Les structures attribuables au Néolithique moyen de type La Roberte (fin du Ve millénaire-début du IVe millénaire avant notre ère)

Antolín, Ferran; Delefosse, Charlène; Denaire, Anthony; Errera, Michel; Follmann, Franziska; Jacomet, Stéfanie; Jesus, Ana; Kühn, Marla; Martínez-Grau, Héctor; Pétrequin, Pierre; Schäfer, Marguerita; Schibler, Jörg; Reggio, Adrien; Willigen, Samuel van

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“…Furthermore, study of the plant remains from the three wells likewise has yielded compelling data on crop husbandry, agriculture development, and changes in crop cultivation during the Middle Neolithic. The plant findings also highlight a clear shift in the crop spectrum around 4000 cal B.C., a phenomenon identified elsewhere in southern France [ 3 , 12 , 24 , 25 ]. While the better-represented crops during the 5th millennium B.C.…”

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“…A research excavation followed from 2012 to 2015, carried out by several partner institutions (University of Basel, University of Aix-Marseille; Service Régional de l’Archéologie de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and the Direction du Patrimoine de L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue). An archaeological evaluation, as well as the first results of the archaeobiological investigations, was published in 2020 in the monograph coordinated by Samuel van Willigen [ 23 , 24 , 25 ]. In addition to the occupation from the Middle Neolithic (Néolithique moyen), the site also yielded structures from the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Gallo-Roman, and Modern periods, which will not be treated in this article.…”

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“…This phase also reveals no trace of dwellings and, unlike the earlier Middle Neolithic sequence, it has no burials. However, the presence of structures potentially linked to storage (round pits and silo pits) suggest settlement activities [ 25 ].…”

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“…The lower, waterlogged fill of well 990 (and to a less degree that of well 994) consisted of a highly organic and well-preserved deposit comprising mostly animal dung [ 12 ] and abundant insect and small vertebrate remains [ 25 ]. Indicators of root bioturbation were less common in the dung-rich samples of well 990 (samples 69–74).…”

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“…The current paper does not intend to offer a detailed presentation and discussion of the entire microfauna of this site, in particular, the broad insect assemblage. However, preliminary results can be consulted in the monographic publication of the site [ 25 ], and the final results will be examined elsewhere and in connection with the study focusing on ecological aspects [ 26 ]. Furthermore, this article also investigates the strategies adopted at this Middle Neolithic site relative to changes in crop cultivation, crop choice, farming, and storage practices in response to pest infestation.…”

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Small Animals, Big Impact? Early Farmers and Pre- and Post-Harvest Pests from the Middle Neolithic Site of Les Bagnoles in the South-East of France (L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur)

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Pests appear to have accompanied humans and their crops since the beginning of farming. Nevertheless, their study is only rarely integrated into research on farming in prehistory. An assemblage of invertebrates and small mammals was recovered from the waterlogged layers of three wells at the Middle Neolithic site (4250–3700 cal B.C.) of Les Bagnoles (SE France). The microfaunal remains were retrieved from sediment samples by wet sieving (wash-over technique). The most common among the rodents is the wood mouse. The assemblage also consists of insect remains of grain weevil, seed beetle, and corn ground beetle. The different finds not only offer data on the role of insect and rodent pests in the Neolithic but on the possible strategies adopted by the early farming communities in the western Mediterranean in response to pest infestation. The findings appear to confirm the hypothesis that the wood mouse was a commensal and storage pest in settlements long before the arrival of the invasive house mouse during the Bronze Age. The presence of the main storage pest, the grain weevil, suggests a long-term grain storage issue at Les Bagnoles. The combination of the results of the site’s archaeobotanical findings with those of other sites in the western Mediterranean suggests that the shift from naked to glume wheat around 4000 B.C. may also stem from a reaction to the problem of grain weevil infestation.

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confidence: 52%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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