Hervé Monchot
Biographic Data
| ID | 3584879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hervé Monchot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hervé |
| FAMILY NAME | Monchot |
| SIGNATURE | MONCHOT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1458-0758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 237 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 43 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Cases of “Húainaphagy”
Carnivores, including the striped hyena, are only marginally represented in faunal assemblages from archaeological sites across the Arabian Peninsula. However, recent discoveries of striped hyena remains bearing cut marks indicative of butchery practices at two archaeological sites in Saudi Arabia—Thāj, located near the Arabian Gulf, and Dadan (AlUla), situated inland not far from the Red Sea—raise important questions regarding the consumption of…
The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis
While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE. This late appearance has also been documented at a regional scale in areas of Buraydah, Marāt, Laylà‐Aflaj and Qaryat al‐Fā…
How Bone Connects Life’s Past to the Present. Zooarchaeology at Dadan (AlUla, Saudi Arabia)
The excavations undertaken on the site of Dadan have recovered a very important bone assemblage (more than 167,696 remains), allowing us to reconstruct and better understand the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants in a central part of the al-‘Ula (AlUla) oasis for at least three thousand years. The city of Dadan was the capital of important Iron Age regional powers, the Dadan and later the Lihyan Kingdoms, which controlled the caravan route…
Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia
In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent. CE —likely over a former Minaean settlement of the third–first cent. BCE —and used until the first half of the seventh cent. CE . These excavat…
Early Arabian Neolithic agropastoral communities from Asifir, Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Discovered during the survey of ancient Madyan, in the modern Al-Bad' oasis in north-western Saudi Arabia, the site of Asifir is distinguished by numerous surface concentrations of Neolithic artefacts. Low sediment mounds identified at the site indicated the possible preservation of in situ archaeological remains; one such mound was excavated in November 2019. Dated to the Early Arabian Neolithic period, Asifir is an open-air site located at the …
Rice, lamb and tuna. Food processing and acquiring strategies in the medieval harbour city of Qalhât (Oman)
Quid novum ad mensam hodie? The faunal remains from a Roman road station at Khirbet es-Samra, Jordan
This article describes the numerous bone remains discovered in a Roman road station, a mansio , on the Via Nova Traiana. The finds are exceptional and provide valuable insights into the daily life, environment, and economy of a road station. The assemblage is dominated by domestic species, mainly sheep/goat, followed, to a lesser extent, by chicken, cattle, and pigs. Beasts of burden (donkey, camel), hunted game (gazelle, hare), fish, and seashel…
Stray cats
The discovery of numerous cat remains, including many kittens, in various buildings (i.e., domestic house, cistern, mosque) of the ancient harbour of Qalhāt in Oman is unique among faunal assemblages in the medieval Arabian Peninsula. In this study, a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis (ageing, skeletal element distribution, pathologies) is conducted to understand the origin of the cats and to deepen our understanding of human–cat relation…
Networked spaces
The 34 articles published in this volume form the proceedings of the 9th Red Sea conference held at Lyon in July 2019, whose core topic was the “spatiality of networks in the Red Sea”, including the western Indian Ocean. In the networked space that the Erythra Thalassa never ceased to be, stable factors such as landscape, climate, and wind patterns have been constantly entangled with more dynamic elements, such as human activity. The contributors…
Karnak – Sanctuaires Osiriens (2019)
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Marking the sacral landscape of a north Arabian oasis
Prehistoric stone structures are prominent and well-studied in the Levantine desert margins. In northern Arabia, however, such structures have received less attention. This article presents the results of investigations of a 35m-long stone platform, first constructed in the mid sixth millennium BC, overlooking the oasis of Dûmat al-Jandal in northern Saudi Arabia. Excavation of the platform has yielded bioarchaeological and cultural remains, alon…
Exploitation de la marmotte dans le niveau Magdalénien de La Chênelaz (Hostiaz, Ain, France)
Bien qu’occasionnelle, l’exploitation de la marmotte à but alimentaire ou artisanal (travail des fourrures), a été bien documentée en Europe notamment dans les Alpes au cours des temps préhistoriques. C’est aussi le cas sur les hauts plateaux jurassiens qui se caractérisent par des conditions géomorphologiques et écologiques spécifiques permettant au Magdalénien la mise en place de systèmes de subsistance saisonniers. Cet article présente une étu…
A Neanderthal from the Central Western Zagros, Iran. Structural reassessment of the Wezmeh 1 maxillary premolar
Agro-pastoral productions and landscape evolution during Antiquity and Islamic periods (AD 1st–12th centuries) at Dharih (Jordan)
Dharih is a rural site located in the Jordanian higlands and occupied mainly from the 1st to the 12th centuries AD, which correspond to Nabataeo-Roman, Byzantine-Umayyad and Middle Islamic I periods. The Jordanian-French excavations revealed substantial amount of plant macro-remains, charcoal and animal bones material. Their study give new insights regarding the agro-pastoral productions and landscape evolution. Results show the existence of agro…
A case of bone fracture with callus on the right femur of a chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus, L. 1758) from the ancient site of Dharih, Jordan
Chronic diseases in cats from the medieval site of Qalhât (Oman)
Nouveaux éléments concernant l’existence de symposia dans le secteur du Qasr al-Bint à Pétra
Parmi les bâtiments explorés ces dernières années dans la partie occidentale du téménos du Qasr al-Bint à Pétra, le « bâtiment B » semble avoir été utilisé comme un espace de banquets durant la période nabatéenne. Les fouilles ont montré qu’il appartenait au programme architectural du sanctuaire du Qasr el-Bint, remontant aux règnes d’Obodas III ou d’Arétas IV. Plusieurs indices architecturaux, chronologiques et matériels nous incitent à le mettr…
Banquets, sacrifices et offrandes
La « Chapelle d’Obodas », à Pétra, est un complexe religieux nabatéen qui se caractérise par la présence de nombreuses structures rupestres et construites, disposées autour d’un grand triclinium rupestre qui donne son nom au site. Les nombreux restes osseux retrouvés, dispersés sur l’ensemble du site, que ce soit dans les diverses salles de banquets (triclinium, biclinium) ou dans les zones de circulation, présentent toutes les caractéristiques d…
Des ossements dans les citernesLes exemples de Dharih (Jordanie) et de Qalhāt (Oman)
Éléments essentiels des villes et villages au Moyen-Orient durant les époques antique et médiévale, les citernes se transforment rapidement en dépotoirs après leur abandon, devenant ainsi de véritables garde-mémoire des activités économiques. Cet article présente et discute deux assemblages fauniques issus de citernes, la grande citerne du sanctuaire antique de Dharih en Jordanie, réutilisée par un village antique tardif et proto-islamique, et la…
Banqueting in a Northern Arabian Oasis
A large U-shaped building made of stones discovered in 2011 at the top of a promontory in Dûmat al-Jandal (modern Dumat, Saudi Arabia) is interpreted as a vast freestanding open-air Nabataean triclinium. Radiocarbon dating and pottery readings set the main occupation of this triclinium during a relatively short period, between the late first century b.c. and the late first century/early second century a.d. Excavation of the structure reveals pott…
First Introduction and Early Exploitation of the Persian Fallow Deer on Cyprus (8000-6000 cal.bc)
The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) is currently a threatened species. However, it played an important role in many Late Glacial and Early Holocene human societies in the Near and Middle East. This is especially true of the island of Cyprus, where it was introduced at the beginning of the Neolithic and held a predominant place in human subsistence throughout Cypriot prehistory until the Bronze Age. The earliest levels of the extensiv…
The Role of Birds in the Subsistence Practices of the Dorset Peoples of Nunavik
The Dorset sites of Tayara (KbFk-7) and KcFs-2 have yielded a rich assemblage of common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) and thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). This study examines the role of birds and treatment of avian remains in the subsistence practices of Paleoeskimo groups along the southern coast of the Hudson Strait through the analysis of element representation, patterns of breakage, and bone-surface modifications. Our results demonstrat…
Archaeozoological evidence for traditional consumption of spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) in Saudi Arabia
Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh Province)
Monchot, Hervé (2014): Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh province). Anthropozoologica 49 (2): 195-206, DOI: 10.5252/az2014n2a03, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2014n2a03
Themodus operandiof walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada
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A Neanderthal from the Central Western Zagros, Iran. Structural reassessment of the Wezmeh 1 maxillary premolar
Kalavan-2 (North of Lake Sevan, Armenia)
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Deciphering the taphonomic history of an Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Zouhrah Cave/El Harhoura 1, Morocco
Overlap in the use of caves between hominids and animals has frequently been documented in the prehistoric record. In the Maghreb, Zouhrah Cave, also called El Harhoura 1 (Témara, Morocco), has yielded a few Aterian lithic tools and an abundance of fauna. This faunal assemblage is dominated by gazelles (41% of identified remains) and many carnivore species, including remains of both spotted and striped hyena. Extensive porcupine activity is also …
Carnivores and their prey in the Wezmeh Cave (Kermanshah, Iran)
Wezmeh Cave is located on the northeastern edge of the Islamabad plain, a high intermontane valley in the western-central Zagros. In 1999 a disturbed but large faunal assemblage was recovered from this site. The abundant and extremely diverse faunal spectra present at Wezmeh Cave has highlighted the importance of this assemblage. Carnivore remains constitute the bulk of the assemblage; red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has the highest number of identified …
Ancient breeds of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus f. domestica) distinguished on the basis of traditional observations combined with mixture analysis
Un assemblage original au Paléolithique moyen
Moins connue que les grottes de Kebara ou de Tabun localisées sur le versant ouest du Mont Carmel, la grotte Geula située sur le flanc nord a été fouillée dans les années soixante par E. Wreschner. Elle a livré une importante quantité d'ossements de grands mammifères, une petite série lithique attribuée à du Moustérien, ainsi que trois restes d'Homo sapiens. La liste faunique, remarquable, comporte de nombreuses espèces de carnivores, où domine l…
Themodus operandiof walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada
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Bone Weathering in a Periglacial Environment
Bone weathering analysis of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site (Qikirtaq Island, Nunavik, Canada) documents site taphonomy in the Arctic periglacial environment. Like a majority of sites in the eastern Canadian Arctic, Tayara has a faunal assemblage dominated by marine mammals (seal, walrus, and beluga whale) and some terrestrial mammals (caribou, fox, and bear). Statistical and spatial analyses of five weathering stages reveal that large mammal bone p…
Marking the sacral landscape of a north Arabian oasis
Prehistoric stone structures are prominent and well-studied in the Levantine desert margins. In northern Arabia, however, such structures have received less attention. This article presents the results of investigations of a 35m-long stone platform, first constructed in the mid sixth millennium BC, overlooking the oasis of Dûmat al-Jandal in northern Saudi Arabia. Excavation of the platform has yielded bioarchaeological and cultural remains, alon…
Fox Exploitation by the Paleoeskimo at The Tayara Site, Nunavik
Hervé Monchot and Daniel Gendron Hervé Monchot, Institut Cultural Avataq, 215 Redfern Avenue Suite 400 Westmount, QC, H3Z 3L5, Canada and Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Département de préhistoire UMR 7194 du CNRS Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 1 Rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France Daniel Gendron, Institut Cultural Avataq, 215 Redfern Avenue Suite 400 Westmount, QC, H3Z 3L5, Canada
Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites
Late Pleistocene human remains from Wezmeh Cave, western Iran
Paleontological analysis of remains from Wezmeh Cave in western Iran have yielded a Holocene Chalcolithic archeological assemblage, a rich Late Pleistocene carnivore faunal assemblage, and an isolated unerupted human maxillary premolar (P 3 or possibly P 4 ). Species representation and U‐series dating of faunal teeth place the carnivore assemblage during oxygen isotope stages (OIS) 3 and 2, and noninvasive gamma spectrometry dating of the human p…
Représentation squelettique au Paléolithique inférieur, le site d'Holon (Israël)
Description and analysis of the skeletal elements of two ungulates of different size, Bos and Dama at the open-air, lower Palaeolithic site of Holon (Israel). Several skeletal indices clearly show inter-species differences probably reflecting variation in the mode of exploitation of the carcass according to body size of the animal. Both species have a reverse utility curve (MGUI index) which is characteristic of butchery sites. Bone density is no…
The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):227–243, 2010 An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contributions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an interest in the source of the woo…
Sexual dimorphism in limb bones of ibex ( Capra ibex L.)
Estimating sex ratios of fossil bone assemblages is an important step in the determination of demographic profiles, which are essential for understanding the palaeobiology and palaeoethology of any particular species, as well as its exploitation patterns by humans. This is especially true for ibex ( Capra ibex ), which was a main source of food for hominids during Pleistocene times. Classical methods for determining sexual dimorphism and sex rati…
First Introduction and Early Exploitation of the Persian Fallow Deer on Cyprus (8000-6000 cal.bc)
The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) is currently a threatened species. However, it played an important role in many Late Glacial and Early Holocene human societies in the Near and Middle East. This is especially true of the island of Cyprus, where it was introduced at the beginning of the Neolithic and held a predominant place in human subsistence throughout Cypriot prehistory until the Bronze Age. The earliest levels of the extensiv…
The Role of Birds in the Subsistence Practices of the Dorset Peoples of Nunavik
The Dorset sites of Tayara (KbFk-7) and KcFs-2 have yielded a rich assemblage of common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) and thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). This study examines the role of birds and treatment of avian remains in the subsistence practices of Paleoeskimo groups along the southern coast of the Hudson Strait through the analysis of element representation, patterns of breakage, and bone-surface modifications. Our results demonstrat…
Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh Province)
Monchot, Hervé (2014): Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh province). Anthropozoologica 49 (2): 195-206, DOI: 10.5252/az2014n2a03, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2014n2a03
Paleodemographic analysis of a fossil porcupine (Hystrix refossa Gervais, 1852) population from the Upper Pleistocene site of Geula Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel)
Early Arabian Neolithic agropastoral communities from Asifir, Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Discovered during the survey of ancient Madyan, in the modern Al-Bad' oasis in north-western Saudi Arabia, the site of Asifir is distinguished by numerous surface concentrations of Neolithic artefacts. Low sediment mounds identified at the site indicated the possible preservation of in situ archaeological remains; one such mound was excavated in November 2019. Dated to the Early Arabian Neolithic period, Asifir is an open-air site located at the …
Archaeozoological evidence for traditional consumption of spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) in Saudi Arabia
Stray cats
The discovery of numerous cat remains, including many kittens, in various buildings (i.e., domestic house, cistern, mosque) of the ancient harbour of Qalhāt in Oman is unique among faunal assemblages in the medieval Arabian Peninsula. In this study, a zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis (ageing, skeletal element distribution, pathologies) is conducted to understand the origin of the cats and to deepen our understanding of human–cat relation…
La fragmentation des os longs du Mouflon de la Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel, France)
Les os longs d'Ovis antiqua découverts dans les niveaux du Pleistocene moyen de la Caune de l'Arago présentent une intense fracturation due à l'activité humaine. L'identification exacte de la cause de cette fracturation est fondée sur la présence de différents «morphotypes» et indices (fréquence des os complets, pourcentage de différence entre les extrémités articulaires proxi- males et distales, étude de la longueur, de la circonférence et de l'…
Les petits bovidés de la Caune de l'Arago (Tautavel, France)
The Arago cave (Southern, France) is one of the most important Lower Palaeolithic site in western Europe. The middle complex of the stratigraphic sequence (Mindel) depicts a remarkable diversity and richness of small bovids (genus Ovis, Hemitragus, Rupicapra and Capra). This site is of a greate importance for a better understanding of caprids emergence and evolution. Mortality profils, skeletical representation, bone fragmentation, and cut marks …
Mixture Analysis and Mammalian Sex Ratio Among Middle Pleistocene Mouflon of Arago Cave, France
In archaeological studies, it is often important to be able assess sexual dimorphism and sex ratios in populations. Obtaining sex ratio is easy if each individual in the population can be accurately sexed through the use of one more objective variables. But this is often impossible, due to incompleteness of the osteological record. A modern statistical approach to handle this problem is Mixture Analysis using the method of maximum likelihood. It …
Représentation squelettique au Paléolithique inférieur, le site d'Holon (Israël)
Description and analysis of the skeletal elements of two ungulates of different size, Bos and Dama at the open-air, lower Palaeolithic site of Holon (Israel). Several skeletal indices clearly show inter-species differences probably reflecting variation in the mode of exploitation of the carcass according to body size of the animal. Both species have a reverse utility curve (MGUI index) which is characteristic of butchery sites. Bone density is no…
Compte-rendu d'ouvrage
Ancient breeds of domestic fowl (Gallus gallus f. domestica) distinguished on the basis of traditional observations combined with mixture analysis
Un assemblage original au Paléolithique moyen
Moins connue que les grottes de Kebara ou de Tabun localisées sur le versant ouest du Mont Carmel, la grotte Geula située sur le flanc nord a été fouillée dans les années soixante par E. Wreschner. Elle a livré une importante quantité d'ossements de grands mammifères, une petite série lithique attribuée à du Moustérien, ainsi que trois restes d'Homo sapiens. La liste faunique, remarquable, comporte de nombreuses espèces de carnivores, où domine l…
Sexual dimorphism in limb bones of ibex ( Capra ibex L.)
Estimating sex ratios of fossil bone assemblages is an important step in the determination of demographic profiles, which are essential for understanding the palaeobiology and palaeoethology of any particular species, as well as its exploitation patterns by humans. This is especially true for ibex ( Capra ibex ), which was a main source of food for hominids during Pleistocene times. Classical methods for determining sexual dimorphism and sex rati…
Tayara (KbFk-7) et le Dorsétien
Late Pleistocene human remains from Wezmeh Cave, western Iran
Paleontological analysis of remains from Wezmeh Cave in western Iran have yielded a Holocene Chalcolithic archeological assemblage, a rich Late Pleistocene carnivore faunal assemblage, and an isolated unerupted human maxillary premolar (P 3 or possibly P 4 ). Species representation and U‐series dating of faunal teeth place the carnivore assemblage during oxygen isotope stages (OIS) 3 and 2, and noninvasive gamma spectrometry dating of the human p…
Disentangling long bones of foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) from arctic archaeological sites
Bone Weathering in a Periglacial Environment
Bone weathering analysis of the Palaeoeskimo Tayara site (Qikirtaq Island, Nunavik, Canada) documents site taphonomy in the Arctic periglacial environment. Like a majority of sites in the eastern Canadian Arctic, Tayara has a faunal assemblage dominated by marine mammals (seal, walrus, and beluga whale) and some terrestrial mammals (caribou, fox, and bear). Statistical and spatial analyses of five weathering stages reveal that large mammal bone p…
Deciphering the taphonomic history of an Upper Paleolithic faunal assemblage from Zouhrah Cave/El Harhoura 1, Morocco
Overlap in the use of caves between hominids and animals has frequently been documented in the prehistoric record. In the Maghreb, Zouhrah Cave, also called El Harhoura 1 (Témara, Morocco), has yielded a few Aterian lithic tools and an abundance of fauna. This faunal assemblage is dominated by gazelles (41% of identified remains) and many carnivore species, including remains of both spotted and striped hyena. Extensive porcupine activity is also …
Carnivores and their prey in the Wezmeh Cave (Kermanshah, Iran)
Wezmeh Cave is located on the northeastern edge of the Islamabad plain, a high intermontane valley in the western-central Zagros. In 1999 a disturbed but large faunal assemblage was recovered from this site. The abundant and extremely diverse faunal spectra present at Wezmeh Cave has highlighted the importance of this assemblage. Carnivore remains constitute the bulk of the assemblage; red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has the highest number of identified …
The Qijurittuq site (IbGk-3), Eastern Hudson Bay
Geografisk Tidsskrift—Danish Journal of Geography 110(2):227–243, 2010 An interdisciplinary study was conducted at Qijurittuq (IbGk-3), an archaeological site located on Drayton Island along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, Nunavik. Local Inuit made important contributions to the research. High school students participated in the field school, and elders shared their traditional knowledge. The elders expressed an interest in the source of the woo…
Kalavan-2 (North of Lake Sevan, Armenia)
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Fox Exploitation by the Paleoeskimo at The Tayara Site, Nunavik
Hervé Monchot and Daniel Gendron Hervé Monchot, Institut Cultural Avataq, 215 Redfern Avenue Suite 400 Westmount, QC, H3Z 3L5, Canada and Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Département de préhistoire UMR 7194 du CNRS Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 1 Rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France Daniel Gendron, Institut Cultural Avataq, 215 Redfern Avenue Suite 400 Westmount, QC, H3Z 3L5, Canada
Paleodemographic analysis of a fossil porcupine (Hystrix refossa Gervais, 1852) population from the Upper Pleistocene site of Geula Cave (Mount Carmel, Israel)
Themodus operandiof walrus exploitation during the Palaeoeskimo period at the Tayara site, Arctic Canada
International audience
Archaeozoological evidence for traditional consumption of spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) in Saudi Arabia
Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh Province)
Monchot, Hervé (2014): Camels in Saudi oasis during the last two millennia; the examples of Dûmat al-Jandal (Al-Jawf Province) and al-Yamâma (Riyadh province). Anthropozoologica 49 (2): 195-206, DOI: 10.5252/az2014n2a03, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/az2014n2a03
Des ossements dans les citernesLes exemples de Dharih (Jordanie) et de Qalhāt (Oman)
Éléments essentiels des villes et villages au Moyen-Orient durant les époques antique et médiévale, les citernes se transforment rapidement en dépotoirs après leur abandon, devenant ainsi de véritables garde-mémoire des activités économiques. Cet article présente et discute deux assemblages fauniques issus de citernes, la grande citerne du sanctuaire antique de Dharih en Jordanie, réutilisée par un village antique tardif et proto-islamique, et la…
Banqueting in a Northern Arabian Oasis
A large U-shaped building made of stones discovered in 2011 at the top of a promontory in Dûmat al-Jandal (modern Dumat, Saudi Arabia) is interpreted as a vast freestanding open-air Nabataean triclinium. Radiocarbon dating and pottery readings set the main occupation of this triclinium during a relatively short period, between the late first century b.c. and the late first century/early second century a.d. Excavation of the structure reveals pott…
First Introduction and Early Exploitation of the Persian Fallow Deer on Cyprus (8000-6000 cal.bc)
The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) is currently a threatened species. However, it played an important role in many Late Glacial and Early Holocene human societies in the Near and Middle East. This is especially true of the island of Cyprus, where it was introduced at the beginning of the Neolithic and held a predominant place in human subsistence throughout Cypriot prehistory until the Bronze Age. The earliest levels of the extensiv…
The Role of Birds in the Subsistence Practices of the Dorset Peoples of Nunavik
The Dorset sites of Tayara (KbFk-7) and KcFs-2 have yielded a rich assemblage of common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) and thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia). This study examines the role of birds and treatment of avian remains in the subsistence practices of Paleoeskimo groups along the southern coast of the Hudson Strait through the analysis of element representation, patterns of breakage, and bone-surface modifications. Our results demonstrat…
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