J E Brochier

Biographic Data

ID	4519
NAME	J E Brochier
GIVEN NAMES	J E
FAMILY NAME	Brochier
SIGNATURE	BROCHIER J E
AFFILIATIONS	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
ORCID	0000-0003-1634-0416
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	29
TOTAL CITATIONS	303
AUTHOR COUNT	29
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1969
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	9

Earliest evidence for the use of desert kite mass-hunting structures in southeastern Jordan during the late pre-pottery neolithic B
Open AccessMohammad Tarawneh, Mohammad B Tarawneh et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026References: 75
Desert kites – large-scale stone structures used for mass game hunting – are among the most extensive prehistoric constructions in the Middle East. Despite their ubiquity, the chronology of their emergence has long remained unresolved. This study presents the earliest direct and robust evidence for the construction and use of desert kites, based on integrated radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of three kites from a sin…
Desert Kites and Related Constructions: Data from the Globalkites Project
Open AccessOlivier Barge, Emmanuelle Régagnon et al.ARTICLEJournal of Open Archaeology Data2025
Desert kites are massive hunting traps found in the Near and Middle East, which have sparked significant research interest. Their numbers and geographical distribution were largely unknown until about a decade ago. This dataset provides the locations of all identified kites, along with detailed morphological information for a sample representing approximately 10% of them. It also includes data on other hunting-related structures within the same g…
The Use of Desert Kites as Hunting Mega-Traps: Functional Evidence and Potential Impacts on Socioeconomic and Ecological Spheres
Open AccessRémy Crassard, Wael Abu-Azizeh et al.ARTICLEJournal of World Prehistory2022Cited by: 20References: 29
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Desert kites et constructions apparentées: Découvertes Récentes Et Mise À Jour De L’extension Géographique
Olivier Barge, Wael Abu-Azizeh et al.ARTICLEPaléorient2020Cited by: 10References: 37
Depuis une dizaine d'années, la mise en ligne libre des images satellitaires à haute résolution a permis la découverte de très nombreux desert kites, constructions en pierre de très grande taille qui jalonnent les marges désertiques du Croissant fertile. Leur nombre et l'étendue de leur répartition géographique laissent soupçonner un phénomène dont la portée était jusqu'à présent sous-estimée. On connaît par ailleurs beaucoup mieux leur diversité…
Hunting or pastoralism? Comments on “seasonal use of corrals and game traps (desert kites) in Armenia” by Malkinson et al
Open AccessOlivier Barge, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2018Cited by: 5References: 3
Sooted concretions: A new micro-chronological tool for high temporal resolution archaeology
Open AccessSégolène Vandevelde, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2017Cited by: 21References: 10
Establishment of occupation chronicles in Grotte Mandrin using sooted concretions: Rethinking the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition
Open AccessSégolène Vandevelde, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Evolution2017Cited by: 25References: 17
The ‘desert kites’ of the Ustyurt plateau
Open AccessOlivier Barge, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2016
Radiocarbon dates for the early shouldered Tardigravettian from the rockshelter of Chinchon 1 at Saumane-de-Vaucluse and the chronology of the recent Provençal Upper Palaeolithic
Open AccessJ E BrochierARTICLEGallia préhistoire2016
The lithic industry with shouldered points and truncated backed bladelets from the rockshelter of Chinchon 1 in the Vaucluse has been variously interpreted over the past few decades : some authors clearly see it as belonging to an ultimate, classic, phase of the final Magdalenian, whereas others link it just as clearly to an early, Italic, phase of the Tardigravettian. The results of stratigraphic, sedimentological and palaeontological analyses s…
Les datations radiocarbone du Tardigravettien ancien à crans de l’abri de Chinchon 1 à Saumane‐de‐Vaucluse et la chronologie du Paléolithique supérieur récent provençal
Open AccessJ E BrochierARTICLEGallia préhistoire2016References: 43
Le complexe industriel à pointes à cran et lamelles à dos tronquées de l’abri de Chinchon 1, dans le Vaucluse, a été diversement interprété au cours des dernières décennies : pour certains, il se rattache de toute évidence à une phase très finale, et classique, du Magdalénien supérieur ; pour d’autres, il se rattache, de façon tout aussi évidente, à une phase ancienne, italique, du Tardigravettien. Les résultats des études stratigraphiques, sédim…
Unity and diversity of the kite phenomenon: A comparative study between Jordan, Armenia and Kazakhstan
Open AccessOlivier Barge, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2015Cited by: 9References: 12
Desert kites are found across a vast region. This paper presents a detailed description of kites from the Harrat al‐Shaam region (Jordan) and proposes a comparative study, as well as an analysis of the morphology and organisation of kites known from Mount Aragats (Armenia) and the Ustyurt Plateau (Kazakhstan). A complete inventory of the structures in each region highlights their architectural characteristics and their spatial distribution in the…
Morphological diversity and regionalisation of kites in the Middle East and Central Asia
Open AccessOlivier Barge, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEArabian archaeology and epigraphy2015Cited by: 8References: 6
In the last few years, the number of inventoried kites has increased fivefold, and the known distribution zone has been greatly extended across the Near East, Arabia, the Caucasus and Central Asia. High‐resolution satellite images provide substantial amounts of data that can be subjected to geomatics analysis. The resulting spatial data is used to identify regional differences. We present here a study of these kite structures at the global, regio…
Northernmost kites
Open AccessOlivier Barge, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015Cited by: 9References: 6
Les datations radiocarbone du Tardigravettien ancien à crans de l’abri de Chinchon 1 à Saumane-de-Vaucluse et la chronologie du Paléolithique supérieur récent provençal / Radiocarbon dates for the ear…
Open AccessJ E Brochier, Jacques-Elie BrochierARTICLEGallia préhistoire2014Cited by: 1References: 4
The lithic industry with shouldered points and truncated backed bladelets from the rockshelter of Chinchon 1 in the Vaucluse has been variously interpreted over the past few decades : some authors clearly see it as belonging to an ultimate, classic, phase of the final Magdalenian, whereas others link it just as clearly to an early, Italic, phase of the Tardigravettian. The results of stratigraphic, sedimentological and palaeontological analyses s…
Kites on the margins. The Aragats kites in Armenia
J E Brochier, Jacques-Elie Brochier et al.ARTICLEPaléorient2014Cited by: 19References: 2
Many desert kites have recently (2010) been discovered on the basaltic slopes of Mount Aragats in Armenia. The implementation of various complementary techniques (geomatics, statistical analyses, geoarchaeology, malacology, radiocarbon analysis) has enabled definition of their specificities. Isolated from the classic Syro-Jordanian zone, they are characterised by a certain simplicity, great morphological homogeneity, strongly related locations to…
Addressing the Desert Kites Phenomenon and Its Global Range Through a Multi-proxy Approach
Open AccessRémy Crassard, Olivier Barge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Method…2014Cited by: 39References: 20
Ağri Ovasi, Ermeni̇stan Kesi̇mi̇nde Neoli̇ti̇k Bi̇r Yerleşi̇m Aknashen Khatunarkh: 2004-2009 Kazilarinin Sonuçlari
Ruben Badalyan, Ruben S Badalyan et al.ARTICLETürkiye Bilimler Akademisi…2010
This paper presents the preliminary results of the excavations (2004-2009) of Aknashen-Khatunarkh, a Neolithic site in the plain of Ararat. More than 300 m 2 has been excavated of this tell, which is about 100 m in diameter and 3,5 m in height. The cultural layer, more than 4 m thick, was subdivided preliminarily into five horizons, the upper one (I) belonging to the Early Chalcolithic and the others (II-V) to the Late Neolithic. A series of 1…
Diversification ou stabilité de la prédation au cours du Tardiglaciaire dans les Pyrénées françaises: Et si on analysait les données
Laure Fontana, J E Brochier et al.ARTICLEBulletin de la Société…2009Cited by: 3
Results of the analysis of 56 faunal assemblages from 21 Lateglacial and Postglacial archaeological sites are presented in this paper. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis of hunting diversification at the end of the Lateglacial in the French Pyrenees. The analysis demonstrates that a major change in animal hunting occurs at 12300 uncal. BP when Reindeer was no longer hunted. It also indicates that the diversity of hunted large mammal…
Un faciès sédimentaire anthropique original du mésolithique vauclusien: Les terres noires à petits galets calcaires
Open AccessJ E Brochier, Michel LivacheARTICLEL Anthropologie2003
Calcite crystals, starch grains aggregates or…Pocc? Comment on ‘calcite crystals inside archaeological plant tissues’
Open AccessJ E Brochier, Michel ThinonARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2003
Environmental impact of neolithic and bronze age farming in the eastern Pyrenees forelands, based on multidisciplinary investigations at La Caune de B lesta (B lesta Cave), near Perpignan, France
Open AccessJ E Brochier, Françoise Claustre et al.ARTICLEVegetation History and…1998Cited by: 7References: 2
Cayönü Tepesi. Domestication, rythmes et environnement au PPNB
J E Brochier, Jacques-Elie BrochierARTICLEPaléorient1993
L'analyse des poussières PPNB de Çayönü fixe le début de l'élevage des caprines dans la phase Cell Room, un peu plus tôt que ne le laissaient supposer les résultats zooarchéologiques. Elle permet également, grâce à une méthodologie nouvelle, d'apporter quelques précisions sur les rythmes de sédimentation, sur la durée relative des phases d'occupation et sur leur continuité. Enfin sont abordés quelques problèmes ayant trait à la dégradation anthro…
Shepherds and sediments: Geo-ethnoarchaeology of pastoral sites
Open AccessJ E Brochier, P Villa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…1992Cited by: 126References: 19
La grotte des Crapauds à Donzère (Drôme): Une halte-bergerie de l'Age du Fer
Joël Vital, R-M Arbogast et al.ARTICLERevue archéologique de Narbonnaise1987
Within the context of a synthetic study of the sites of the narrow pass of Donzère, a rescue excavation was carried out in 1983 and 1986 in the cave of the Toals. This cave was used as a sheepfold several times, especially during the first half of the 6th century B.C. This evidence is given by the study of the archeological finds which is typical of the Languedoc sites. The place does not seem to have been a refuge, connected with a structured so…
Deux mille ans d'histoire du climat dans le Midi de la France: Étude Sédimentologique
Open AccessJ E Brochier, Jacques-Elie BrochierARTICLEAnnales Histoire Sciences Sociales1983References: 1
La recherche paléoclimatique appliquée aux périodes anciennes du Quaternaire dispose de quelques outils efficaces parmi lesquels la sédimentologie occupe une place privilégiée. L'analyse sédimentologique est cependant très peu employée dans l'étude de l'Holocène, encore moins dans celle de la période historique. Pourtant, si les résultats n'ont pas la précision des séries phénologiques, ils ont un intérêt majeur, celui de la longue durée.Dans le …