Marie Besse
University of Geneva
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Radiocarbon | 2009
Martine Piguet; Marie Besse
The Bell Beaker is a culture of the Final Neolithic, which spread across Europe between 2900 and 1800 BC. Since its origin is still widely discussed, we have been focusing our analysis on the transition from the Final Neolithic pre-Bell Beaker to the Bell Beaker. We thus seek to evaluate the importance of Neolithic influence in the establishment of the Bell Beaker by studying the common ware pottery and its chronology. Among the 26 main types of common ware defined by Marie Besse (2003), we selected the most relevant ones in order to determine—on the basis of their absolute dating—their appearance either in the Bell Beaker period or in the pre-Bell Beaker groups.
Cahiers Du Centre De Recherches Anthropologiques | 2012
Jocelyne Desideri; Marie Besse
RésuméEntité de la fin du Néolithique européen, le Campaniforme, que l’on a du mal à définir et à cerner comme un tout, a bénéficié d’interprétations diverses et variées. À l’origine de ces difficultés, son ample répartition géographique et ses composantes culturelles complexes. Depuis quelques années maintenant, la recherche au sein du laboratoire d’archéologie préhistorique et anthropologie de l’université de Genève privilégie les études à l’échelle du phénomène. Par l’étude de quatre volets complémentaires (la typologie et la chronologie de la céramique commune, l’occupation du territoire, la métallurgie du cuivre et l’anthropologie dentaire), l’objectif est de saisir les modalités de transition régissant le passage du Néolithique final au Campaniforme. L’accent est porté dans cette contribution non seulement sur l’un des volets du programme de recherche - l’anthropologie dentaire -, mais également sur une région clé pour la compréhension de l’émergence du Campaniforme : le nord de l’Espagne. L’objectif étant de définir par l’étude des traits non métriques dentaires si l’apparition de cette entité coïncide ou non avec un renouvellement de la population. Les analyses sont réalisées à partir de 11 sites regroupés en sept ensembles appartenant au Néolithique final, au Chalcolithique et au Campaniforme et à partir de 17 variables dentaires. Les résultats paléobiologiques sont très proches des interprétations issues des analyses archéologiques plaidant en faveur d’une continuité de peuplement avec l’émergence du Campaniforme dans cette région.AbstractAs an entity of the end of the European Neolithic, the Bell Beaker phenomenon, although difficult to define and explain as a whole, has been the subject of diverse and varied interpretations. The difficulties are due to its broad geographic distribution and complex cultural components. For several years now, research at the Laboratory of Prehistoric archaeology and anthropology at the University of Geneva has focused on the Bell Beaker culture area as a whole. Through four complementary lines of research (typology and chronology of common ceramic pottery, areas of settlement, copper metallurgy and dental anthropology), the aim is to identify the patterns that governed the transition from the Final Neolithic to the Bell Beaker culture. In this paper, the emphasis is not only on dental anthropology as one of the lines of research, but also on a key region for understanding the emergence of the Bell Beaker culture: northern Spain. The aim was to determine, through analyses of non-metric dental traits, whether or not the emergence of the Bell Beaker culture coincided with a renewal of the population. These analyses were made for 11 sites divided into seven groups belonging to the Final Neolithic, the Chalcolithic and the Bell Beaker, using 17 dental variables. The palaeobiological results are in close agreement with interpretations suggested by archaeological results that argue in favour of continuous settlement in northern Spain as the Bell Beaker culture emerged.
Journal of Archaeological Science | 2011
Florence Cattin; Barbara Guénette-Beck; Philippe Curdy; Nicolas Meisser; Stefan Ansermet; Beda A. Hofmann; Rainer Kündig; Vera Hubert; Marie Wörle; Kathrin Hametner; Detlef Günther; Adrian Wichser; Andrea Ulrich; Igor M. Villa; Marie Besse
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | 2009
Florence Cattin; Barbara Guénette-Beck; Marie Besse; Vincent Serneels
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | 2010
Jocelyne Desideri; Marie Besse
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | 2009
Florence Cattin; Igor M. Villa; Marie Besse
Archive | 2004
Marie Besse
Gallia | 2003
Marie Besse
Archive | 2007
Martine Piguet; Jocelyne Desideri; Robin Furestier; Florence Cattin; Marie Besse
Osteoporosis International | 2016
Emmanuel Biver; G Perréard Lopreno; Mélany Hars; van B Bert Rietbergen; J P Vallée; Serge Livio Ferrari; Marie Besse; René Rizzoli
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