Fiona Pichon
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4018253 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fiona Pichon |
| PRENOMES | Fiona |
| SOBRENOME | Pichon |
| ASSINATURA | PICHON F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2449-3535 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Earliest evidence for the use of desert kite mass-hunting structures in southeastern Jordan during the late pre-pottery neolithic B
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…
What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia
This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that sickle blades were used for low‐cut harvesting of ripe domesticated cereals, reflecting a fully establishe…
Leaning on to rise up
International audience
Assessing socio-economic changes between the Northern and Southern Levant through the function of projectile points from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Kharaysin (Jordan) and Dja’de (Syria)
International audience
Assessing the reliability of silicone replicas in the analysis of sickle gloss at the early Neolithic site of Cheikh Hassan (Northern Levant, 11th millennium BP)
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy combined with quantitative texture analysis has opened new possibilities for studying prehistoric tool use. However, a key challenge remains in identifying the extent to which different acquisition methods—direct surface measurements versus silicone moulds—influence the textural properties of the original surfaces. This study evaluates whether high-precision polyvinylsiloxane can be reliably used for the …
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy has increasingly been employed to examine changes in stone tool surfaces and has proven to be an accurate technique for quantifying use-wear texture. Promising results have emerged from characterizing Polish formation on experimental and archaeological flint tools. Recent studies also highlighted the potential of confocal microscopy for analyzing tools made from reflective materials, such as quartzite. In…
New analytical approaches to sickle blade use and cereal harvesting at Ras Shamra-Ugarit during the Late Bronze Age
At Ras Shamra-Ugarit, knapped stone tools largely persisted during the Late Bronze Age, despite the widespread use of metal. Flint was used to produce geometric sickle elements and tools as part of the domestic toolkit. Previous technological and functional studies of the lithic material from the "Centre de la Ville" and "Grand-rue" areas revealed the inhabitants' involvement in agricultural activities, particularly cereal harvesting and sickle m…
Knapped Tools for Obtaining Food Resources in the Origins of Farming in the Near East
In the Near East, the Fertile Crescent was the area where the economic, social and ideological changes representing the transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer to sedentary farming societies first appeared, between 12300 and 7000 BC. Knapped flint and obsidian tools underwent complex technological changes, reflecting the important social transformations that occurred during this transition. In this article, we provide an overview of the current s…
Harvesting cereals at Dja’de el-Mughara in the northern Levant
Sickle gloss texture analysis elucidates long-term change in plant harvesting during the transition to agriculture
Archaeobotanical and genetic analysis of modern plant materials are drawing a complex scenario for the origins of cereal agriculture in the Levant. This paper presents an improved method for the study of early farming harvesting systems based on the texture analysis of gloss observed on sickle blades through confocal microscopy. Using this method, we identify different plant harvesting activities (unripe, semi-ripe and ripe cereal reaping and ree…
Human occupation along the foothills of Northwestern Zagros during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the Rania and Peshdar plains
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Exploitation of the cereals during the Pre-pottery Neolithic of Dja'de-el-Mughara
Sickle gloss texture analysis elucidates long-term change in plant harvesting during the transition to agriculture
Archaeobotanical and genetic analysis of modern plant materials are drawing a complex scenario for the origins of cereal agriculture in the Levant. This paper presents an improved method for the study of early farming harvesting systems based on the texture analysis of gloss observed on sickle blades through confocal microscopy. Using this method, we identify different plant harvesting activities (unripe, semi-ripe and ripe cereal reaping and ree…
Harvesting cereals at Dja’de el-Mughara in the northern Levant
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy has increasingly been employed to examine changes in stone tool surfaces and has proven to be an accurate technique for quantifying use-wear texture. Promising results have emerged from characterizing Polish formation on experimental and archaeological flint tools. Recent studies also highlighted the potential of confocal microscopy for analyzing tools made from reflective materials, such as quartzite. In…
Human occupation along the foothills of Northwestern Zagros during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the Rania and Peshdar plains
International audience
Leaning on to rise up
International audience
Assessing socio-economic changes between the Northern and Southern Levant through the function of projectile points from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Kharaysin (Jordan) and Dja’de (Syria)
International audience
Exploitation of the cereals during the Pre-pottery Neolithic of Dja'de-el-Mughara
Human occupation along the foothills of Northwestern Zagros during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene in the Rania and Peshdar plains
International audience
Knapped Tools for Obtaining Food Resources in the Origins of Farming in the Near East
In the Near East, the Fertile Crescent was the area where the economic, social and ideological changes representing the transition from nomadic hunter-gatherer to sedentary farming societies first appeared, between 12300 and 7000 BC. Knapped flint and obsidian tools underwent complex technological changes, reflecting the important social transformations that occurred during this transition. In this article, we provide an overview of the current s…
Harvesting cereals at Dja’de el-Mughara in the northern Levant
Sickle gloss texture analysis elucidates long-term change in plant harvesting during the transition to agriculture
Archaeobotanical and genetic analysis of modern plant materials are drawing a complex scenario for the origins of cereal agriculture in the Levant. This paper presents an improved method for the study of early farming harvesting systems based on the texture analysis of gloss observed on sickle blades through confocal microscopy. Using this method, we identify different plant harvesting activities (unripe, semi-ripe and ripe cereal reaping and ree…
What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia
This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that sickle blades were used for low‐cut harvesting of ripe domesticated cereals, reflecting a fully establishe…
Leaning on to rise up
International audience
Assessing socio-economic changes between the Northern and Southern Levant through the function of projectile points from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Kharaysin (Jordan) and Dja’de (Syria)
International audience
Assessing the reliability of silicone replicas in the analysis of sickle gloss at the early Neolithic site of Cheikh Hassan (Northern Levant, 11th millennium BP)
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy combined with quantitative texture analysis has opened new possibilities for studying prehistoric tool use. However, a key challenge remains in identifying the extent to which different acquisition methods—direct surface measurements versus silicone moulds—influence the textural properties of the original surfaces. This study evaluates whether high-precision polyvinylsiloxane can be reliably used for the …
Shining Light on Dark Matter
Over the past decade, confocal microscopy has increasingly been employed to examine changes in stone tool surfaces and has proven to be an accurate technique for quantifying use-wear texture. Promising results have emerged from characterizing Polish formation on experimental and archaeological flint tools. Recent studies also highlighted the potential of confocal microscopy for analyzing tools made from reflective materials, such as quartzite. In…
New analytical approaches to sickle blade use and cereal harvesting at Ras Shamra-Ugarit during the Late Bronze Age
At Ras Shamra-Ugarit, knapped stone tools largely persisted during the Late Bronze Age, despite the widespread use of metal. Flint was used to produce geometric sickle elements and tools as part of the domestic toolkit. Previous technological and functional studies of the lithic material from the "Centre de la Ville" and "Grand-rue" areas revealed the inhabitants' involvement in agricultural activities, particularly cereal harvesting and sickle m…
Earliest evidence for the use of desert kite mass-hunting structures in southeastern Jordan during the late pre-pottery neolithic B
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…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (9 obras) · Archaeology (8 obras) · Geography (8 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (6 obras) · Agriculture (5 obras) · History (4 obras) · Ancient Near East History (3 obras) · Computer Science (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Pottery (3 obras)