Z. Tsirtsoni (éd.), The Human Face of Radiocarbon, TMO 69, Lyon, 2016

 

The Human Face of Radiocarbon. Reassessing chronology in prehistoric Greece and Bulgaria, 5000-3000 cal BC (TMO 69)

 

This volume presents the results of a multidisciplinary research program (“Balkans 4000”) financed by the French National Research Agency (ANR) and coordinated by the editor between 2007 and 2011, when she was a member of the Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (Laboratory of Archaeometry and Archaeology). 192 new radiocarbon dates have been produced in the laboratories of Lyon, Saclay, and Demokritos, from thirty-four archaeological sites, spanning the years from the end of the 6th to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC. They shed light on the evolution of human settlement during the late stages of the Neolithic period in Greece and Bulgaria, and more specifically on the transition from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age during the “obscure” 4th millennium BC.

Thirty-one scholars, archaeologists as well as radiocarbon scientists, are signing the contributions.

 

 

 

Ce volume présente les résultats d’un programme de recherche pluridisciplinaire (« Balkans 4000 ») financé par l’Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) et coordonné par l’éditrice entre 2007 et 2011, lorsqu’elle était membre de la Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée (Laboratoire Archéologie et Archéométrie). Les 192 nouvelles datations 14C, produites dans les laboratoires de Lyon, Saclay et Athènes (Demokritos) à partir d’échantillons venant de 34 sites en Grèce et en Bulgarie, couvrent la période s’étendant de la fin du 6e au début du 3e millénaire av. J.-C. Ces datations éclairent l’évolution du peuplement durant les dernières phases du Néolithique, et plus particulièrement la transition vers l’âge du Bronze durant « l’obscur » 4e millénaire.

Trente-et-un chercheurs, archéologues et spécialistes des datations 14C, signent les contributions rassemblées dans ce volume.

 

List of contributors / Liste des contributeurs

  • Vassiliki Adrymi-Sismani, Director Emeritus of the
    Archaeological Institute for Thessalian Studies
  • Ioannis Aslanis, National Hellenic Research
    Foundation, Athens
  • Maya Avramova, National Museum of
    Anthropology, Sofia
  • Kamen Boyadzhiev, National Institute of
    Archaeology with Museum, Sofia
  • Yavor Boyadzhiev, National Institute of
    Archaeology with Museum, Sofia
  • Dimitar Chernakov, Regional Historical Museum
    of Ruse
  • Stefan Chohadzhiev, Veliko Tarnovo University
  • Kleio Dimitriou, Archaeologist
  • Kerasia Douni, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Eastern Attica
  • Georgi Ganetsovski, Regional Historical Museum
    of Vratsa
  • Olga Kakavogianni, Honorary Director of
    Antiquities, Greek Ministry of Culture
  • Christos Karagiannopoulos, Greek Ministry of
    Culture, Ephorate of Antiquities of Karditsa
  • Christina Katsavou, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Eastern Attica
  • Chaïdo Koukouli-Chrysanthaki, Emeritus
    Director of Antiquities, Kavala
  • Krassimir Leshtakov, St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia
    University
  • Dimitria Malamidou, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Kavala-Thasos
  • Yannis Maniatis, Laboratory of Archaeometry,
    N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Agia Paraskevi (Attica)
  • Fanis Mavridis, Greek Ministry of Culture, Ephorate
    of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology
  • Miltiadis Miteletsis, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Pieria
  • Vassil Nikolov, National Institute of Archaeology
    with Museum, Sofia
  • Christine Oberlin, Radiocarbon Laboratory of
    Lyon, UMR 5138 Archaeology and Archaeometry
  • Stratis Papadopoulos, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Drama
  • Vanya Petrova, St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University
  • Viktoria Petrova, National Institute of Archaeology
    with Museum, Sofia
  • Anastasios Siros, Greek Ministry of Culture, Ephorate
    of Palaeoanthropology and Speleology
  • Žarko Tankosić, Indiana University, Dept. of
    Anthropology
  • Nadezhda Todorova, St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia
    University
  • Giorgos Toufexis, Greek Ministry of Culture,
    Ephorate of Antiquities of Larissa
  • Elena Tselepi, Archaeologist
  • Zoï Tsirtsoni, CNRS, UMR 7041 ArScAn,
    Nanterre
  • Maya Valentinova, Regional Historical Museum
    of Lovech