M Balasse
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 22558 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M Balasse |
| NOMBRES | M |
| APELLIDO | Balasse |
| FIRMA | BALASSE M |
| AFILIACIONES | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1925-5110 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 61 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 983 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 61 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 18 |
Caprine Management during the Neolithic Period in the South Caucasus
Cet article analyse les stratégies pastorales du site néolithique de Kültepe I, situé sur l’une des voies d’accès au Caucase, au moment de l’arrivée des populations agro-pastorales et au cours de leur développement. Nous caractérisons les stratégies pastorales à travers les méthodes de l’archéozoologie classique et de la biogéochimie isotopique. Une partie importante de nos données proviennent d’analyses de ratios isotopiques (δ18O, δ13C et 87Sr/…
Hunting Strategies and Game Exploitation Organization in the Magdalenian
Understanding hunting strategies in Upper Paleolithic contexts remains challenging due to the complex relationships between prey behavior, environmental conditions, and human decision‐making. Addressing these dynamics requires integrating archeozoological, geospatial, and geochemical proxies capable of capturing demographic patterns, landscape accessibility, and seasonal environmental signals. This study examines the Magdalenian level 2b of Chave…
Tracing Seaweed as Food and Fodder in Archaeology
Seaweed is often overlooked as a potential food source for animals and humans in archaeological interpretations. However, plentiful historical and ecological evidence attests to seaweed consumption by humans and domesticated and wild animals (e.g., sheep, cattle, deer, coyotes). This literature review provides a summary of the use of seaweed as food and fodder by humans and terrestrial mammals more generally, and how seaweed consumption may be de…
Forest Herding and Tree Foddering in Neolithic Europe
Forest grazing and tree leaf foddering were once widespread in Europe. Stable carbon isotope analysis of faunal remains can help investigate the practice back to the Neolithic. The approach presupposes the empirical definition of a threshold δ 13 C value beyond which a forest component in diet is arguable. This objective can be attained in contexts where animals feeding on forest trees were demonstrated independently. We analyzed caprine teeth fr…
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Testing the use of southern France and Cyprus mouflons as a reference to reconstruct birth season in sheep from oxygen isotope analysis in teeth
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Préhistoire de la maîtrise de l’énergie alimentaire
The fertilization of fields in the northern half of France (600 BCE−500 CE), approached by N isotope analyses of cereal remains
The economic development of societies in Gaul during the Second Iron Age and the Roman period relied on agricultural system transformations. Hundreds of carpological studies carried out in the northern half of France over the last four decades have thoroughly documented the evolution of crop production and farming practices during this period. The increase in agricultural production required to sustain urbanization and trade expansion led to a di…
Integrated approaches to understanding animal exploitation and dairying in the Central European Early Neolithic
Recent genetic studies point towards 6 th millennium BC central Europe as the core region for the emergence of the lactase persistence (LP) gene mutation -13,910 * T, making it important to understand the intensity of milk production and consumption among Linearbandkeramik (or LBK) farming groups. However, it is not known if milking was part of the LBK Neolithic “package” from the start, or if it displayed a discontinuous pattern in time and spac…
Milk and meat exploitation, autumn lambing and use of forest resources in Neolithic Corsican sheep farming systems (fifth to third millennia cal BC)
Experimental Data from Lacaune and Merino Sheep Provide New Methodological and Theoretical Grounds to Investigate Autumn Lambing in Past Husbandries
Morphological and dietary adaptations to different socio-economic systems in Chalcolithic dogs
Crop manuring on the Beauce plateau (France) during the second iron age
Life, Death and Teeth of Late Neolithic Sheep and Red Deer Excavated at Ness of Brodgar, Orkney Islands (UK)
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Sheep husbandry in the early Neolithic of the Pyrenees
Service, expertise et archéométrie
Suite à une journée thématique « Service et expertise par les sciences archéologiques et de la conservation » organisée par le réseau CAI-RN (Compétences Archéométriques Interdisciplinaires – Réseau National, MITI CNRS) les membres du Comité de Pilotage du réseau CAI-RN ayant participé à cette journée ont souhaité rassembler et clarifier dans ce texte un certain nombre des points évoqués lors des discussions. Ceci en donnant notamment une brève d…
Isotopic Studies of Husbandry Practices
Neolithic sheep birth distribution
Identifying seaweed consumption by sheep using isotope analysis of their bones and teeth
Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis
Food management of early introduced caprine and bovine herds in the early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles)
The arrival of early farmers and their livestock in the western Mediterranean during the early Neolithic marked a new way of life for the north-east Iberian Peninsula. Given the permanence of the introduced economic strategies, which are still practiced today, and their apparently momentous outcome, this process has generally been explained as a success. The introduction of livestock must have played a fundamental role, but we know little about h…
Seaweed-eating sheep and the adaptation of husbandry in Neolithic Orkney
Autumn/winter births in traditional and Pre-Pottery Neolithic caprine husbandry in Cyprus
Integration of Linearbandkeramik cattle husbandry in the forested landscape of the mid-Holocene climate optimum
Mountain adaptation of caprine herding in the eastern Pyrenees during the Bronze Age
The Seasonal Mobility Model for Prehistoric Herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa Assessed by Isotopic Analysis of Sheep Tooth Enamel
Determining Sheep Birth Seasonality by Analysis of Tooth Enamel Oxygen Isotope Ratios
Reconstructing dietary and environmental history from enamel isotopic analysis
The carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of the mineral phase of tooth enamel is linked to diet and environment. Enamel is not remodelled once formed. Several studies of intra-tooth isotopic variability in hypsodont mammal teeth have involved sequential sampling of enamel in order to detect changes in diet and environment during tooth formation. The possibility of exploring individual history opens the door to many applications, particularly in…
Detection of Dietary Changes by Intra-tooth Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis
Distinguishing sheep and goats using dental morphology and stable carbon isotopes in C4 grassland environments
Intra-bone Variability of Collagen and Apatite Isotopic Composition Used as Evidence of a Change of Diet
Stable isotope insights ( δ 18 O, δ 13 C) into cattle and sheep husbandry at Bercy (Paris, France, 4th millennium BC)
Bercy is a prehistoric village sited by the Seine river (Paris, France), whose main period of occupation was dated to the very beginning of the 4th millennium BC. The animal subsistence economy relied heavily on cattle husbandry, complemented by other species including sheep. Cattle and sheep isotopic history (δ13C, δ18O) was investigated at the seasonal scale, through sequential sampling in tooth enamel, providing new insights into seasonality o…
Seasonality and season of birth of modern and late Neolithic sheep from south-eastern France using tooth enamel δ18O analysis
The altitudinal mobility of wild sheep at the Epigravettian site of Kalavan 1 (Lesser Caucasus, Armenia)
Seasonality and season of birth in early Eneolithic sheep from Cheia (Romania)
Stable isotope evidence for seasonal consumption of marine seaweed by modern and archaeological sheep in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland)
Author: Balasse, Marie et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2009; Title: Stable isotope evidence for seasonal consumption of marine seaweed by modern and archaeological sheep in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland)
Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania)
Stable isotope analyses were conducted on faunal remains from the site of Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş with the objective of characterizing the environments and seasonality of husbandry in the earliest Neolithic (Gura Baciului-Cârcea/Starčevo-Criş I) of southern Romania. Results from bone collagen analysis indicate extensive herding strategies for cattle and pigs. However, sequential analysis in tooth enamel also provides evidence for winter leaf…
Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC)
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Investigating Seasonality and Season of Birth in Past Herds
Intra‐tooth sequential analysis of enamel δ 18 O is currently used to investigate birth seasonality in past animal populations, offering new insights into seasonal availability of animal resources, herd management and seasonality of site occupation. Reference data sets are still required to address two major difficulties: (1) that inter‐individual variability in the record of the seasonal cycle is affected by tooth size; and (2) that the season o…
Potential biases in sampling design and interpretation of intra-tooth isotope analysis
An increasing number of studies dealing with environmental and dietary reconstruction involve measurement of intra-tooth variation of isotope ratios. The sampling procedure typically consists of collecting a sequence of horizontal bands perpendicular to the growth axis of the tooth. The objective is to obtain a temporal sequence of the changes recorded in dental tissues during tooth development. This paper examines some issues associated with thi…
Wild, domestic and feral? Investigating the status of suids in the Romanian Gumelniţa (5th mil. cal BC) with biogeochemistry and geometric morphometrics
The reconstruction of mammal individual history
Neolithic sheep birth distribution
Autumn/winter births in traditional and Pre-Pottery Neolithic caprine husbandry in Cyprus
Crop Fertility Conditions in North-Eastern Gaul During the La Tène and Roman Periods
Considerable archaeobotanical datasets describe cereal cultivation in north-eastern France, from the Iron Age to the Roman period. This study aims to complement these by using stable isotope analysis on charred cereal grains. Soil fertility was investigated through δ15N and δ13C analyses of 1480 charred cereal grains, dated from the Late La Tène to the Late Antiquity periods. In the Île-de-France, charred grain Δ13C values suggested good hydric c…
Seasonality of birth and diet of pigs from stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel (δ18O, δ13C)
Identifying seaweed consumption by sheep using isotope analysis of their bones and teeth
Early pastoral mobility and seasonality in Kenya assessed through stable isotope analysis
Sheep husbandry in the early Neolithic of the Pyrenees
Food management of early introduced caprine and bovine herds in the early Neolithic site of La Draga (Banyoles)
The arrival of early farmers and their livestock in the western Mediterranean during the early Neolithic marked a new way of life for the north-east Iberian Peninsula. Given the permanence of the introduced economic strategies, which are still practiced today, and their apparently momentous outcome, this process has generally been explained as a success. The introduction of livestock must have played a fundamental role, but we know little about h…
Intra-bone Variability of Collagen and Apatite Isotopic Composition Used as Evidence of a Change of Diet
Detection of Dietary Changes by Intra-tooth Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Analysis
Early Weaning of Neolithic Domestic Cattle (Bercy, France) Revealed by Intra-tooth Variation in Nitrogen Isotope Ratios
Determining Sheep Birth Seasonality by Analysis of Tooth Enamel Oxygen Isotope Ratios
The Seasonal Mobility Model for Prehistoric Herders in the South-western Cape of South Africa Assessed by Isotopic Analysis of Sheep Tooth Enamel
Reconstructing dietary and environmental history from enamel isotopic analysis
The carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of the mineral phase of tooth enamel is linked to diet and environment. Enamel is not remodelled once formed. Several studies of intra-tooth isotopic variability in hypsodont mammal teeth have involved sequential sampling of enamel in order to detect changes in diet and environment during tooth formation. The possibility of exploring individual history opens the door to many applications, particularly in…
Potential biases in sampling design and interpretation of intra-tooth isotope analysis
An increasing number of studies dealing with environmental and dietary reconstruction involve measurement of intra-tooth variation of isotope ratios. The sampling procedure typically consists of collecting a sequence of horizontal bands perpendicular to the growth axis of the tooth. The objective is to obtain a temporal sequence of the changes recorded in dental tissues during tooth development. This paper examines some issues associated with thi…
Fouille d'un dépotoir du Néolithique final à Beg ar Loued (île Molène, Finistère)
Pailler Yvan, Balasse Marie, Hallegouët Bernard, Josselin Jérémie, Marchand Grégor, Sparfel Yohann, Tresset Anne, Dupont Catherine, Giovannacci Sandie. Fouille d'un dépotoir du Néolithique final à Beg ar Loued (île Molène, Finistère) : premiers résultats. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 101, n°4, 2004. pp. 881-886
The use of isotope ratios to test for seaweed eating in sheep
The primitive sheep of North Ronaldsay Island (Orkney), which feed almost exclusively on seaweed, have developed physiological features linked to that diet. The use of seaweed to feed domestic animals, attested for centuries in north-western Europe, may have appeared soon after the arrival of the first domestic herds during the 5th and 4th millennia BC. The use of isotope analysis of sheep tooth enamel as a means to investigate seaweed grazing in…
High-resolution δ13C intratooth profiles in bovine enamel
Distinguishing sheep and goats using dental morphology and stable carbon isotopes in C4 grassland environments
Stable isotope evidence ( δ 13 C, δ 18 O) for winter feeding on seaweed by Neolithic sheep of Scotland
The antiquity of the use of seaweed to feed domestic animals was investigated through carbon ( δ 13 C) and oxygen ( δ 18 O) isotope analysis of tooth enamel bioapatite. The analysis was performed on sheep and cattle teeth from two Neolithic sites in Orkney (Scotland). At the Knap of Howar, c . 3600 bc , carbon isotopes reflect grazing on terrestrial plants throughout the year for both sheep and cattle, with no contribution of seaweed to their die…
The reconstruction of mammal individual history
The Zooarchaeology of Fats, Oils, Milk and Dairying . J. Mulville , A. K. Outram
Stable isotope evidence for seasonal consumption of marine seaweed by modern and archaeological sheep in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland)
Author: Balasse, Marie et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2009; Title: Stable isotope evidence for seasonal consumption of marine seaweed by modern and archaeological sheep in the Orkney archipelago (Scotland)
The isotope record of short- and long-term dietary changes in sheep tooth enamel
Seasonality and season of birth of modern and late Neolithic sheep from south-eastern France using tooth enamel δ18O analysis
Stable isotope insights ( δ 18 O, δ 13 C) into cattle and sheep husbandry at Bercy (Paris, France, 4th millennium BC)
Bercy is a prehistoric village sited by the Seine river (Paris, France), whose main period of occupation was dated to the very beginning of the 4th millennium BC. The animal subsistence economy relied heavily on cattle husbandry, complemented by other species including sheep. Cattle and sheep isotopic history (δ13C, δ18O) was investigated at the seasonal scale, through sequential sampling in tooth enamel, providing new insights into seasonality o…
The new insights into the subsistence and early farming from neolithic settlements in central Europe
The archaeozoological evidence from two Neolithic settlements occupied in the periods of the Linear Pottery Culture (LBK) and the Stroke Pottery Culture (SBK) has provided new insights into the way of life of early farmers in the Czech Republic. Though LBK and SBK sites are abundant, only isolated studies allow one to reconstruct stockbreeding practiceson the basis of archaeozoological and isotopic data. Our results confirm that livestock provide…
Protocol for Recording Enamel Hypoplasia in Modern and Archaeological Caprine Populations
This paper outlines the first methodology for recording dental enamel hypoplasia in the high-crowned dentition of modern and archaeological caprine teeth. The method has been developed and trialed on five caprine populations from Orkney (UK); two modern populations (Shetland and North Ronaldsay breeds) and three Neolithic assemblages from the archaeological sites of Knap of Howar, Skara Brae and Holm of Papa Westray. Problems associated with diff…
Seasonality of birth and diet of pigs from stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel (δ18O, δ13C)
Investigating Seasonality and Season of Birth in Past Herds
Intra‐tooth sequential analysis of enamel δ 18 O is currently used to investigate birth seasonality in past animal populations, offering new insights into seasonal availability of animal resources, herd management and seasonality of site occupation. Reference data sets are still required to address two major difficulties: (1) that inter‐individual variability in the record of the seasonal cycle is affected by tooth size; and (2) that the season o…
Seasonality and season of birth in early Eneolithic sheep from Cheia (Romania)
Early herding at Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş (early sixth millennium BC, Romania)
Stable isotope analyses were conducted on faunal remains from the site of Măgura-Boldul lui Moş Ivănuş with the objective of characterizing the environments and seasonality of husbandry in the earliest Neolithic (Gura Baciului-Cârcea/Starčevo-Criş I) of southern Romania. Results from bone collagen analysis indicate extensive herding strategies for cattle and pigs. However, sequential analysis in tooth enamel also provides evidence for winter leaf…
Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC)
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