Erwan Messager
Biographic Data
| ID | 631560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erwan Messager |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erwan |
| FAMILY NAME | Messager |
| SIGNATURE | MESSAGER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5192-9088 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 212 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
A 7,000 years trajectory of socio-ecosystems in the montane belt of the northern French Alps
Introduction This study, conducted on the Plateau des Glières, in the northern French Alps, investigates the evolution of vegetation composition over the past 7000 years. This site, within a montane ecosystem, offers a new opportunity to understand the human and landscape interactions under the influence of climate. To study these interactions as a whole and by integrating their complexity, we used two conceptual frameworks: the agroecosystem and…
Subsistence economy in the South Caucasus during the Early Chalcolithic period
This paper examines the subsistence economy in the South Caucasus during the Early Chalcolithic (c.4700–4300 BC) through bioarchaeological analyses of the Bavra Ablari rock shelter site. This region, rich in biodiversity and characterized by a variety of climates and landscapes, has a history of agropastoral occupation dating back to the beginning of the 6 th millennium BC. Up to now, archaeological studies have mainly focused on the valleys and …
Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely applied nowadays, knowledge gaps remain in this field and there is therefore still research to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the sedimentary DNA signal. Building on the most recent literature and seven original case studies, we synthesize the state-of-the-art an…
Paravani, a puzzling lake in the South Caucasus
Multi-proxy Archaeobotanical Analysis from Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Sites in South-west Ukraine
This paper presents the results of archaeobotanical studies carried out on the Late Mesolithic layer at Melnychna-Krucha (6460–6100 cal BC) and the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) site of Kamyane-Zavallia (5295–4960 cal BC), close to the Southern Bug River. Despite the relatively modest dataset presented in this paper, these preliminary results provide new data for a region where the environmental setting and the uses of plant resources during the Early …
Phytolith evidence of cereal processing in the Danube Delta during the Chalcolithic period
New pollen evidence from Nariani (Georgia) for delayed postglacial forest expansion in the South Caucasus
The nature and timing of environmental changes throughout the last glacial-interglacial transition in the South Caucasus, and more widely in eastern Europe, are still not fully understood. According to certain pollen records, forest expansion occurred in many areas several millennia after what is considered worldwide as the onset of the Holocene. The current problem we face is that the time lag in forest expansion varies from one sequence to anot…
Between Atlantic and Mediterranean
Vegetation and plant exploitation at Mentesh Tepe (Azerbaijan), 6th–3rd millennium BC initial results of the archaeobotanical study
Étude des macro-, méso- et micro-charbons du site épigravettien de Mezhyrich (Ukraine)
First results of archaeobotanical analysis from Neolithic layers of Buran Kaya IV (Crimea, Ukraine)
This paper contributes to understand the palaeoenvironment and the exploitation of vegetal resources during the Mid-Holocene in the southern Crimean Mountains. To address these questions, we apply a multi-proxy approach based on charcoal, seeds/fruits and phytoliths analyses from Neolithic layers (5800–5300 cal BC) of Buran-Kaya IV, a rock-shelter located in the south of Crimean Peninsula. Charcoal analysis shows that the Neolithic groups have ex…
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
Le site du Carreau du Temple (Paris) entre “ marais ” et “ marécages ”
Les fouilles du “ Carreau du Temple ”, effectuées en 2011, ont permis d’étudier une séquence pédo-sédimentaire préservée sous les vestiges d’une occupation qui débute au xiie s. avec le développement de l’Enclos du Temple. L’emplacement du site correspond à un domaine de transition géomorphologique entre une montille à faible relief (le quartier du Marais) et un paléochenal de la Seine qui ceinture la rive droite. La séquence de sol, qui correspo…
Direct 14 C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery
The aim of this study is to directly radiocarbon date pottery from prehistoric rock-art shelters in the Tassili n'Ajjer (central Sahara). We used a combined geochemical and microscopic approach to determine plant material in the pottery prior to direct 14 C dating. The ages obtained range from 5270 ± 35 BP (6276–5948 cal BP) to 8160 ± 45 BP (9190–9015 cal BP), and correlate with the chronology derived from pottery typology. Our results document t…
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of S hi’ B at D ihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in W adi S urdud, Y emen
The S hi'bat D ihya 1 site in western Y emen, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the M iddle P aleolithic peopling of the A rabian P eninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during M arine I sotope S tage 3…
Lower and Middle Pleistocene human settlements recorded in fluvial deposits of the middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France
Quelle fonction pour les meules du Néolithique ancien de la moitié Nord de la France ? Apports et limites de l’analyse phytolithique
L’analyse fonctionnelle des outils de broyage, et notamment l’analyse optique des traces d’utilisation développée ces dernières années, permet de reconstituer leur fonctionnement et la nature même des substances transformées. Le présent article discute l’apport complémentaire d’une analyse des phytolithes piégés en surface des meules à la compréhension des pratiques alimentaires et techniques de broyage techniques néolithiques. L’exemple de deux …
Paléovégétation du site à hominidés de Pont-de-Lavaud, Pléistocène inférieur, région Centre, France
Les stratégies de mobilité des hommes préhistoriques sont à l’origine des différentes vagues de migration en Europe. Elles sont fortement influencées par les variations des couverts végétaux aux cours des premiers cycles glaciaire-interglaciaire. Les premiers européens ont dû s’adapter à des environnements distincts, tels que des forêts ou des steppes. Dans le but de mieux connaître la diversité des habitats occupés par les hominidés du Pléistocè…
Charcoal scarcity in Epigravettian settlements with mammoth bone dwellings
Fruit and seed biomineralization and its effect on preservation
Les processus taphonomiques en archéopalynologie
L’effet de l’oxydation sur la préservation des grains de pollen est testé avec un protocole expérimental de laboratoire. Une sélection de taxons polliniques est soumise à des conditions oxydantes en variant l’intensité et la durée d’exposition. L’évolution des concentrations polliniques entre la situation initiale et finale reflète la perte d’information entre la pluie pollinique originelle et le spectre finalement enregistré. Les variations de l…
Lower and middle Pleistocene human settlements in the Middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site (Georgia) based on palaeobotanical data
Fossil fruit identification by SEM investigations, a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site, Georgia
Lower and middle Pleistocene human settlements in the Middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site (Georgia) based on palaeobotanical data
Charcoal scarcity in Epigravettian settlements with mammoth bone dwellings
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of S hi’ B at D ihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in W adi S urdud, Y emen
The S hi'bat D ihya 1 site in western Y emen, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the M iddle P aleolithic peopling of the A rabian P eninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during M arine I sotope S tage 3…
Fruit and seed biomineralization and its effect on preservation
Direct 14 C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery
The aim of this study is to directly radiocarbon date pottery from prehistoric rock-art shelters in the Tassili n'Ajjer (central Sahara). We used a combined geochemical and microscopic approach to determine plant material in the pottery prior to direct 14 C dating. The ages obtained range from 5270 ± 35 BP (6276–5948 cal BP) to 8160 ± 45 BP (9190–9015 cal BP), and correlate with the chronology derived from pottery typology. Our results document t…
Multi-proxy Archaeobotanical Analysis from Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Sites in South-west Ukraine
This paper presents the results of archaeobotanical studies carried out on the Late Mesolithic layer at Melnychna-Krucha (6460–6100 cal BC) and the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) site of Kamyane-Zavallia (5295–4960 cal BC), close to the Southern Bug River. Despite the relatively modest dataset presented in this paper, these preliminary results provide new data for a region where the environmental setting and the uses of plant resources during the Early …
Fossil fruit identification by SEM investigations, a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site, Georgia
Paléovégétation du site à hominidés de Pont-de-Lavaud, Pléistocène inférieur, région Centre, France
Les stratégies de mobilité des hommes préhistoriques sont à l’origine des différentes vagues de migration en Europe. Elles sont fortement influencées par les variations des couverts végétaux aux cours des premiers cycles glaciaire-interglaciaire. Les premiers européens ont dû s’adapter à des environnements distincts, tels que des forêts ou des steppes. Dans le but de mieux connaître la diversité des habitats occupés par les hominidés du Pléistocè…
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
First results of archaeobotanical analysis from Neolithic layers of Buran Kaya IV (Crimea, Ukraine)
This paper contributes to understand the palaeoenvironment and the exploitation of vegetal resources during the Mid-Holocene in the southern Crimean Mountains. To address these questions, we apply a multi-proxy approach based on charcoal, seeds/fruits and phytoliths analyses from Neolithic layers (5800–5300 cal BC) of Buran-Kaya IV, a rock-shelter located in the south of Crimean Peninsula. Charcoal analysis shows that the Neolithic groups have ex…
Les processus taphonomiques en archéopalynologie
L’effet de l’oxydation sur la préservation des grains de pollen est testé avec un protocole expérimental de laboratoire. Une sélection de taxons polliniques est soumise à des conditions oxydantes en variant l’intensité et la durée d’exposition. L’évolution des concentrations polliniques entre la situation initiale et finale reflète la perte d’information entre la pluie pollinique originelle et le spectre finalement enregistré. Les variations de l…
Fossil fruit identification by SEM investigations, a tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site, Georgia
Les processus taphonomiques en archéopalynologie
L’effet de l’oxydation sur la préservation des grains de pollen est testé avec un protocole expérimental de laboratoire. Une sélection de taxons polliniques est soumise à des conditions oxydantes en variant l’intensité et la durée d’exposition. L’évolution des concentrations polliniques entre la situation initiale et finale reflète la perte d’information entre la pluie pollinique originelle et le spectre finalement enregistré. Les variations de l…
Lower and middle Pleistocene human settlements in the Middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Dmanisi site (Georgia) based on palaeobotanical data
Fruit and seed biomineralization and its effect on preservation
Lower and Middle Pleistocene human settlements recorded in fluvial deposits of the middle Loire River Basin, Centre Region, France
Quelle fonction pour les meules du Néolithique ancien de la moitié Nord de la France ? Apports et limites de l’analyse phytolithique
L’analyse fonctionnelle des outils de broyage, et notamment l’analyse optique des traces d’utilisation développée ces dernières années, permet de reconstituer leur fonctionnement et la nature même des substances transformées. Le présent article discute l’apport complémentaire d’une analyse des phytolithes piégés en surface des meules à la compréhension des pratiques alimentaires et techniques de broyage techniques néolithiques. L’exemple de deux …
Paléovégétation du site à hominidés de Pont-de-Lavaud, Pléistocène inférieur, région Centre, France
Les stratégies de mobilité des hommes préhistoriques sont à l’origine des différentes vagues de migration en Europe. Elles sont fortement influencées par les variations des couverts végétaux aux cours des premiers cycles glaciaire-interglaciaire. Les premiers européens ont dû s’adapter à des environnements distincts, tels que des forêts ou des steppes. Dans le but de mieux connaître la diversité des habitats occupés par les hominidés du Pléistocè…
Charcoal scarcity in Epigravettian settlements with mammoth bone dwellings
The Paleoenvironment and Lithic Taphonomy of S hi’ B at D ihya 1, a Middle Paleolithic Site in W adi S urdud, Y emen
The S hi'bat D ihya 1 site in western Y emen, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to 55 ka, provides insight into the M iddle P aleolithic peopling of the A rabian P eninsula. The archaeological layer is interstratified within thick, sandy silt floodplain deposits filling a piedmont basin. Luminescence dates, lack of soil development, and gypsum precipitation indicate a high accretion rate of the floodplain during M arine I sotope S tage 3…
Le site du Carreau du Temple (Paris) entre “ marais ” et “ marécages ”
Les fouilles du “ Carreau du Temple ”, effectuées en 2011, ont permis d’étudier une séquence pédo-sédimentaire préservée sous les vestiges d’une occupation qui débute au xiie s. avec le développement de l’Enclos du Temple. L’emplacement du site correspond à un domaine de transition géomorphologique entre une montille à faible relief (le quartier du Marais) et un paléochenal de la Seine qui ceinture la rive droite. La séquence de sol, qui correspo…
Direct 14 C Dating of Early and Mid-Holocene Saharan Pottery
The aim of this study is to directly radiocarbon date pottery from prehistoric rock-art shelters in the Tassili n'Ajjer (central Sahara). We used a combined geochemical and microscopic approach to determine plant material in the pottery prior to direct 14 C dating. The ages obtained range from 5270 ± 35 BP (6276–5948 cal BP) to 8160 ± 45 BP (9190–9015 cal BP), and correlate with the chronology derived from pottery typology. Our results document t…
First results of archaeobotanical analysis from Neolithic layers of Buran Kaya IV (Crimea, Ukraine)
This paper contributes to understand the palaeoenvironment and the exploitation of vegetal resources during the Mid-Holocene in the southern Crimean Mountains. To address these questions, we apply a multi-proxy approach based on charcoal, seeds/fruits and phytoliths analyses from Neolithic layers (5800–5300 cal BC) of Buran-Kaya IV, a rock-shelter located in the south of Crimean Peninsula. Charcoal analysis shows that the Neolithic groups have ex…
Archaeobotanical and isotopic evidence of Early Bronze Age farming activities and diet in the mountainous environment of the South Caucasus
Étude des macro-, méso- et micro-charbons du site épigravettien de Mezhyrich (Ukraine)
Vegetation and plant exploitation at Mentesh Tepe (Azerbaijan), 6th–3rd millennium BC initial results of the archaeobotanical study
New pollen evidence from Nariani (Georgia) for delayed postglacial forest expansion in the South Caucasus
The nature and timing of environmental changes throughout the last glacial-interglacial transition in the South Caucasus, and more widely in eastern Europe, are still not fully understood. According to certain pollen records, forest expansion occurred in many areas several millennia after what is considered worldwide as the onset of the Holocene. The current problem we face is that the time lag in forest expansion varies from one sequence to anot…
Between Atlantic and Mediterranean
Phytolith evidence of cereal processing in the Danube Delta during the Chalcolithic period
Multi-proxy Archaeobotanical Analysis from Mesolithic and Early Neolithic Sites in South-west Ukraine
This paper presents the results of archaeobotanical studies carried out on the Late Mesolithic layer at Melnychna-Krucha (6460–6100 cal BC) and the Linearbandkeramik (LBK) site of Kamyane-Zavallia (5295–4960 cal BC), close to the Southern Bug River. Despite the relatively modest dataset presented in this paper, these preliminary results provide new data for a region where the environmental setting and the uses of plant resources during the Early …
Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity
The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely applied nowadays, knowledge gaps remain in this field and there is therefore still research to be conducted to ensure the reliability of the sedimentary DNA signal. Building on the most recent literature and seven original case studies, we synthesize the state-of-the-art an…
Paravani, a puzzling lake in the South Caucasus
Subsistence economy in the South Caucasus during the Early Chalcolithic period
This paper examines the subsistence economy in the South Caucasus during the Early Chalcolithic (c.4700–4300 BC) through bioarchaeological analyses of the Bavra Ablari rock shelter site. This region, rich in biodiversity and characterized by a variety of climates and landscapes, has a history of agropastoral occupation dating back to the beginning of the 6 th millennium BC. Up to now, archaeological studies have mainly focused on the valleys and …
A 7,000 years trajectory of socio-ecosystems in the montane belt of the northern French Alps
Introduction This study, conducted on the Plateau des Glières, in the northern French Alps, investigates the evolution of vegetation composition over the past 7000 years. This site, within a montane ecosystem, offers a new opportunity to understand the human and landscape interactions under the influence of climate. To study these interactions as a whole and by integrating their complexity, we used two conceptual frameworks: the agroecosystem and…
Geography (20 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 works) · Archaeology (15 works) · Biology (13 works) · Ecology (13 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 works) · Geology (10 works) · Paleontology (9 works) · Agriculture (5 works)