Jean‐luc Houle
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4435305 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jean‐luc Houle |
| NOMBRES | Jean‐luc |
| APELLIDO | Houle |
| FIRMA | HOULE J L |
| AFILIACIONES | Western Kentucky University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1560-8399 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Stones, Bones, and Communal Rituals in the Mongolian Bronze Age
Khirigsuurs are Late Bronze Age monuments found across Mongolia. Although mostly interpreted as mortuary structures, there is broad agreement that khirigsuurs also served as settings for communal rituals and seasonal gatherings. A key feature is the selective deposition of horse remains, mainly skulls, neck vertebrae, and hooves, while meaty axial and long bones are absent. This study investigates whether large-scale butchering and feasting took …
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Resilient herders
Connecting the medieval and the mobile
The city of Acre functioned as a medieval hub city under Crusader rule from 1104 to 1291 CE. Using the records of both pilgrims and merchants, I argue that medieval networks of mobility running through Acre demonstrate unique features that can challenge and expand the definitions of sociological terms employed by historians such as “hub city” and “resilience” that have mainly been deployed in a modern context. In addition, I argue that debates am…
Mongolia
Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia
Lithics in the steppe landscape
Lambs to the Slaughter
Stone circles are a common monumental feature of the Mongolian Bronze Age (c. 1500-800BC), frequently occurring in association with other monument types, especially khirigsuurs. Until now the content of the stone circles has not been identified, a fact which has hampered our understanding not only of khirigsuurs and their related cosmology but also of the contemporary economy, owing to a research paradigm that was monument-focused until very rece…
Recent Archaeological Research in the Khanuy River Valley, Central Mongolia
Lithics in the steppe landscape
Lambs to the Slaughter
Stone circles are a common monumental feature of the Mongolian Bronze Age (c. 1500-800BC), frequently occurring in association with other monument types, especially khirigsuurs. Until now the content of the stone circles has not been identified, a fact which has hampered our understanding not only of khirigsuurs and their related cosmology but also of the contemporary economy, owing to a research paradigm that was monument-focused until very rece…
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Resilient herders
Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia
Recent Archaeological Research in the Khanuy River Valley, Central Mongolia
Lambs to the Slaughter
Stone circles are a common monumental feature of the Mongolian Bronze Age (c. 1500-800BC), frequently occurring in association with other monument types, especially khirigsuurs. Until now the content of the stone circles has not been identified, a fact which has hampered our understanding not only of khirigsuurs and their related cosmology but also of the contemporary economy, owing to a research paradigm that was monument-focused until very rece…
Lithics in the steppe landscape
Mongolia
Horse sacrifice and butchery in Bronze Age Mongolia
Connecting the medieval and the mobile
The city of Acre functioned as a medieval hub city under Crusader rule from 1104 to 1291 CE. Using the records of both pilgrims and merchants, I argue that medieval networks of mobility running through Acre demonstrate unique features that can challenge and expand the definitions of sociological terms employed by historians such as “hub city” and “resilience” that have mainly been deployed in a modern context. In addition, I argue that debates am…
Resilient herders
Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
Stones, Bones, and Communal Rituals in the Mongolian Bronze Age
Khirigsuurs are Late Bronze Age monuments found across Mongolia. Although mostly interpreted as mortuary structures, there is broad agreement that khirigsuurs also served as settings for communal rituals and seasonal gatherings. A key feature is the selective deposition of horse remains, mainly skulls, neck vertebrae, and hooves, while meaty axial and long bones are absent. This study investigates whether large-scale butchering and feasting took …
Archaeology (8 obras) · Geography (7 obras) · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 obras) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Ancient history (3 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 obras) · Bronze Age (3 obras) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (3 obras) · Livestock (3 obras)