Jean‐bernard Huchet
Biographic Data
| ID | 4435312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean‐bernard Huchet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean‐bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Huchet |
| SIGNATURE | HUCHET J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Bordeaux |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3906-6934 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Buried in the pantry: Using archaeoentomology to assess cave reuse at the pre-Hispanic site of Cruz de la Esquina
Entomology, the study of insects, is an integral part of modern forensic science and can also make substantial contributions in archaeology. Here, the authors report on archaeoentomological analyses conducted within the Cruz de la Esquina funerary cave (Acusa Seca, Gran Canaria, c . seventh–ninth centuries AD), offering insights into Indigenous practices. The identification of storage pests and various cadaveric species is used to interpret a cha…
From Preservation to Transformation: Taphonomic Analysis of Archaeological Insect Remains from the French Atlantic Coastline
Insect remains can provide unique insights into past environments, yet their preservation and post-depositional alterations – particularly chromatic changes – remain poorly understood. Recent excavations along the French Atlantic coastline uncovered numerous archaeological structures dating from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity. Archaeoentomological samples collected from these structures reveal significant variations in the preserved insect remai…
Rolling through time: Scarab remains reveal 4,000 years of coastal pastoralism and biodiversity dynamics in western France
Headless Burials from Pachacamac, Peru: A Taphonomic Approach to Reconstructing Mortuary Ritual
A paleoradiographic survey of funerary bundles (fardos) from a Late Intermediate Period (1000 A.D.–1472 A.D.) cemetery in Sector 3 of the site of Pachacamac, Peru, demonstrated that 15 out of 61 individuals had had their head removed when the body was in an advanced state of skeletonization/mummification. Detailed analysis of the field report, the fardos themselves, and X-rays and computed tomography scans of the fardos suggested that nine of the…
Insects in the far West: Burial practices on El Hierro Island (Canary Islands, Spain; ca. 6th-11th centuries) reconstructed via funerary archaeoentomology
The Canary Islands were first settled by North African groups in the first millennium CE and, after a few centuries of interconnections with the mainland and between islands, remained isolated until the late medieval European expansion into the Atlantic. El Hierro is a small island located in the westernmost part of the archipelago that was inhabited by the bimbapes from the 2nd century CE until the 15th century European conquest. The archaeologi…
« Des coléos dans le fardo… »: Contribution de l’archéoentomologie et de la paléoparasitologie à l’étude des momies préhispaniques
L'archéo-entomologie funéraire révèle l'importance des insectes pour la compréhension de la vie des populations passées et fournit de nouvelles clés d'interprétation des pratiques funéraires. Peu d’études archéo-entomologiques ont été consacrées aux momies préhispaniques, malgré leur forte prévalence dans la plupart des musées du monde. Les conditions environnementales du continent sud-américain et l’excellente conservation des insectes à travers…
Bilan et perspectives de l’archéoentomologie en France
Cet article présente un bilan de l’activité archéo-entomologique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans pour ensuite proposer des axes de développement. Il réalise un état des lieux des applications de la discipline et de ses apports (1), analyse les pratiques actuelles, le potentiel et les besoins en archéo-entomologie (2), définit les grandes thématiques prioritaires (3) et émet des propositions pour la mise en place d’une stratégie nationale (4)
Human settlement and landscape dynamics on the coastline south of the Gironde estuary (SW France): A multi-proxy approach
The Gironde estuary in SW France is the largest in Western Europe and has attracted human populations since prehistoric times. From the 1970s to the 1990s, intense archaeological research was undertaken on the long and highly dynamic coastline just south of the estuary mouth. In recent years, the combined action of increased coastal erosion and human pressure has proved a serious threat to the integrity of archaeological sites in the area. As a c…
Providing fuel, building materials and food for gold exploitation in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: Multidisciplinary dataset of the Ptolemaic site of Samut North (late 4th c. BCE)
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Activity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup'ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, Alaska)
Archaeoentomological research at the precontact site of Nunalleq (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries AD), Southwest Alaska, has identified hundreds of lice and fleas that infested both the human inhabitants of the site and their canine companions. As lice are host specific, staying attached to the host's hair or fur during the totality of their lifecycle, they are generally considered excellent indicators of activity areas. Fleas, however, are r…
Des mouches, des morts, des offrandes: Archéoentomologie de tombes mochicas de la pyramide de la Lune, Pérou
De récentes investigations archéoentomologiques conduites sur une plateforme funéraire du site de la Huaca de la Luna, au Pérou, ont permis de souligner l’importance des insectes nécrophages dans les rites funéraires des Mochicas. La riche iconographie montrant des mouches qui survolent des squelettes dansant ou accompagnant de futurs sacrifiés vient corroborer l’existence de pratiques mortuaires singulières et suggère que ces insectes avaient vr…
Insectes et archéologie
Introduction Au sein des disciplines bioarchéologiques, l’étude des vestiges d’insectes provenant de sédiments quaternaires est une science récente. Désignée sous le nom « d’entomologie du Quaternaire » (Quaternary entomology des auteurs anglo-saxons), cette discipline englobe deux entités distinctes désignées respectivement sous les noms de « paléoentomologie » et « archéoentomologie ». Bien que toutes deux basées sur les mêmes principes et méth…
Using Classifications to Identify Pathological and Taphonomic Modifications on Ancient Bones: Do "Taphognomonic" Criteria Exist
Pathological and taphonomic agents can sometimes produce bone modifications that seem indistinguishable from one another, even to an experienced eye. The aim of this study is to propose a classification system to identify modifications observed on skeletal elements from different environmental and chronological contexts, with similar morphologies but varied aetiologies. Two types of classifications, empirical and statistical, were constructed, te…
Taphonomy and Paleoichnology of Olduvai Hominid 1 (OH1), Tanzania
This paper presents a case study of the Late Pleistocene skeletal remains of Olduvai Hominid 1, which were unearthed in Tanzania. Excavated in 1913, this fossil shows severe damage due to subterranean termites (Insecta: Isoptera). By combining methods to quantify and locate traces on the skeleton with the study of the different taphonomic processes that altered the deposit, we demonstrate a non-arbitrary pattern of termite alteration of the skele…
Archéoentomologie et archéoparasitologie d’une momie égyptienne
En dépit des soins méticuleux apportés par les antiques thanatopracteurs égyptiens, de nombreuses momies ont subi les assauts d’insectes déprédateurs. La momie égyptienne du musée Anne-de-Beaujeu, confiée au département Restauration du C2RMF de Versailles pour restauration, n’a pas échappé aux vagues d’arthropodes thanatophages qui se sont préservés jusqu’à nous. Au-delà de cette colonisation post-mortem, les investigations paléoparasitologiques …
L'animal-amphitryon: Archéologie De l'Ectoparasitisme
Huchet, Jean-Bernard (2016): L'animal-amphitryon : archéologie de l'ectoparasitisme. Anthropozoologica 51 (1): 55-65, DOI: 10.5252/az2016n1a4
Découverte exceptionnelle d’un stockage de moutarde (Brassica nigra) au IIIe s. à Poitiers “les Cordeliers” (Vienne)
Dans une domus de l’Îlot des Cordeliers à Poitiers détruite par un incendie au IIIe s. p. C., une pièce servant de resserre a livré une amphore de type régionale contenant des graines de moutarde noire. Parmi ces semences, quelques restes d’insectes étaient préservés ainsi que d’autres plantes. La moutarde noire a des usages variés, plus particulièrement culinaires et médicinaux. À partir des divers éléments observés (type de restes, contexte...)…
The dog mummy, the ticks and the louse fly: Archaeological report of severe ectoparasitosis in Ancient Egypt
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones: Inference for reconstruction of Middle Bronze Age mortuary practices
Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche-civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru
A human skeleton from a Moche grave at Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo, Peru, shows evidence of taphonomic bone modification due to subterranean termite activity. Information related to the occasional osteophagous diet of termites on mammal and human remains is reviewed and detailed. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Flies, Mochicas and burial practices: A case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru
L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: Une Approche Originale Dans l'Interprétation Des Sépultures
Huchet Jean-Bernard. L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: une approche originale dans l'interprétation des sépultures. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 8 fascicule 3-4, 1996. pp. 299-311
Flies, Mochicas and burial practices: A case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru
L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: Une Approche Originale Dans l'Interprétation Des Sépultures
Huchet Jean-Bernard. L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: une approche originale dans l'interprétation des sépultures. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 8 fascicule 3-4, 1996. pp. 299-311
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones: Inference for reconstruction of Middle Bronze Age mortuary practices
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche-civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru
A human skeleton from a Moche grave at Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo, Peru, shows evidence of taphonomic bone modification due to subterranean termite activity. Information related to the occasional osteophagous diet of termites on mammal and human remains is reviewed and detailed. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Taphonomy and Paleoichnology of Olduvai Hominid 1 (OH1), Tanzania
This paper presents a case study of the Late Pleistocene skeletal remains of Olduvai Hominid 1, which were unearthed in Tanzania. Excavated in 1913, this fossil shows severe damage due to subterranean termites (Insecta: Isoptera). By combining methods to quantify and locate traces on the skeleton with the study of the different taphonomic processes that altered the deposit, we demonstrate a non-arbitrary pattern of termite alteration of the skele…
Using Classifications to Identify Pathological and Taphonomic Modifications on Ancient Bones: Do "Taphognomonic" Criteria Exist
Pathological and taphonomic agents can sometimes produce bone modifications that seem indistinguishable from one another, even to an experienced eye. The aim of this study is to propose a classification system to identify modifications observed on skeletal elements from different environmental and chronological contexts, with similar morphologies but varied aetiologies. Two types of classifications, empirical and statistical, were constructed, te…
Insects in the far West: Burial practices on El Hierro Island (Canary Islands, Spain; ca. 6th-11th centuries) reconstructed via funerary archaeoentomology
The Canary Islands were first settled by North African groups in the first millennium CE and, after a few centuries of interconnections with the mainland and between islands, remained isolated until the late medieval European expansion into the Atlantic. El Hierro is a small island located in the westernmost part of the archipelago that was inhabited by the bimbapes from the 2nd century CE until the 15th century European conquest. The archaeologi…
Providing fuel, building materials and food for gold exploitation in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: Multidisciplinary dataset of the Ptolemaic site of Samut North (late 4th c. BCE)
Activity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup'ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, Alaska)
Archaeoentomological research at the precontact site of Nunalleq (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries AD), Southwest Alaska, has identified hundreds of lice and fleas that infested both the human inhabitants of the site and their canine companions. As lice are host specific, staying attached to the host's hair or fur during the totality of their lifecycle, they are generally considered excellent indicators of activity areas. Fleas, however, are r…
L'animal-amphitryon: Archéologie De l'Ectoparasitisme
Huchet, Jean-Bernard (2016): L'animal-amphitryon : archéologie de l'ectoparasitisme. Anthropozoologica 51 (1): 55-65, DOI: 10.5252/az2016n1a4
L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: Une Approche Originale Dans l'Interprétation Des Sépultures
Huchet Jean-Bernard. L'Archéoentomologie funéraire: une approche originale dans l'interprétation des sépultures. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, Nouvelle Série. Tome 8 fascicule 3-4, 1996. pp. 299-311
Flies, Mochicas and burial practices: A case study from Huaca de la Luna, Peru
Taphonomic evidence of a human skeleton gnawed by termites in a Moche-civilisation grave at Huaca de la Luna, Peru
A human skeleton from a Moche grave at Huaca de la Luna, Trujillo, Peru, shows evidence of taphonomic bone modification due to subterranean termite activity. Information related to the occasional osteophagous diet of termites on mammal and human remains is reviewed and detailed. Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
The dog mummy, the ticks and the louse fly: Archaeological report of severe ectoparasitosis in Ancient Egypt
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones: Inference for reconstruction of Middle Bronze Age mortuary practices
Découverte exceptionnelle d’un stockage de moutarde (Brassica nigra) au IIIe s. à Poitiers “les Cordeliers” (Vienne)
Dans une domus de l’Îlot des Cordeliers à Poitiers détruite par un incendie au IIIe s. p. C., une pièce servant de resserre a livré une amphore de type régionale contenant des graines de moutarde noire. Parmi ces semences, quelques restes d’insectes étaient préservés ainsi que d’autres plantes. La moutarde noire a des usages variés, plus particulièrement culinaires et médicinaux. À partir des divers éléments observés (type de restes, contexte...)…
Archéoentomologie et archéoparasitologie d’une momie égyptienne
En dépit des soins méticuleux apportés par les antiques thanatopracteurs égyptiens, de nombreuses momies ont subi les assauts d’insectes déprédateurs. La momie égyptienne du musée Anne-de-Beaujeu, confiée au département Restauration du C2RMF de Versailles pour restauration, n’a pas échappé aux vagues d’arthropodes thanatophages qui se sont préservés jusqu’à nous. Au-delà de cette colonisation post-mortem, les investigations paléoparasitologiques …
L'animal-amphitryon: Archéologie De l'Ectoparasitisme
Huchet, Jean-Bernard (2016): L'animal-amphitryon : archéologie de l'ectoparasitisme. Anthropozoologica 51 (1): 55-65, DOI: 10.5252/az2016n1a4
Insectes et archéologie
Introduction Au sein des disciplines bioarchéologiques, l’étude des vestiges d’insectes provenant de sédiments quaternaires est une science récente. Désignée sous le nom « d’entomologie du Quaternaire » (Quaternary entomology des auteurs anglo-saxons), cette discipline englobe deux entités distinctes désignées respectivement sous les noms de « paléoentomologie » et « archéoentomologie ». Bien que toutes deux basées sur les mêmes principes et méth…
Using Classifications to Identify Pathological and Taphonomic Modifications on Ancient Bones: Do "Taphognomonic" Criteria Exist
Pathological and taphonomic agents can sometimes produce bone modifications that seem indistinguishable from one another, even to an experienced eye. The aim of this study is to propose a classification system to identify modifications observed on skeletal elements from different environmental and chronological contexts, with similar morphologies but varied aetiologies. Two types of classifications, empirical and statistical, were constructed, te…
Taphonomy and Paleoichnology of Olduvai Hominid 1 (OH1), Tanzania
This paper presents a case study of the Late Pleistocene skeletal remains of Olduvai Hominid 1, which were unearthed in Tanzania. Excavated in 1913, this fossil shows severe damage due to subterranean termites (Insecta: Isoptera). By combining methods to quantify and locate traces on the skeleton with the study of the different taphonomic processes that altered the deposit, we demonstrate a non-arbitrary pattern of termite alteration of the skele…
Des mouches, des morts, des offrandes: Archéoentomologie de tombes mochicas de la pyramide de la Lune, Pérou
De récentes investigations archéoentomologiques conduites sur une plateforme funéraire du site de la Huaca de la Luna, au Pérou, ont permis de souligner l’importance des insectes nécrophages dans les rites funéraires des Mochicas. La riche iconographie montrant des mouches qui survolent des squelettes dansant ou accompagnant de futurs sacrifiés vient corroborer l’existence de pratiques mortuaires singulières et suggère que ces insectes avaient vr…
Providing fuel, building materials and food for gold exploitation in the Eastern Desert, Egypt: Multidisciplinary dataset of the Ptolemaic site of Samut North (late 4th c. BCE)
Archaeoentomological indicators of long-term food plant storage at the Prehispanic granary of La Fortaleza (Gran Canaria, Spain)
Activity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup'ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, Alaska)
Archaeoentomological research at the precontact site of Nunalleq (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries AD), Southwest Alaska, has identified hundreds of lice and fleas that infested both the human inhabitants of the site and their canine companions. As lice are host specific, staying attached to the host's hair or fur during the totality of their lifecycle, they are generally considered excellent indicators of activity areas. Fleas, however, are r…
Human settlement and landscape dynamics on the coastline south of the Gironde estuary (SW France): A multi-proxy approach
The Gironde estuary in SW France is the largest in Western Europe and has attracted human populations since prehistoric times. From the 1970s to the 1990s, intense archaeological research was undertaken on the long and highly dynamic coastline just south of the estuary mouth. In recent years, the combined action of increased coastal erosion and human pressure has proved a serious threat to the integrity of archaeological sites in the area. As a c…
« Des coléos dans le fardo… »: Contribution de l’archéoentomologie et de la paléoparasitologie à l’étude des momies préhispaniques
L'archéo-entomologie funéraire révèle l'importance des insectes pour la compréhension de la vie des populations passées et fournit de nouvelles clés d'interprétation des pratiques funéraires. Peu d’études archéo-entomologiques ont été consacrées aux momies préhispaniques, malgré leur forte prévalence dans la plupart des musées du monde. Les conditions environnementales du continent sud-américain et l’excellente conservation des insectes à travers…
Bilan et perspectives de l’archéoentomologie en France
Cet article présente un bilan de l’activité archéo-entomologique en France depuis vingt-cinq ans pour ensuite proposer des axes de développement. Il réalise un état des lieux des applications de la discipline et de ses apports (1), analyse les pratiques actuelles, le potentiel et les besoins en archéo-entomologie (2), définit les grandes thématiques prioritaires (3) et émet des propositions pour la mise en place d’une stratégie nationale (4)
Headless Burials from Pachacamac, Peru: A Taphonomic Approach to Reconstructing Mortuary Ritual
A paleoradiographic survey of funerary bundles (fardos) from a Late Intermediate Period (1000 A.D.–1472 A.D.) cemetery in Sector 3 of the site of Pachacamac, Peru, demonstrated that 15 out of 61 individuals had had their head removed when the body was in an advanced state of skeletonization/mummification. Detailed analysis of the field report, the fardos themselves, and X-rays and computed tomography scans of the fardos suggested that nine of the…
Insects in the far West: Burial practices on El Hierro Island (Canary Islands, Spain; ca. 6th-11th centuries) reconstructed via funerary archaeoentomology
The Canary Islands were first settled by North African groups in the first millennium CE and, after a few centuries of interconnections with the mainland and between islands, remained isolated until the late medieval European expansion into the Atlantic. El Hierro is a small island located in the westernmost part of the archipelago that was inhabited by the bimbapes from the 2nd century CE until the 15th century European conquest. The archaeologi…
From Preservation to Transformation: Taphonomic Analysis of Archaeological Insect Remains from the French Atlantic Coastline
Insect remains can provide unique insights into past environments, yet their preservation and post-depositional alterations – particularly chromatic changes – remain poorly understood. Recent excavations along the French Atlantic coastline uncovered numerous archaeological structures dating from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity. Archaeoentomological samples collected from these structures reveal significant variations in the preserved insect remai…
Rolling through time: Scarab remains reveal 4,000 years of coastal pastoralism and biodiversity dynamics in western France
Buried in the pantry: Using archaeoentomology to assess cave reuse at the pre-Hispanic site of Cruz de la Esquina
Entomology, the study of insects, is an integral part of modern forensic science and can also make substantial contributions in archaeology. Here, the authors report on archaeoentomological analyses conducted within the Cruz de la Esquina funerary cave (Acusa Seca, Gran Canaria, c . seventh–ninth centuries AD), offering insights into Indigenous practices. The identification of storage pests and various cadaveric species is used to interpret a cha…
Geography (12 works) · Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies (11 works) · Archaeology (10 works) · Paleopathology and ancient diseases (10 works) · Biology (8 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Art (5 works) · Ecology (5 works)