This doctoral work studies and documents the use of bone, antler, ivory, coral, mother-of-pearl, horn, tortoiseshell and whalebone, together called « hard materials from animal origin » (matières dures d’origine animale), in the Provence region from the Middle Ages up to the modern period, until the advent of industrialization, an era of deep upheavals which put an end to the traditional production methods. Our research established these materials are used for manufacturing many functional or decorative objects either luxurious and expensive or ordinary and cheap. They sometimes also constitute ingredients incorporated in pharmaceutical formula or culinary recipes, are used in steel making or for glue production. Our analysis is based on th...
Depuis les années 1980-90, les études de l’art préhistorique ont développé les analyses techniques a...
Nombreux et variés sont les objets en os, en ivoire, en corne ou encore en bois de cervidé qui furen...
Le mobilier en bois de cerf découvert sur les sites médiévaux révèle la parfaite maîtrise des propri...
This doctoral work studies and documents the use of bone, antler, ivory, coral, mother-of-pearl, hor...
Ce travail documente l’utilisation des matières dures d’origine animale, en Provence entre le Moyen ...
For a period covering Hellenistic to Protobyzantine times — and beyond —, bone, horn, ivory and turt...
International audienceThanks to archaeological excavations conducted during the last decades, we now...
The Use of hard materials of Animal origin in the Production of Belt Accessories at the End of the m...
International audienceArcheological material and the archival sources provide an insight into the wa...
Compared to lithic implements, Solutrean bone industry has been considered for a long time as poor a...
The rock shelter of Pont d'Ambon has produced a relatively modest assemblage of bone tools. These ar...
International audienceIn Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, hunter-gatherer equipment made on hard mate...
International audienceThe rock shelter of Pont d'Ambon has produced a relatively modest assemblage o...
Au Proche-Orient, l'os, l'ivoire, la corne et l'écaille de tortue ont été exploités pour fabriquer d...
This synthetic study has been applied to 1831 artefacts and waste material originating from the hand...
Depuis les années 1980-90, les études de l’art préhistorique ont développé les analyses techniques a...
Nombreux et variés sont les objets en os, en ivoire, en corne ou encore en bois de cervidé qui furen...
Le mobilier en bois de cerf découvert sur les sites médiévaux révèle la parfaite maîtrise des propri...
This doctoral work studies and documents the use of bone, antler, ivory, coral, mother-of-pearl, hor...
Ce travail documente l’utilisation des matières dures d’origine animale, en Provence entre le Moyen ...
For a period covering Hellenistic to Protobyzantine times — and beyond —, bone, horn, ivory and turt...
International audienceThanks to archaeological excavations conducted during the last decades, we now...
The Use of hard materials of Animal origin in the Production of Belt Accessories at the End of the m...
International audienceArcheological material and the archival sources provide an insight into the wa...
Compared to lithic implements, Solutrean bone industry has been considered for a long time as poor a...
The rock shelter of Pont d'Ambon has produced a relatively modest assemblage of bone tools. These ar...
International audienceIn Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, hunter-gatherer equipment made on hard mate...
International audienceThe rock shelter of Pont d'Ambon has produced a relatively modest assemblage o...
Au Proche-Orient, l'os, l'ivoire, la corne et l'écaille de tortue ont été exploités pour fabriquer d...
This synthetic study has been applied to 1831 artefacts and waste material originating from the hand...
Depuis les années 1980-90, les études de l’art préhistorique ont développé les analyses techniques a...
Nombreux et variés sont les objets en os, en ivoire, en corne ou encore en bois de cervidé qui furen...
Le mobilier en bois de cerf découvert sur les sites médiévaux révèle la parfaite maîtrise des propri...