des ensembles supérieurs de l'abri sous roche, datés entre 6200 et 4800 av. J.-C., apportent de nouveaux éclairages sur les derniers chasseurs du Plateau suisse. À la fin de cette période, toute l'Europe Centrale a adopté le mode vie néolithique, à l'exception d'une vaste poche de résistance comprise entre le Jura, les Préalpes italiennes et le Lac de Constance. Situé au cœur de cette zone, le site d'Arconciel/La Souche constitue un formidable témoin du mode de vie des derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs.
L'étude de près de 270 000 restes de faune, très fragmentés mais bénéficiant d'un état de conservation remarquable, nous a permis, entre autres, d'analyser dans toutes ses dimensions l'utilisation, par les occupants de l'abri, des ressources animales. Du choix des espèces chassées au devenir des restes osseux après la consommation, en passant par toutes les étapes de la transformation des carcasses animales, nous pouvons suivre l'évolution, au cours du Second Mésolithique, du mode de vie des habitants de cet abri sous roche.
This contribution reviews the recent discoveries of inhumations in circular pits belonging to the... more This contribution reviews the recent discoveries of inhumations in circular pits belonging to the Late Neolithic phase in the Mulhouse region (Southern Alsace). Recent finds have been made at 18 sites, attributable to the first half of the 4th millennium BC in this region, 13 of which produced human remains (distributed in 26 pits). Four of these sites are presented in detail here: Didenheim ‘Zac des Collines’, Didenheim ‘Kahlberg’, Sierentz ‘Les Villas d’Aurèle’ and Wittenheim ‘Lotissement du Moulin’. The last of these sites produced a particularly spectacular discovery in feature 426, where the remains of a cow, two pigs and three human individuals were found deposited in a silo-type pit.
The rites and burial practices found on these different sites perfectly match those recorded in the recent synthesis published on the late Neolithic of the southern Rhine valley (Lefranc et al., 2010). Amongst the more remarkable characteristics, the dead were mostly inhumed in pits with nothing special to distinguish them, in most cases in domestic structures. That is not to exclude that the possibility that certain pits were created especially to receive the dead. The fact that in numerous cases the skeletons were found in the fill and not at the base of the pit, favours the explanation of the use of pits originally created for other functions. The majority are considered as old silos.
Across Alsace, simple inhumation constitutes the most frequent case, but in the Mulhouse sector more than two thirds of the pits had the remains of two or more individuals. The average number of deceased per grave reaches about 2.6. The frequency of multiple inhumations in this region poses the question of their interpretation. The asymmetry of the positions and orientations of the individuals inhumed together allows us to suggest the practice of accompanying burials (retainer sacrifice). To be exact this asymmetry is not found in every pit. Individuals have been most frequently buried simultaneously or at least with only a short lapse of time in between within the same pit. Equally, some examples of successive inhumation also exist.
The grave goods remain exceptional. The category most frequently represented is ceramics. More rarely polished blades, fragments of quern or grinders and some elements of personal ornamentation are also found, as well as some objects imported from the Franch-Comté or the Swiss Plateau, such as the famous antler drinking horns (Hirschgeweihbecher).
If we rely on the numerous radiocarbon dates, the large majority of inhumations from the Mulhouse region are dated to between 3750 and 3550 BC. Those from the site of Didenheim ‘Kahlberg’ are later, with doubt falling after 3500 BC. This discovery is significant, because even if it does not confirm that the Munzingen culture was abandoned after 3600 BC in the southern part of upper-Alsace – nothing confirms that these inhumations belong to the Munzingen culture – it demonstrates that the practice of inhumation in pits continues after this date.
Posters by Aurelie Guidez
Localisées à l’est du vicus de Koenigshoffen à Strasbourg, six fosses de bûcher funéraire, mises ... more Localisées à l’est du vicus de Koenigshoffen à Strasbourg, six fosses de bûcher funéraire, mises au jour en 2019 au sein d’une nécropole du 2e siècle, offrent une occasion inédite d’étudier les gestes et les pratiques funéraires à proximité du camp militaire de la 8e légion et de ses quartiers civils. Dans le cadre de l’archéologie préventive, cette nouvelle nécropole a été documentée sur 400 m², mettant au jour une cinquantaine de structures funéraires en cours d’étude. L’enjeu majeur de la fouille est la possibilité de mener une analyse exhaustive et pluridisciplinaire des bûchers funéraires.
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une carte manuscrite permet d’attribuer les vestiges à un camp temporaire de l’armée française. L’installation de ce camp intervient lors de manoeuvres militaires le long du Rhin et durant le mois de septembre de 1754, moins de deux ans avant la Guerre de Sept ans. La confrontation de données archéologiques et historiques permet de proposer une identification des vestiges, une mise en contexte historique et un éclairage sur le quotidien de troupes militaires françaises sous Louis XV.
L'abri de pied de falaise de La Souche (Arconciel, Canton de Fribourg, Suisse), fouillé entre 2003 et 2012, a livré une quantité de matériel exceptionnelle et sa stratigraphie, extrêmement bien conservée, offre la possibilité d'une reconstitution fidèle et détaillée de l'occupation du site.
Couplés aux données principales des industries lithiques, les résultats inédits de l'étude archéozoologique des ensembles supérieurs de l'abri sous roche, datés entre 6200 et 4800 av. J.-C., apportent de nouveaux éclairages sur les derniers chasseurs du Plateau suisse. À la fin de cette période, toute l'Europe Centrale a adopté le mode vie néolithique, à l'exception d'une vaste poche de résistance comprise entre le Jura, les Préalpes italiennes et le Lac de Constance. Situé au cœur de cette zone, le site d'Arconciel/La Souche constitue un formidable témoin du mode de vie des derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs.
L'étude de près de 270 000 restes de faune, très fragmentés mais bénéficiant d'un état de conservation remarquable, nous a permis, entre autres, d'analyser dans toutes ses dimensions l'utilisation, par les occupants de l'abri, des ressources animales. Du choix des espèces chassées au devenir des restes osseux après la consommation, en passant par toutes les étapes de la transformation des carcasses animales, nous pouvons suivre l'évolution, au cours du Second Mésolithique, du mode de vie des habitants de cet abri sous roche.
The rites and burial practices found on these different sites perfectly match those recorded in the recent synthesis published on the late Neolithic of the southern Rhine valley (Lefranc et al., 2010). Amongst the more remarkable characteristics, the dead were mostly inhumed in pits with nothing special to distinguish them, in most cases in domestic structures. That is not to exclude that the possibility that certain pits were created especially to receive the dead. The fact that in numerous cases the skeletons were found in the fill and not at the base of the pit, favours the explanation of the use of pits originally created for other functions. The majority are considered as old silos.
Across Alsace, simple inhumation constitutes the most frequent case, but in the Mulhouse sector more than two thirds of the pits had the remains of two or more individuals. The average number of deceased per grave reaches about 2.6. The frequency of multiple inhumations in this region poses the question of their interpretation. The asymmetry of the positions and orientations of the individuals inhumed together allows us to suggest the practice of accompanying burials (retainer sacrifice). To be exact this asymmetry is not found in every pit. Individuals have been most frequently buried simultaneously or at least with only a short lapse of time in between within the same pit. Equally, some examples of successive inhumation also exist.
The grave goods remain exceptional. The category most frequently represented is ceramics. More rarely polished blades, fragments of quern or grinders and some elements of personal ornamentation are also found, as well as some objects imported from the Franch-Comté or the Swiss Plateau, such as the famous antler drinking horns (Hirschgeweihbecher).
If we rely on the numerous radiocarbon dates, the large majority of inhumations from the Mulhouse region are dated to between 3750 and 3550 BC. Those from the site of Didenheim ‘Kahlberg’ are later, with doubt falling after 3500 BC. This discovery is significant, because even if it does not confirm that the Munzingen culture was abandoned after 3600 BC in the southern part of upper-Alsace – nothing confirms that these inhumations belong to the Munzingen culture – it demonstrates that the practice of inhumation in pits continues after this date.
Posters by Aurelie Guidez
une carte manuscrite permet d’attribuer les vestiges à un camp temporaire de l’armée française. L’installation de ce camp intervient lors de manoeuvres militaires le long du Rhin et durant le mois de septembre de 1754, moins de deux ans avant la Guerre de Sept ans. La confrontation de données archéologiques et historiques permet de proposer une identification des vestiges, une mise en contexte historique et un éclairage sur le quotidien de troupes militaires françaises sous Louis XV.
L'abri de pied de falaise de La Souche (Arconciel, Canton de Fribourg, Suisse), fouillé entre 2003 et 2012, a livré une quantité de matériel exceptionnelle et sa stratigraphie, extrêmement bien conservée, offre la possibilité d'une reconstitution fidèle et détaillée de l'occupation du site.
Couplés aux données principales des industries lithiques, les résultats inédits de l'étude archéozoologique des ensembles supérieurs de l'abri sous roche, datés entre 6200 et 4800 av. J.-C., apportent de nouveaux éclairages sur les derniers chasseurs du Plateau suisse. À la fin de cette période, toute l'Europe Centrale a adopté le mode vie néolithique, à l'exception d'une vaste poche de résistance comprise entre le Jura, les Préalpes italiennes et le Lac de Constance. Situé au cœur de cette zone, le site d'Arconciel/La Souche constitue un formidable témoin du mode de vie des derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs.
L'étude de près de 270 000 restes de faune, très fragmentés mais bénéficiant d'un état de conservation remarquable, nous a permis, entre autres, d'analyser dans toutes ses dimensions l'utilisation, par les occupants de l'abri, des ressources animales. Du choix des espèces chassées au devenir des restes osseux après la consommation, en passant par toutes les étapes de la transformation des carcasses animales, nous pouvons suivre l'évolution, au cours du Second Mésolithique, du mode de vie des habitants de cet abri sous roche.
The rites and burial practices found on these different sites perfectly match those recorded in the recent synthesis published on the late Neolithic of the southern Rhine valley (Lefranc et al., 2010). Amongst the more remarkable characteristics, the dead were mostly inhumed in pits with nothing special to distinguish them, in most cases in domestic structures. That is not to exclude that the possibility that certain pits were created especially to receive the dead. The fact that in numerous cases the skeletons were found in the fill and not at the base of the pit, favours the explanation of the use of pits originally created for other functions. The majority are considered as old silos.
Across Alsace, simple inhumation constitutes the most frequent case, but in the Mulhouse sector more than two thirds of the pits had the remains of two or more individuals. The average number of deceased per grave reaches about 2.6. The frequency of multiple inhumations in this region poses the question of their interpretation. The asymmetry of the positions and orientations of the individuals inhumed together allows us to suggest the practice of accompanying burials (retainer sacrifice). To be exact this asymmetry is not found in every pit. Individuals have been most frequently buried simultaneously or at least with only a short lapse of time in between within the same pit. Equally, some examples of successive inhumation also exist.
The grave goods remain exceptional. The category most frequently represented is ceramics. More rarely polished blades, fragments of quern or grinders and some elements of personal ornamentation are also found, as well as some objects imported from the Franch-Comté or the Swiss Plateau, such as the famous antler drinking horns (Hirschgeweihbecher).
If we rely on the numerous radiocarbon dates, the large majority of inhumations from the Mulhouse region are dated to between 3750 and 3550 BC. Those from the site of Didenheim ‘Kahlberg’ are later, with doubt falling after 3500 BC. This discovery is significant, because even if it does not confirm that the Munzingen culture was abandoned after 3600 BC in the southern part of upper-Alsace – nothing confirms that these inhumations belong to the Munzingen culture – it demonstrates that the practice of inhumation in pits continues after this date.