Guillaume Sarah

Biographic Data

ID5054331
NAMEGuillaume Sarah
GIVEN NAMESGuillaume
FAMILY NAMESarah
SIGNATURESARAH G
AFFILIATIONSUniversité d'Orléans
ORCID0000-0002-3907-2074
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR12
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Experimental approach to copper production in the Southern Andes

    Open AccessLéa Chanal, Guillaume Sarah et al.ARTICLERevista del Museo de Antropología2026

    Extractive metallurgy operations using various types of copper ore have been carried out at the experimental archaeology platform at Melle (France) for several years. The heating structure used for these experiments is as simple as possible, considering the variety of remains from Southern Andean pre-Columbian archaeological sites where copper was produced, for which experimental archaeology work is still relatively rare. A study on recycling was…

  • Follow the lead! Tracing the lead sources of Notre-Dame de Paris over the centuries using chemical and isotopic analyses

    Open AccessMaxime L''Héritier, Maxime L’Héritier et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2026

    First extensive and interdisciplinary study on construction lead combining 455 elemental and 133 isotopic analyses. • Identification of several lead sources supplying Notre-Dame de Paris alongside a high rate of recycling at all periods. • Identification of a single “initial lead bullion” for the 12 th -13 th centuries possibly reflecting the Parisian lead market. • Specific isotopic composition for the lead roof in the middle ages and 18 th -19 …

  • The Damhus Hoard

    Open AccessT Birch, Helle Horsnæs et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2026

    In 2018, a hoard totalling 266 silver Viking Age coins was discovered near Damhus, south of Ribe (Denmark). The coins belong to the early ninth‐century ‘KG 4’ series, with the vast majority, 262 coins, identified as having Face/Forward Looking Deer on the obverse/reverse. They are among the earliest type of a reformed coinage from Scandinavia's first town, Ribe (Denmark)—some of the first Viking silver pennies. Chemical and lead isotopic analyses…

  • Chemical and isotopic analyses reconstruct multi-scalar copper circulation networks in West Africa

    Open AccessJay Stephens, Antoine Courcier et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026References: 41

    For the past 50 years, copper sourced from the Akjoujt region has been inferred primarily through the enrichment of arsenic in metal samples from archaeological sites in West Africa. However, arsenic is common to a variety of mineral deposit types and this signature was based on early low-resolution spectroscopic data. Here, we apply lead isotopic and bulk chemical analyses to copper metal and ore samples from the region of Akjoujt, in order to i…

  • Casting, joining and recycling. Use of lead and plumbers practices in Notre-Dame building yard (12th-19th c.) through historical, archaeological and chemical investigations

    Open AccessDelphine Syvilay, Aurélia Azéma et al.ARTICLEJournal of Cultural Heritage2024

  • Melle but not Melle? A mine’s mint as a hub for Carolingian silver coinage recycling

    Open AccessGuillaume SarahARTICLEArchaeometry2024References: 4

    The mines at Melle in Deux‐Sèvres, France, are known as the only significant source of silver for the early Middle Ages until the 10th century. Though it was not a major locality, the settlement possessed a mint in the Merovingian period that became one of the major centres of coin production under the Carolingians in the ninth century. Following the decrease in Carolingian power and increase in the autonomy of local authorities from c .900, the …

  • Hidden riches in the Early Medieval Rhine Delta

    Open AccessTobias Heal, Alexandre Disser et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Cited by: 1References: 11

  • De la sphère coulée à la monnaie frappée. L’utilisation de moules sphériques bivalves pour la production des flans monétaires en argent dans le monde grec (Ve-IIIe siècles av. J.-C.)

    Jérémy Artru, Guillaume SarahARTICLERevue numismatique2022

    Les monnaies d’argent frappées en Sicile aux Ve et IVe siècles av. J.-C. portent très souvent des traces de fabrication qui prennent la forme de protubérances diamé-tralement opposées sur les tranches. Un examen approfondi des monnaies concernées ainsi qu’une série d’expérimentations archéométallurgiques permettent de confirmer l’hypothèse d’une fabrication des flans monétaires au moyen de moules sphériques, tout en précisant davantage les modali…

  • “Ingots” from the Second Iron Age, A first overview.

    Julia Genechesi, Eneko Hiriart et al.ARTICLEEtudes Celtiques2020

    Lors d’une étude numismatique comparative menée à l’échelle européenne, nous avons constaté la présence régulière, sur certains habitats ainsi qu’en dépôts, de «lingots » d’or et d’argent. ces objets, souvent peu documentés, voire non publiés, interpellent par leur fréquence. ils sont généralement interprétés comme des ébauches ou des demi-produits : il s’agirait de flans ou de réserves de métal destinés à une production monétaire (ou d’orfèvreri…

  • Les argentei de type « parisien », étude d’un monnayage d’argent régional de la fin du VIe et du début du VIIe siècle

    Bruno Foucray, Guillaume Blanchet et al.ARTICLERevue numismatique2020

    The identification of an original argentei coinage issued in Paris and other mints from the north of the Ile-de-France at the very end of the 6th century is a novelty. Fifteen specimens from archaeological excavations were studied and benefited of a campaign to analyze their composition. They attest the persistence, even though it was thought until now that only gold was coined, of a silver coinage of transition, which still borrows from the Byza…

  • Coinage as Catalyst for Societal Change

    Jens Christian Moesgaard, Guillaume SarahCHAPTERViking Encounters2020

  • Les céramiques métallurgiques de Castel-Minier (Ariège, France) xiiie-xve siècle

    Open AccessManon Géraud, Julien Flament et al.ARTICLEArchéoSciences2019Cited by: 1References: 1

    Castel-Minier est un site minier et métallurgique situé au cœur des Pyrénées ariégeoises. De la fin du xiiie siècle au xvie siècle, ses ateliers ont produit de l’argent, du cuivre et du plomb à partir de minerais extraits sur place. Des récentes fouilles ont mis au jour des structures de chauffe et un large corpus d’objets provenant des différentes activités métallurgiques du site. Ce corpus comprend notamment neuf fragments de céramiques métallu…