Nicolas Mélard

Biographic Data

ID1345008
NAMENicolas Mélard
GIVEN NAMESNicolas
FAMILY NAMEMélard
SIGNATUREMÉLARD N
AFFILIATIONSCentre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France
ORCID0000-0001-7269-3537
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT3
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX3

  • Are Policies Implemented Where Most Needed? Exploring Equity in School‐Based Smoking Prevention in 2013 and 2016 in Six European Cities

    Open AccessNicolas Mélard, Alexandre Jacquemain et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Health policies are key social determinants of health, but may cause inequalities if their implementation does not match local needs and if resources are misallocated. This study tests the inverse prevention law on school tobacco policies, assessing inequity in their implementation and identifying contributing factors. METHODS: A student survey and a staff survey were conducted in 38 schools across six European cities in 2013 and 2016…

  • Political hurdles to implementing tobacco control policies

    Vincent Lorant, Pierre Laloux et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2025

    There is a notable lack of commitment among political parties, both on the left and right, towards endorsing SFG advocacy, indicating weak adherence to the core values of the SFG movement

  • Coups de projecteur sur les gravures et graffitis

    Nicolas MélardARTICLERevue du Nord2024

    Le château de Selles à Cambrai, dont les origines remontent au XIIIe s., fait partie des monuments les plus importants en ce qui concerne les gravures et graffiti au niveau national. Aujourd’hui, ce riche patrimoine étant menacé par des altérations, le site est fermé au public pour des raisons de sécurité et de conservation. Le présent travail mené en majeure partie de 2010 à 2019 par des archéologues en collaboration avec des historiens, des pal…

  • Semiautomatic Toolmark Classification in Chased Metals Using Surface Microtopography

    Open AccessYoko Arteaga, Nicolas Mélard et al.ARTICLEHeritage2022References: 9

    Chasing is one of the main decorative techniques found in metal work. The imprints left by different chasing tools are unique not only to the tool, but also to the chaser. The analysis and characterisation of toolmarks provide vast information that is valuable for the understanding of an object. Microtopography is a non-contact imaging technique that allows a metrical analysis of a surface on a microscopic scale. In this paper, metal mock-ups mad…

  • Renaissance plaster casts

    Open AccessGianluca Gariani, Charlotte Hochart et al.ARTICLESpotlight2021

    As part of an ongoing project dealing with the technical study of 15th century Florentine devotional reliefs, a focus was made to investigate their production by serial casting. Manufacturing techniques of the so-called Madonne di gesso were investigated on 12 artworks chosen after three different models of Donatello and B. Bellano, Desiderio da Settignano and Antonio Rossellino. Results obtained with a structured light 3D scanner were invaluable…

  • Direct evidence of Neanderthal fibre technology and its cognitive and behavioral implications

    Open AccessBruce Hardy, B L Hardy et al.ARTICLEScientific Reports2020

    Neanderthals are often considered as less technologically advanced than modern humans. However, we typically only find faunal remains or stone tools at Paleolithic sites. Perishable materials, comprising the vast majority of material culture items, are typically missing. Individual twisted fibres on stone tools from the Abri du Maras led to the hypothesis of Neanderthal string production in the past, but conclusive evidence was lacking. Here we s…

  • Enhancing implementation of smoke-free places

    Open AccessMartin Mlinarić, Laura Hoffmann et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2020References: 4

  • Cambrai (Nord). Château de Selles

    Open AccessNicolas MélardARTICLEArchéologie médiévale2019

    Le château de Selles, construit au xiii e s. par le compte évêque de Cambrai est situé aux portes de la ville. Le rôle de cet édifice imposant était de servir de refuge en période de crises politiques. Son imposante structure architecturale, encore visible aujourd’hui, composée de tours massives et de deux niveaux de gaines défensives rythmées par des archères indique son caractère défensif. Sous Charles V, après des changements architecturaux im…

  • Where do teens smoke? Smoking locations of adolescents in Europe in relation to smoking bans in bars, schools and homes

    Open AccessNaomi A van Westen-Lagerweij, Naomi A Lagerweij et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2019References: 1

    This study aimed to assess where European adolescents smoke. Data of 2,140 13-19-year-olds from 55 secondary schools in seven European cities was analysed using multilevel logistic regression analyses. Adolescents most often reported regularly smoking in 'other public locations (e.g., streets and parks)' (69%) and friends' homes (50%). Adolescents were less likely to smoke in bars, at school or at home when exposed to strong smoking bans at these…

  • Cambrai (Nord). Actualités de l’inventaire et des études sur les manifestations graphiques du château de Selles

    Open AccessNicolas Mélard, Thomas Byhet et al.ARTICLEArchéologie médiévale2016

    Construit au xiiie s. pour le comte-évêque de Cambrai, le château de Selles a connu de nombreuses modifications architecturales. Il est aujourd’hui intégré dans le nouveau système de fortifications du xvie s. Cette intégration a permis non seulement la conservation de la structure architecturale de l’édifice mais également celle des traces de ses occupants, sous forme de manifestations graphiques, gravées, sculptées et dessinées. Cet important té…

  • Comparison of imaging techniques used in the microanalysis of Paleolithic mobiliary art

    Open AccessNicolas Mélard, Clotilde Boust et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2016Cited by: 2References: 2

  • Cambrai (Nord). Château de Selles

    Open AccessVirginie Motte, Nicolas MélardARTICLEArchéologie médiévale2013

    Le château de Selles à Cambrai, édifié au xiiie s., constitue un des plus grands ensembles de graffitis, sculptures et gravures pariétales connus en France pour les périodes médiévale, moderne et contemporaine. On estime leur nombre à plus de 2 000 inscriptions, représentations figurées et marques diverses, témoins d’une histoire riche et traces des hommes qui ont occupé les lieux. Les plus anciennes sont attribuées à la première moitié du xive s…

  • L’étude microtopographique et la visualisation 3D dans l’analyse de gravures préhistoriques – L’exemple des pierres gravées de La Marche

    Open AccessNicolas MélardARTICLEIn Situ2010Cited by: 7References: 1

    L’étude de pierres gravées préhistoriques pose depuis longtemps des problèmes de déchiffrement des motifs et de décodage des traces. La recherche archéologique se sert de plus en plus de moyens d’investigation empruntés des sciences naturelles tels la microscopie et plus récemment le relevé et la visualisation 3D. L’application de la microtopographie a permis d’appréhender de manière plus complète les pierres gravées de La Marche en ajoutant des …

  • Gravettian painting and associated activity at Le Moulin de Laguenay (Lissac-sur-Couze, Corrèze)

    Open AccessNicolas Mélard, Romain Pigeaud et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2010Cited by: 3References: 5

    Presented here is the so far unique discovery and interpretation of an occupation area directly associated with Upper Palaeolithic cave paintings. The paintings, of red spots and hand stencils, overlook two hearths with selected flints. There were also fragments of stalactite, deduced by analysis and experiment to be waste products from the manufacture of beads. The authors deduce that the hearths and their assemblage complement the ritual nature…

  • Pierres gravées de la Marche à Lussac-les-Châteaux (Vienne)

    Open AccessNicolas MélardARTICLEGallia préhistoire2008Cited by: 8

    The artistic creations of Magdalenian peoples are multiple and astonishingly rich. In the domain of portable art, engraved stones play an important role in the iconography of this period and clearly reflect the diversity and complexity of Magdalenian representations. Since its discovery, the site of la Marche (Lussac-les-Châteaux, Vienne), dated to the Middle Magdalenian, has been known for its engraved stones; several researchers have attempted …