Jean‐jacques Delannoy

Biographic Data

ID	4063242
NAME	Jean‐jacques Delannoy
GIVEN NAMES	Jean‐jacques
FAMILY NAME	Delannoy
SIGNATURE	DELANNOY J J
AFFILIATIONS	Université Savoie Mont Blanc
ORCID	0000-0002-2815-4920
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	64
TOTAL CITATIONS	255
WORKS AS AUTHOR	63
WORKS AS EDITOR	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2027
H-INDEX	9

Evolution and Uses of Rock Art Sites
Open AccessHugo Burnet, Julien Jacquet et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2027
The Materiality of the Cloggs Cave Rockshelter's Painting, GunaiKurnai Country (East Gipplsland), Southeastern Australia
Open AccessCourtney Webster, Joan Huntley et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026
The materiality of the white pigment motif at the Cloggs Cave rockshelter, near Buchan in GunaiKurnai Country (southeastern Australia), contains details about the cultural and environmental contexts in which the art was created and preserved. Here, we (1) present physicochemical analyses of the pigment composition; (2) explore implications for the relative chronology of the painting; and (3) assess factors influencing the painting's long‐term pre…
Phytoliths from Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai country (southeastern Australia) reveal the gathering of whole grasses for burning practices inside the cave
Open AccessE Grono, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Environmental…2026
Archaeobotanical evidence paired with GunaiKurnai cultural knowledge has established that plants were central to activities of the Old Ancestors in Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai Country. Here, we undertake a study of phytoliths from the stratified archaeological deposits to provide a complimentary line of evidence of people–plant relations across 25,000 years of cave engagement. Alongside the phytoliths of the archaeological sediments, we analyse the …
Interpreting a Legacy Fossil Assemblage Excavated From Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country, Snowy River National Park, Southeastern Australia
Open AccessMatthew C Mcdowell, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2026
In this paper we report on faunal remains recovered from a legacy archaeological excavation undertaken in the rockshelter entrance of Waribruk (New Guinea II Cave), a GunaiKurnai site located on the west bank of the Snowy River, East Gippsland, southeastern Australia. From 1980 to 1985, archaeologist Paul Ossa undertook a 5 m‐deep excavation in the cave's rockshelter entrance, but due to a poorly defined stratigraphy and insufficient radiocarbon …
Palynological pairing of archaeological rock shelter and swamp deposits on the Arnhem Plateau
Open AccessCandy Rowe, Janelle Stevenson et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…2025References: 25
Landscape Archaeology of the Chuchuwayha Sacred Site (British Colombia, Canada)
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, Anita Quiles et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2025References: 3
New research is being conducted at the Chuchuwayha sacred site (British Columbia, Canada) at the request of the Upper Similkameen Indian Band, who want to pass on the site's history to future generations. The project's aims were to determine when this site in the glacial Similkameen Valley became accessible to human communities, to reconstruct the formation of the surrounding landscape, and to describe the rock shelter's evolution during the peri…
Events, trends and the ‘Pompeii Premise
Open AccessBruno David, Jessie Birkett-Rees et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2025References: 14
Finger flutings at New Guinea II Cave, lower Snowy River valley (Victoria), GunaiKurnai country
Open AccessMadeleine A Kelly, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2025References: 12
Finger flutings’, the marks made when people run their fingers along soft cave walls and ceilings, are typically found in limestone caves. Such marks capture a momentary impression of engagement with a place: old (archaeological) finger flutings mark the gestures of people past (in Australia, often referred to as the ‘Old Ancestors’) as they ventured into the depths of caves. In Australia, finger flutings are rare and spread across the southern h…
Cloggs Cave pollen sequences, GunaiKurnai Country, East Gippsland (SE Australia)
Open AccessE Grono, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Environmental…2024
In southeastern Australia, GunaiKurnai caves are known by current Aboriginal Elders and from nineteenth century ethnographic documents as special places used by mulla-mullung (“clever men” and “clever women”) for the practice of magic and medicine. Pollen analysis conducted on sediments from one such cave, Cloggs Cave, reveals an unusually well-preserved and well-stratified pollen sequence extending back >25,000 years, with much of the pollen int…
Une analyse 4D (3D + temps) de l’entrée de la grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc (Ardèche, France)
Open AccessStéphane Jaillet, Jules Kemper et al.ARTICLEArchéoSciences2024References: 5
Depuis sa découverte en 1994, la grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc a fait l’objet de nombreuses datations radiométriques à la fois sur les panneaux ornés, les vestiges archéologiques (charbons de bois...), paléontologiques (ossements) mais aussi sur des objets géologiques (stalagmites, paroi...). Sur la zone de l’entrée préhistorique, des datations ont notamment permis de contraindre efficacement la chronologie de la fermeture de la cavité. Ces dates d’a…
Investigating Human Activities in Caves Through the Study of Broken Stalagmite Structures
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, Jules Kemper et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2024References: 11
Millukmungee 1
Open AccessBruno David, Jerome Mialanes et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2024References: 40
Recent excavations at Millukmungee 1, a limestone rock shelter along the upper bank of the Buchan River in GunaiKurnai Country (southeastern Australia), uncovered archaeological evidence of Mid-to Late Holocene occupation spanning c. 5000 years. Here we report on the stone artefacts and faunal remains, especially in light of a paucity of published details on artefact types and technologies for this part of southeast Australia. Results indicate th…
Archaeological evidence of an ethnographically documented Australian Aboriginal ritual dated to the last ice age
Open AccessBruno David, Russell Mullett et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024Cited by: 2References: 21
In societies without writing, ethnographically known rituals have rarely been tracked back archaeologically more than a few hundred years. At the invitation of GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Elders, we undertook archaeological excavations at Cloggs Cave in the foothills of the Australian Alps. In GunaiKurnai Country, caves were not used as residential places during the early colonial period (mid-nineteenth century CE), but as secluded retreats for the pe…
The mulla-mullung ’s Bulk
Jerome Mialanes, Bruno David et al.CHAPTERThe Oxford Handbook of Global…2023
Recent archaeological mapping of, and excavations at, Cloggs Cave, in GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country in Southeastern Australia, have revealed a rich underground landscape of stone arrangements, broken stalactites, and what appear to be crushed crystalline minerals and ritual ash layers. Here we examine the stone artifacts to determine how they can shed further light on how the cave was used, and what a GunaiKurnai perspective can tell us about ho…
D landscape evolution reconstruction of the Magdalenian Roc-aux-Sorciers site (Vienne, France)
Open AccessKim Genuite, Geneviève Pinçon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023References: 10
La grotte de La Garma (Cantabrie, Espagne)
Open AccessJules Kemper, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEArchéoSciences2023Cited by: 2References: 6
Les grottes ornées impressionnent par l’ampleur et la force des œuvres pariétales. Mais il ne s’agit que de la face spectaculaire d’une fréquentation probablement plus diversifiée des milieux souterrains. Depuis plusieurs années, l’étude de plusieurs sites emblématiques (grotte Chauvet, Nawarla Gabarnmang, grotte de Bruniquel) a démontré la modification volontaire de ces espaces par les sociétés et a ouvert la porte à de nouveaux regards sur l’ap…
Aboriginal monumental stone-working in Northern Australia during the Pleistocene
Cathy Urwin, Chris Urwin et al.CHAPTERMegaliths of the World2022
Chris URWIN, Bruno DAVID, Jean-Jacques DELANNOY, Joshua A. BELL, Jean-Michel GENESTE, Aboriginal monumental stone-working in Northern Australia during the Pleistocene, Megaliths of the World, pp. 241-256
Interpreting the mammal deposits of Cloggs Cave ( SE Australia), GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country, through community‐led partnership research
Open AccessMatthew C Mcdowell, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2022Cited by: 1References: 11
Palaeontological animal bone deposits are rarely investigated through research partnerships where the local First Nations communities have a defining hand in both the research questions asked and the research processes. Here we report research undertaken through such a partnership approach at the iconic archaeological site of Cloggs Cave (GunaiKurnai Country, East Gippsland), in the southern foothills of SE Australia's Great Dividing Range. A new…
Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies
Open AccessRobert G Gunn, Robert Gunn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2022Cited by: 9References: 26
Patterns of superposition in rock art are often used to systematically construct style sequences. However, once on the rock, images can affect subsequent engagements with the art, the rock surface, the site, and its surrounding landscape, and this recursiveness can be studied through the superimpositions (significantly overlaid markings) on a rock face. This is an opportunity for archaeologists to investigate the culture of engagement not just at…
Paradigm shifts and ontological turns at Cloggs Cave, GunaiKurnai Country, Australia
Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv et al.CHAPTEROntologies of Rock Art2021
In recent years, a number of authors have theorized an “ontological turn” that is reorienting research in the human and social sciences. In this setting, we have witnessed an increasing number of anthropological and archaeological works seeking to recognize ontological difference among a variety of human groups, from Indigenous societies to Paleolithic hunter-gatherers. While ontological approaches have been restricted to anatomically modern huma…
Determining the origin and changing shape of landscape‐scale rock formations with three‐dimensional modelling
Open AccessKim Genuite, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 14
Archaeologists often wonder how and when rock shelters formed, yet their origins and antiquity are almost never systematically investigated. Here we present a new method to determine how and when individual boulders and rock shelters came to lie in their present landscape settings. We do so through 3D laser (LiDAR) mapping, illustrating the method by example of the Borologa Aboriginal site complex in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia…
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
Years and Worlds Apart
Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2021Cited by: 7References: 10
In this paper we report on new research at the iconic archaeological site of Cloggs Cave (GunaiKurnai Country), in the southern foothills of SE Australia’s Great Dividing Range. Detailed chronometric dating, combined with high-resolution 3D mapping, geomorphological studies and archaeological excavations, now allow a dense sequence of Late Holocene ash layers and their contents to be correlated with GunaiKurnai ethnography and current knowledge. …
Atlas de la grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc. Volume 1
Open AccessJean‐michel Geneste, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.EDITORBOOKAtlas de la grotte Chauvet-Pont…2020
Dès la découverte en 1994 de la grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, ses représentations pariétales attribuées à une phase ancienne du Paléolithique récent, aux alentours de 36 000 ans ont suscité une curiosité et une attention internationales. Conscient des enjeux importants et multiples soulevés par cette découverte, le ministère de la Culture a immédiatement mis en œuvre des moyens exceptionnels de conservation et d'étude de la cavité. La Monographie de…
Carte 12. Galerie des Panneaux Rouges
Open AccessCassandra Fritz, Marc Azéma et al.CHAPTERAtlas de la grotte Chauvet-Pont…2020
Carte intégrée des sols, Carte 12 Integrated map of the floors, Map 12 Emplacement de la Carte 12. au sein de la grotte Location of Map 12 in the cave Importance des objets d’étude en Carte 12 Relative proportions of observed objects on Map 12 Désignations et angles de prise de vue Designations and camera angles Coupe transversale AA’ Cross section AA’ Coupe transversale BB’B’’ Cross section BB’B’’ Au nord de la Salle des Bauges, les grands volum…

A 28,000 year old excavated painted rock from Nawarla Gabarnmang, northern Australia
Open AccessBruno David, Bryce Barker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2012Cited by: 41References: 8
Earliest Evidence for Ground-Edge Axes
Jean-Michel Geneste, Jean‐michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2010Cited by: 30References: 9
Evidence for the world’s earliest stone tools dates to 3.4 million years ago and pre-dates the earliest known Homo species in eastern Africa. However ground-edged tools did not appear until the dispersal of cognitively fully modern Homo sapiens sapiens out of Africa. We report on the discovery of the earliest securely dated ground-edge implement in the world at Nawarla Gabarnmang (northern Australia). The fragment of ground-edge axe is sandwiched…
Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn Country, Southwest Arnhem Land Plateau
Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2011Cited by: 29References: 5
Recent excavations at Nawarla Gabarnmang in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land have produced a long sequence of AMS radiocarbon determinations on individual pieces of charcoal reliably associated with stone artefacts dating back to 45,180±910 cal BP. It represents one of the earliest radiocarbon-dated archaeological sites in Australia. Here we report on initial results
The Origins of Ground-edge Axes
Open AccessJean-Michel Geneste, Bruno David et al.ARTICLECambridge Archaeological Journal2012Cited by: 23References: 32
The grinding of stone to make sharp cutting edges did not evolve with the emergence of biologically modern humans in Africa, but late in the Pleistocene at the completion or nearcompletion of the Out-of-Africa 2 migration. Here we discuss the earliest securely-dated fragment of ground-edge axe from Australia, dated at 35,500 cal. bp, an age slightly older or comparable to the earliest ages for edge-grinding from the Pacific Ocean's western seaboa…
The social construction of caves and rockshelters
Open AccessJean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2013Cited by: 22References: 17
Caves and rockshelters are a key component of the archaeological record but are often regarded as natural places conveniently exploited by human communities. Archaeomorphological study shows however that they are not inert spaces but have frequently been modified by human action, sometimes in ways that imply a strong symbolic significance. In this paper the concept of 'aménagement', the re-shaping of a material space or of elements within it, is …
Illuminating the cave, drawing in black
Open AccessIsabelle Théry‐parisot, Isabelle Théry-Parisot et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2018Cited by: 20References: 27
The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia
Paul S C Taçon, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.BOOKThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017Cited by: 19References: 8
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings. While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most
Superpositions and superimpositions in rock art studies
Open AccessRobert G Gunn, Robert Gunn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2022Cited by: 9References: 26
Patterns of superposition in rock art are often used to systematically construct style sequences. However, once on the rock, images can affect subsequent engagements with the art, the rock surface, the site, and its surrounding landscape, and this recursiveness can be studied through the superimpositions (significantly overlaid markings) on a rock face. This is an opportunity for archaeologists to investigate the culture of engagement not just at…
Morphometric analyses of Batissa violacea shells from Emo (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Open AccessAnbarasu Thangavelu, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2011Cited by: 9References: 29
Archaeological investigations of human predation pressures on shellfish usually rely on measurements of complete shell specimens. However, most archaeological shell assemblages consist predominantly of broken shells, limiting measurable sample sizes, and thus potentially biasing results in cases where shell fragmentation is biased towards particular size classes (due to shell size‐fragility correspondences). This paper presents a recent applicati…
Kimberley Stout figures’
Robert Gunn, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2019Cited by: 8References: 4
The rock art of Western Australia’s Kimberley region has been the subject of special attention by archaeologists and rock art enthusiasts since George Grey’s publication of the first illustration of it. Since then, researchers have tried to date and classify the Kimberley’s many rock art styles. To date, eight widespread and highly recognisable styles have been identified, but many motif types in a range of styles remain undescribed and lie outsi…
Years and Worlds Apart
Bruno David, Joanna Fresløv et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2021Cited by: 7References: 10
In this paper we report on new research at the iconic archaeological site of Cloggs Cave (GunaiKurnai Country), in the southern foothills of SE Australia’s Great Dividing Range. Detailed chronometric dating, combined with high-resolution 3D mapping, geomorphological studies and archaeological excavations, now allow a dense sequence of Late Holocene ash layers and their contents to be correlated with GunaiKurnai ethnography and current knowledge. …
Poromoi Tamu and the Case of the Drowning Village
Open AccessBruno David, Lara Lamb et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2012Cited by: 7References: 8
Dating painting events through by-products of ochre processing
Bruno David, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2019Cited by: 6References: 8
The ‘direct’ dating of rock art has proliferated since the development of accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon, uranium-series and optically stimulated luminescence dating, yet still, most rock art is not directly datable due to the mineral nature of the constituent pigments. Here we present another method: the recovery and dating by stratigraphic association of small buried fragments of ochre and dried paint drops deposited onto soft sedime…
The Emo Site (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2010Cited by: 5References: 5
Since the 1970s the site of Emo (aka ‘Samoa’, ‘OAC’) in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea has been cited as one of the earliest-known ceramic sites from the southern Papuan lowlands. This site has long been seen as holding c.2000 year old evidence of post-Lapita long-distance maritime trade from (Austronesian-speaking) Motu homelands in the Central Province, where pottery was manufactured, to the (non-Austronesian) Gulf Province some 400km to…
The identification of extinct megafauna in rock art using geometric morphometrics
Open AccessRommy Cobden, C Clarkson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2017Cited by: 4References: 15
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
Investigating the Anthropic Construction of Rock Art Sites Through Archaeomorphology
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2020Cited by: 3References: 13
Archaeological evidence of an ethnographically documented Australian Aboriginal ritual dated to the last ice age
Open AccessBruno David, Russell Mullett et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024Cited by: 2References: 21
In societies without writing, ethnographically known rituals have rarely been tracked back archaeologically more than a few hundred years. At the invitation of GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Elders, we undertook archaeological excavations at Cloggs Cave in the foothills of the Australian Alps. In GunaiKurnai Country, caves were not used as residential places during the early colonial period (mid-nineteenth century CE), but as secluded retreats for the pe…
La grotte de La Garma (Cantabrie, Espagne)
Open AccessJules Kemper, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEArchéoSciences2023Cited by: 2References: 6
Les grottes ornées impressionnent par l’ampleur et la force des œuvres pariétales. Mais il ne s’agit que de la face spectaculaire d’une fréquentation probablement plus diversifiée des milieux souterrains. Depuis plusieurs années, l’étude de plusieurs sites emblématiques (grotte Chauvet, Nawarla Gabarnmang, grotte de Bruniquel) a démontré la modification volontaire de ces espaces par les sociétés et a ouvert la porte à de nouveaux regards sur l’ap…
Geomorphological context and formation history of Cloggs Cave
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2020Cited by: 2References: 10
New research undertaken at Cloggs Cave, in the foothills of the Australian Alps, employed an integrated geological-geomorphological-archaeological approach with manifold dating methods and fine resolution LiDAR 3D mapping. Long-standing questions about the site’s chronostratigraphy (e.g. the exact relationship between basal megafaunal deposits and archaeological layers), sedimentation processes and geomorphic changes were resolved. The cave’s for…
Interpreting the mammal deposits of Cloggs Cave ( SE Australia), GunaiKurnai Aboriginal Country, through community‐led partnership research
Open AccessMatthew C Mcdowell, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEPeople and Nature2022Cited by: 1References: 11
Palaeontological animal bone deposits are rarely investigated through research partnerships where the local First Nations communities have a defining hand in both the research questions asked and the research processes. Here we report research undertaken through such a partnership approach at the iconic archaeological site of Cloggs Cave (GunaiKurnai Country, East Gippsland), in the southern foothills of SE Australia's Great Dividing Range. A new…
Determining the origin and changing shape of landscape‐scale rock formations with three‐dimensional modelling
Open AccessKim Genuite, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEGeoarchaeology2021Cited by: 1References: 14
Archaeologists often wonder how and when rock shelters formed, yet their origins and antiquity are almost never systematically investigated. Here we present a new method to determine how and when individual boulders and rock shelters came to lie in their present landscape settings. We do so through 3D laser (LiDAR) mapping, illustrating the method by example of the Borologa Aboriginal site complex in the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia…
La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Jean-Michel Geneste, Jean‐michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2005Cited by: 1
Geneste Jean-Michel, Fagnart Jean-Pierre, Delannoy Jean-Jacques. La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc : un bilan des recherches pluridisciplinaires. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 102, n°1, 2005. La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc : un bilan des recherches pluridisciplinaires Actes de la séance de la Société préhistorique française, 11 et 12 octobre 2003, Lyon. pp. 5-7
Grotte Chauvet - Salle Hillaire et salle du Crâne
Catherine Ferrier, Catherine Ferrer et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2005Cited by: 1
Les recherches menées dans la salle du Crâne et dans la salle Hillaire, notamment au niveau d'un grand soutirage, ont permis d'établir les principales étapes de l'histoire récente de ces secteurs. De plus, la répartition stratigraphique des vestiges conduit à préciser les périodes d'occupation de cette partie de la cavité par les ours et les hommes, entre 130 ka et 28000 BP Enfin, l'aspect des deux salles au moment de la fréquentation humaine est…

Un karst de haute-montagne
Open AccessJean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques DelannoyARTICLERevue de géographie alpine1981
Peu connus, les Plateaux du Bilanktaung Central nous offrent deux magnifiques exemples de karsts tropicaux : « un karst à buttes » et « un karst de plateau » criblé de dépressions. Le cavernement de ces plateaux est important, et se présente, soit sous forme de cavités richement concrétionnées, soit de réseaux très actifs qui doivent leur origine aux pertes de cours d'eau exogènes
Les variations spatiotemporelles de la corrosion karstique dans un massif de moyenne montagne
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, J-J DelannoyARTICLERevue de géographie alpine1982References: 1
The frame work of a research on Vercors and of the « Karst denudation » commission of the Speleology International Union, we took care to estimate the corrosion which is exerting on this massif under current bio-climatic conditions. Two complementary methods of approach had been used : physico-chemical analysis of water circulating in Karst and the method of calcareous thin slab. In order to determine the more precisely possible the work of corro…
Contribution à l'étude des circulations aquifères dans le géosystème Coulmes-Choranche; Présentation du site expérimental de la Grotte de Coufin
Open AccessJean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques DelannoyARTICLERevue de géographie alpine1986
Afin de quantifier l'ablation karstique et ses variations spatio-temporelles dans un géosystème montagnard forestier : Coulmes- Choranche (Vercors), plusieurs expérimentations sont en cours pour définir les caractères hydrodynamiques des cours d'eau souterrains et de l'aquifère fissurai. Cette démarche repose sur une bonne connaissance biogéographique, litho-structural et spéléologique ainsi que sur des appareils de mesure (pluviographe — enregis…
Conclusion
Open AccessJean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLERevue de géographie alpine1996
Conclusion L'érosion dans les Alpes occidentales : contribution à un bilan des mesures et des méthodes Erosion in the western Alps :A contribution to an assessment of measurements and methods J-J. Delannoy and G. Rovéra Resume : Cet article propose une rapide synthèse des mesures de l'érosion effectuées ces dernières décennies, dans les milieux montagnards alpins. Sont retenus les processus d'érosion en action dans les systèmes morphogénétiques g…
La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
Jean-Michel Geneste, Jean‐michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2005Cited by: 1
Geneste Jean-Michel, Fagnart Jean-Pierre, Delannoy Jean-Jacques. La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc : un bilan des recherches pluridisciplinaires. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 102, n°1, 2005. La grotte Chauvet à Vallon-Pont-d'Arc : un bilan des recherches pluridisciplinaires Actes de la séance de la Société préhistorique française, 11 et 12 octobre 2003, Lyon. pp. 5-7
Grotte Chauvet - Salle Hillaire et salle du Crâne
Catherine Ferrier, Catherine Ferrer et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2005Cited by: 1
Les recherches menées dans la salle du Crâne et dans la salle Hillaire, notamment au niveau d'un grand soutirage, ont permis d'établir les principales étapes de l'histoire récente de ces secteurs. De plus, la répartition stratigraphique des vestiges conduit à préciser les périodes d'occupation de cette partie de la cavité par les ours et les hommes, entre 130 ka et 28000 BP Enfin, l'aspect des deux salles au moment de la fréquentation humaine est…
The Emo Site (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2010Cited by: 5References: 5
Since the 1970s the site of Emo (aka ‘Samoa’, ‘OAC’) in the Gulf Province of Papua New Guinea has been cited as one of the earliest-known ceramic sites from the southern Papuan lowlands. This site has long been seen as holding c.2000 year old evidence of post-Lapita long-distance maritime trade from (Austronesian-speaking) Motu homelands in the Central Province, where pottery was manufactured, to the (non-Austronesian) Gulf Province some 400km to…
Earliest Evidence for Ground-Edge Axes
Jean-Michel Geneste, Jean‐michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2010Cited by: 30References: 9
Evidence for the world’s earliest stone tools dates to 3.4 million years ago and pre-dates the earliest known Homo species in eastern Africa. However ground-edged tools did not appear until the dispersal of cognitively fully modern Homo sapiens sapiens out of Africa. We report on the discovery of the earliest securely dated ground-edge implement in the world at Nawarla Gabarnmang (northern Australia). The fragment of ground-edge axe is sandwiched…
Nawarla Gabarnmang, a 45,180±910 cal BP Site in Jawoyn Country, Southwest Arnhem Land Plateau
Bruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEAustralian Archaeology2011Cited by: 29References: 5
Recent excavations at Nawarla Gabarnmang in Jawoyn country, southwest Arnhem Land have produced a long sequence of AMS radiocarbon determinations on individual pieces of charcoal reliably associated with stone artefacts dating back to 45,180±910 cal BP. It represents one of the earliest radiocarbon-dated archaeological sites in Australia. Here we report on initial results
Morphometric analyses of Batissa violacea shells from Emo (OAC), Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Open AccessAnbarasu Thangavelu, Bruno David et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2011Cited by: 9References: 29
Archaeological investigations of human predation pressures on shellfish usually rely on measurements of complete shell specimens. However, most archaeological shell assemblages consist predominantly of broken shells, limiting measurable sample sizes, and thus potentially biasing results in cases where shell fragmentation is biased towards particular size classes (due to shell size‐fragility correspondences). This paper presents a recent applicati…
Years of extreme precipitation patterns over the Mediterranean French Alps and possible forcing mechanisms
Open AccessBruno Wilhelm, Fabien Arnaud et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2012
Investigation of Lake Allos sediments revealed ~ 160 graded layers, interpreted as flood deposits, over the last 1400 yr. Comparisons with records of historic floods support the interpretation of flood deposits and suggest that most recorded flood events are the result of intense meso-scale precipitation events. As there is no evidence for any major changes in erosion processes in the catchment since the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), we interpret t…
Frequency and intensity of high-altitude floods over the last 3.5 ka in northwestern French Alps (Lake Anterne)
Open AccessCharline Giguet-Covex, Fabien Arnaud et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2012
In central Western Europe, several studies have shown that colder Holocene periods, such as the Little Ice Age, also correspond to wet periods. However, in mountain areas which are highly sensitive to erosion processes and where precipitation events can be localized, past evolution of hydrological activity might be more complicated. To assess these past hydrological changes, a paleolimnological approach was applied on a 13.4-m-long sediment core …
Apports de la géomorphologie dans l’aménagement et la construction sociale de sites préhistoriques. Exemples de la grotte Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc (France) et de Nawarla Gabarnmang (Australie)
Open AccessJean‐jacques Delannoy, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEPaléo2012
Appréhender la part des processus naturels et de l’Homme dans la facture et la construction des sites d’art rupestre est depuis longtemps au cœur des travaux menés en archéologie. L’accent est ici mis sur la géomorphologie qui, par l’analyse de l’évolution physique des sites archéologiques, interroge le rôle respectif des processus morphogéniques et des agents anthropiques. Une nouvelle dimension de l’approche géomorphologique est ici proposée en…
Poromoi Tamu and the Case of the Drowning Village
Open AccessBruno David, Lara Lamb et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2012Cited by: 7References: 8
A 28,000 year old excavated painted rock from Nawarla Gabarnmang, northern Australia
Open AccessBruno David, Bryce Barker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2012Cited by: 41References: 8
The Origins of Ground-edge Axes
Open AccessJean-Michel Geneste, Bruno David et al.ARTICLECambridge Archaeological Journal2012Cited by: 23References: 32
The grinding of stone to make sharp cutting edges did not evolve with the emergence of biologically modern humans in Africa, but late in the Pleistocene at the completion or nearcompletion of the Out-of-Africa 2 migration. Here we discuss the earliest securely-dated fragment of ground-edge axe from Australia, dated at 35,500 cal. bp, an age slightly older or comparable to the earliest ages for edge-grinding from the Pacific Ocean's western seaboa…
How old are Australia's pictographs? A review of rock art dating
Open AccessBruno David, Jean-Michel Geneste et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2013
The social construction of caves and rockshelters
Open AccessJean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.ARTICLEAntiquity2013Cited by: 22References: 17
Caves and rockshelters are a key component of the archaeological record but are often regarded as natural places conveniently exploited by human communities. Archaeomorphological study shows however that they are not inert spaces but have frequently been modified by human action, sometimes in ways that imply a strong symbolic significance. In this paper the concept of 'aménagement', the re-shaping of a material space or of elements within it, is …
A high-precision chronological model for the decorated Upper Paleolithic cave of Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche, France
Open AccessAnita Quiles, Helene Valladas et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2016
Significance We compiled a set of more than 250 radiocarbon dates related to the rock art, human activities, and bone remains in the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc Cave (Ardèche, France) and derive a modeled absolute chronology of the human and cave bear occupations of this site, presented here in calendar years. It provides an insightful framework for the successive events that occurred in the cave during the Paleolithic period.
Postcards from the outside
Robert Gunn, Bruno David et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017
The archaeomorphological study of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Australia's Northern Territory challenges us to think in new ways about how Aboriginal people interacted with their surroundings; here a site of everyday engagement was a place of construction that retains material traces of past engagements. At Nawarla Garbarnmang, we show through archaeomorphological research how the changing physical layout of a site can be cross-examined against the impa…
Determining the age of paintings at JSARN–113/23, Jawoyn Country, central-western Arnhem Land plateau
Bruno David, Jean-Jacques Delannoy et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017
Western Arnhem Land, in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory, has a rich archaeological landscape, ethnographic record and body of rock art that displays an astonishing array of imagery on shelter walls and ceilings.While the archaeology goes back to the earliest period of Aboriginal occupation of the continent, the rock art represents some of the richest, most diverse and visually most impressive regional assemblages anywhere in the wor…
The archaeology of western Arnhem Land’s rock art
Bruno David, Paul S C Taçon et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017
Up on the hill sides, among the rocks, wherever there is an overhanging shelter where the native can screen himself from the sun and rain, these drawings
Archaeology of JSARN–124 site 3, central-western Arnhem Land
Bryce Barker, Lara Lamb et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017
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Engineers of the Arnhem Land plateau
Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean‐jacques Delannoy et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017
The archaeomorphological study of Nawarla Gabarnmang in Australia's Northern Territory challenges us to think in new ways about how Aboriginal people interacted with their surroundings; here a site of everyday engagement was a place of construction that retains material traces of past engagements. At Nawarla Garbarnmang, we show through archaeomorphological research how the changing physical layout of a site can be cross-examined against the impa…
The past 500 years of rock art at Nawarla Gabarnmang, central-western Arnhem Land
Robert Gunn, Bruno David et al.CHAPTERThe Archaeology of Rock Art in…2017