National audienceThe chasséen habitat of “Champ Madame” at Beaumont in the Puy-de-Dome region is made up of many hamlets corresponding to a vast site occupied over fairly long periods during the second middle neolithic. Given the theme concerning the dynamics and evolutionary rhythms of late prehistoric societies, these occupations will be presented following a chrono-culturel and spatial approach. The main forms of architecture, pottery and lithic material productions in particular will be looked at in terms of continuitie and/or ruptures, in light of the diverse evolutionary rhythms proposed. We will finally question the possibility of characterising an identity typical of the “Champ Madame” neolithic population and from which level of de...