Hélène Salomon

Biographic Data

ID	172198
NAME	Hélène Salomon
GIVEN NAMES	Hélène
FAMILY NAME	Salomon
SIGNATURE	SALOMON H
AFFILIATIONS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
ORCID	0000-0002-8389-6855
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	18
TOTAL CITATIONS	204
WORKS AS AUTHOR	18
WORKS AS EDITOR	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	9

Searching for reds and yellows at a Magdalenian open-air site
Open AccessAurélie Chassin De Kergommeaux, Magali Rossi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026
Colouring materials, serving versatile functions, are common in Upper Palaeolithic sites. At Pincevent, Level IV0, these materials were used both to produce pigment powders and to manufacture a unique type of artefact: perforated discs. This specific production likely influenced the strategies for acquiring colouring materials. A comparison of provenance studies from levels IV0 and IV20 at Pincevent, dating to the Late Magdalenian (15–14 ka cal B…
Origine, caractérisation et mise en place de matières riches en fer dans la grotte Scladina (Andenne, Belgique)
Open AccessDominique Bonjean, Aurélie Chassin De Kergommeaux et al.ARTICLEPaléo2025
Quarante-cinq années de fouilles des niveaux du Paléolithique moyen de la grotte Scladina ont permis de réunir plus d’un millier de fragments de roches riches en fer (RRFe) qui sont décrites et analysées. La majorité d’entre elles provient de l’oxydation et du démantèlement d’un mince filon fer-plomb-zinc qui recoupe les calcaires viséens de la grotte ou du remaniement d’alluvions fluviales préservées sur le plateau. Le transport et le dépôt sont…
Stone disc production at Pincevent (France) reveals versatile uses of colouring materials in the Late Magdalenian
Open AccessCaroline Peschaux, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Cited by: 1References: 11
International audience
Why is it so difficult to work on geochemical composition? Supervised geochemical composition data processing to study colouring iron oxide-rich rocks in archaeological contexts
Open AccessClaire Chanteraud, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 8
Light in the cave
Open AccessMarine Quiers, Claire Chanteraud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2023
The formation of silica coatings on the cave walls of the Points cave raises questions about the analytical access to the specificities of the pictorial material (geochemistry and petrography); and about the state of conservation of the rock art. Conventional in situ spectroscopic techniques (pXRF, pRaman) are ineffective to identify and characterize these coatings. In this study, we propose to use a UV fluorescence method for the detection and r…
Des parures hautes en couleurs ! Les disques perforés en roches du site magdalénien de Pincevent (La Grande-Paroisse, France)
Open AccessCaroline Peschaux, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLESpotlight2022Cited by: 1References: 18
Le site magdalénien de Pincevent a livré une production de petits disques perforés en roches tendres de couleurs (blanc, jaune et rouge) et de nature variée (craie et roches ferrifères). Des analyses combinant pétrographie et technologie ont permis d'étudier les propriétés des roches utilisées et les chaînes de production et de consommation de ces objets singuliers. Les résultats obtenus révèlent une sélection des matières qui favorise la couleur…
A geological collection and methodology for tracing the provenance of Palaeolithic colouring materials
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Claire Chanteraud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2021
Although prehistoric sites frequently contain numerous fragments and traces of many different kinds of colouring matter, intensive study of this type of archaeological remains began only recently. Such studies, aimed at determining how raw materials formed and changed over time, and how they were transported by the groups of humans who used them, are extremely valuable as they reveal shared strategies, that is, cultural traditions and the spaces …
Contribution and limits of portable X-ray fluorescence for studying Palaeolithic rock art
Open AccessClaire Chanteraud, Emilie Chalmin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 3References: 13
Insights into Aurignacian daily life and camp organization
Open AccessLars Anderson, Mathieu Lejay et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018Cited by: 10References: 35
A Châtelperronian Open-air Site in the Paris Basin
Open AccessPierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEGallia préhistoire2017
Les Bossats site at Ormesson, in addition to its Badegoulian, Solutrean, Gravettian and Mousterian levels, has also delivered a Châtelperronian occupation over a large area, in the form of a thin layer and whose integrity has not suffered from mixtures, or to a very limited extent, with older or newer layers. This occupation has been excavated in two test-pits, test-pits 3 and 50 of respectively 16 and 2 square meters, but with an estimated surfa…
Un gisement châtelperronien de plein air dans le Bassin parisien
Open AccessPierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEGallia préhistoire2017Cited by: 10References: 43
Le gisement les Bossats à Ormesson, outre ses niveaux badegoulien, solutréen, gravettien et moustérien, a également livré une occupation châtelperronienne sur une grande surface, occupation pelliculaire et dont l’intégrité n’a pas souffert de mélanges ou de façon très limitée avec des niveaux plus anciens ou plus récents. Fouillé au sein de deux sondages, les sondages 3 et 50 ouverts respectivement sur 16 et 2 m2, mais d’une surface estimée à 150…
Traces of human and animal activity (TrAcs) in Cussac Cave (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne, France)
Open AccessLysianna Ledoux, Nathalie Fourment et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016Cited by: 19References: 6
Solutrean and Magdalenian ferruginous rocks heat-treatment
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Colette Vignaud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2015Cited by: 16References: 17
Les matières colorantes sur le site aurignacien de plein air de Régismont-le-Haut (Poilhes, Hérault)
Jean-Victor Pradeau, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2014Cited by: 11References: 10
The onset of the Early Upper Palaeolithic is represented by few open air camp-sites in southern France. Most of the archaeological record is documented by sequences of occupations in rock shelters or at the base of rocky cliffs. These contexts offer favorable conditions for the preservation of organic materials, but the areas excavated are small, limiting our understanding of the spatial relationships between the remains of the human occupations.…
An open-air site from the recent Middle Palaeolithic in the Paris Basin (France)
Pierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013Cited by: 31References: 18
Selection and Heating of Colouring Materials in the Mousterian Level of Es‐skhul ( C . 100 000 Years Bp, Mount Carmel, Israel)
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Colette Vignaud et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2012Cited by: 23References: 41
The transformation of yellow goethite into red hematite by heating has long been assumed for Palaeolithic red artefacts excavated close to fireplaces. However, this transformation is extremely rare. Using SEM–FEG–EDX, PIXE–PIGE, TEM and μXRD, we characterized the mineralogical and chemical compositions of four microsamples of colouring materials from the Mousterian layer B in the es‐Skhul rock‐shelter, from about 100 kya ago. For some colouring m…
Pigments from the Middle Palaeolithic levels of Es-Skhul (Mount Carmel, Israel)
Open AccessFrancesco D’errico, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 61References: 38
Le groupe des « bisons adossés » de Lascaux. Étude de la technique de l'artiste par analyse des pigments
Open AccessColette Vignaud, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEL Anthropologie2006Cited by: 18References: 2

Le groupe des « bisons adossés » de Lascaux. Étude de la technique de l'artiste par analyse des pigments
Open AccessColette Vignaud, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEL Anthropologie2006Cited by: 18References: 2
Pigments from the Middle Palaeolithic levels of Es-Skhul (Mount Carmel, Israel)
Open AccessFrancesco D’errico, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2010Cited by: 61References: 38
Selection and Heating of Colouring Materials in the Mousterian Level of Es‐skhul ( C . 100 000 Years Bp, Mount Carmel, Israel)
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Colette Vignaud et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2012Cited by: 23References: 41
The transformation of yellow goethite into red hematite by heating has long been assumed for Palaeolithic red artefacts excavated close to fireplaces. However, this transformation is extremely rare. Using SEM–FEG–EDX, PIXE–PIGE, TEM and μXRD, we characterized the mineralogical and chemical compositions of four microsamples of colouring materials from the Mousterian layer B in the es‐Skhul rock‐shelter, from about 100 kya ago. For some colouring m…
An open-air site from the recent Middle Palaeolithic in the Paris Basin (France)
Pierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2013Cited by: 31References: 18
Les matières colorantes sur le site aurignacien de plein air de Régismont-le-Haut (Poilhes, Hérault)
Jean-Victor Pradeau, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2014Cited by: 11References: 10
The onset of the Early Upper Palaeolithic is represented by few open air camp-sites in southern France. Most of the archaeological record is documented by sequences of occupations in rock shelters or at the base of rocky cliffs. These contexts offer favorable conditions for the preservation of organic materials, but the areas excavated are small, limiting our understanding of the spatial relationships between the remains of the human occupations.…
Solutrean and Magdalenian ferruginous rocks heat-treatment
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Colette Vignaud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2015Cited by: 16References: 17
Traces of human and animal activity (TrAcs) in Cussac Cave (Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne, France)
Open AccessLysianna Ledoux, Nathalie Fourment et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016Cited by: 19References: 6
A Châtelperronian Open-air Site in the Paris Basin
Open AccessPierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEGallia préhistoire2017
Les Bossats site at Ormesson, in addition to its Badegoulian, Solutrean, Gravettian and Mousterian levels, has also delivered a Châtelperronian occupation over a large area, in the form of a thin layer and whose integrity has not suffered from mixtures, or to a very limited extent, with older or newer layers. This occupation has been excavated in two test-pits, test-pits 3 and 50 of respectively 16 and 2 square meters, but with an estimated surfa…
Un gisement châtelperronien de plein air dans le Bassin parisien
Open AccessPierre Bodu, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEGallia préhistoire2017Cited by: 10References: 43
Le gisement les Bossats à Ormesson, outre ses niveaux badegoulien, solutréen, gravettien et moustérien, a également livré une occupation châtelperronienne sur une grande surface, occupation pelliculaire et dont l’intégrité n’a pas souffert de mélanges ou de façon très limitée avec des niveaux plus anciens ou plus récents. Fouillé au sein de deux sondages, les sondages 3 et 50 ouverts respectivement sur 16 et 2 m2, mais d’une surface estimée à 150…
Insights into Aurignacian daily life and camp organization
Open AccessLars Anderson, Mathieu Lejay et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018Cited by: 10References: 35
A geological collection and methodology for tracing the provenance of Palaeolithic colouring materials
Open AccessHélène Salomon, Claire Chanteraud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2021
Although prehistoric sites frequently contain numerous fragments and traces of many different kinds of colouring matter, intensive study of this type of archaeological remains began only recently. Such studies, aimed at determining how raw materials formed and changed over time, and how they were transported by the groups of humans who used them, are extremely valuable as they reveal shared strategies, that is, cultural traditions and the spaces …
Contribution and limits of portable X-ray fluorescence for studying Palaeolithic rock art
Open AccessClaire Chanteraud, Emilie Chalmin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Cited by: 3References: 13
Des parures hautes en couleurs ! Les disques perforés en roches du site magdalénien de Pincevent (La Grande-Paroisse, France)
Open AccessCaroline Peschaux, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLESpotlight2022Cited by: 1References: 18
Le site magdalénien de Pincevent a livré une production de petits disques perforés en roches tendres de couleurs (blanc, jaune et rouge) et de nature variée (craie et roches ferrifères). Des analyses combinant pétrographie et technologie ont permis d'étudier les propriétés des roches utilisées et les chaînes de production et de consommation de ces objets singuliers. Les résultats obtenus révèlent une sélection des matières qui favorise la couleur…
Light in the cave
Open AccessMarine Quiers, Claire Chanteraud et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2023
The formation of silica coatings on the cave walls of the Points cave raises questions about the analytical access to the specificities of the pictorial material (geochemistry and petrography); and about the state of conservation of the rock art. Conventional in situ spectroscopic techniques (pXRF, pRaman) are ineffective to identify and characterize these coatings. In this study, we propose to use a UV fluorescence method for the detection and r…
Origine, caractérisation et mise en place de matières riches en fer dans la grotte Scladina (Andenne, Belgique)
Open AccessDominique Bonjean, Aurélie Chassin De Kergommeaux et al.ARTICLEPaléo2025
Quarante-cinq années de fouilles des niveaux du Paléolithique moyen de la grotte Scladina ont permis de réunir plus d’un millier de fragments de roches riches en fer (RRFe) qui sont décrites et analysées. La majorité d’entre elles provient de l’oxydation et du démantèlement d’un mince filon fer-plomb-zinc qui recoupe les calcaires viséens de la grotte ou du remaniement d’alluvions fluviales préservées sur le plateau. Le transport et le dépôt sont…
Stone disc production at Pincevent (France) reveals versatile uses of colouring materials in the Late Magdalenian
Open AccessCaroline Peschaux, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025Cited by: 1References: 11
International audience
Why is it so difficult to work on geochemical composition? Supervised geochemical composition data processing to study colouring iron oxide-rich rocks in archaeological contexts
Open AccessClaire Chanteraud, Hélène Salomon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2025References: 8
Searching for reds and yellows at a Magdalenian open-air site
Open AccessAurélie Chassin De Kergommeaux, Magali Rossi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026
Colouring materials, serving versatile functions, are common in Upper Palaeolithic sites. At Pincevent, Level IV0, these materials were used both to produce pigment powders and to manufacture a unique type of artefact: perforated discs. This specific production likely influenced the strategies for acquiring colouring materials. A comparison of provenance studies from levels IV0 and IV20 at Pincevent, dating to the Late Magdalenian (15–14 ka cal B…