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Honegger, Matthieu

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Honegger, Matthieu
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Professeur.e ordinaire
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matthieu.honegger@unine.ch
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https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/249
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  • Publication
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    From hunter‐gatherers to food producers: New dental insights into the Nile Valley population history (Late Paleolithic–Neolithic)
    (2024)
    Nicolas Martin
    ;
    Adrien Thibeault
    ;
    Lenka Varadzinová
    ;
    Stanley H. Ambrose
    ;
    Daniel Antoine
    ;
    Petra Brukner Havelková
    ;
    Honegger, Matthieu 
    ;
    Joel D. Irish
    ;
    Piotr Osypiński
    ;
    Donatella Usai
    ;
    Nicolas Vanderesse
    ;
    Ladislav Varadzin
    ;
    Rebecca J. Whiting
    ;
    Petr Velemínský
    ;
    Isabelle Crevecoeur
    AbstractObjectivesThis study presents biological affinities between the last hunter‐fisher‐gatherers and first food‐producing societies from the Nile Valley. We investigate odontometric and dental tissue proportion changes between these populations from the Middle Nile Valley and acknowledge the biological processes behind them.Materials and MethodsDental remains of 329 individuals from Nubia and Central Sudan that date from the Late Pleistocene to the mid‐Holocene are studied. Using 3D imaging techniques, we investigated outer and inner metric aspects of upper central incisors, and first and second upper molars.ResultsLate Paleolithic and Mesolithic foragers display homogeneous crown dimensions, dental tissue proportions, and enamel thickness distribution. This contrasts with Neolithic trends for significant differences from earlier samples on inner and outer aspects. Finally, within the Neolithic sample differences are found between Nubian and Central Sudanese sites.DiscussionSubstantial dental variation appears to have occurred around 6000 bce in the Nile Valley, coinciding with the emergence of food‐producing societies in the region. Archeological and biological records suggest little differences in dietary habits and dental health during this transition. Furthermore, the substantial variations identified here would have happened in an extremely short time, a few centuries at most. This does not support in situ diet‐related adaptation. Rather, we suggest these data are consistent with some level of population discontinuity between the Mesolithic and Neolithic samples considered here. Complex settlement processes could also explain the differences between Nubia and Central Sudan, and with previous results based on nonmetric traits.
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    First Swiss alpine agropastoral societies: Contribution of isotope analysis to the study of their diet and mobility
    (2024)
    Déborah Rosselet-Christ
    ;
    Gwenaëlle Goude
    ;
    Marie Besse
    ;
    Honegger, Matthieu 
    ;
    Georgios Kottas
    ;
    Matteo Gios
    ;
    Jocelyne Desideri
    The aim of this study is to add new data to the knowledge of the first alpine agro-pastoral societies by studying their dietary practices and mobility. Using the principles of isotopic biogeochemistry, the stable isotope ratios of carbon (δ13 C), nitrogen (δ15 N) and sulphur (δ34 S) on bone collagen and strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) on dental enamel were measured to discuss the diet and residence history of 49 individuals from the Middle Neolithic necropolises of Collombey-Muraz − Barmaz I and II (Valais, Switzerland). Individuals from both burial assemblages have collagen isotope values indicating a diet based on terrestrial resources with a very high consumption of animal proteins. However, the individuals from Barmaz II have consumed a nitrogen-15 enriched resource. The strontium results show that only a few individuals buried in Barmaz I show non-local values, whereas all individuals buried in Barmaz II have values similar to the environment in which they were buried. Whether in terms of diet, access to resources or mobility, no differences were observed between male and female individuals, neither in their isotopic values nor in the variability of these values. Taken all together, the results suggest the existence of a possible reserved area in the burial zone, even if coming from ’elsewhere’ did not seem to have any influence on access to food resources. However, if being male or female did not seem to play an important social role in this population, it seems that it is the location of their burial that gives more information about their status. Finally, these new data, combined with previous knowledge, raise the question of whether the individuals buried at Barmaz II belonged to a group that was socially distinct from the rest of the Barmaz population.
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    Production et statut de la céramique funéraire dans le royaume de Kerma (Soudan, 2550-1500 av. J.‑C.)
    (2023)
    Honegger, Matthieu 
    Dans la vallée du Nil, et plus précisément en Nubie, l’artisanat de la céramique se distingue dès le Néolithique par l’investissement dans les décors, le traitement de la surface et la variété des formes. C’est notamment dans le royaume de Kerma que cet artisanat atteint une qualité rarement égalée, avec le développement d’une céramique fine, rouge à bord noir, polie et souvent munie de décors d’une diversité étonnante. Les travaux menés depuis des décennies par la mission archéologique suisse à Kerma ont permis de dégager, sur plus de 20 hectares, la capitale de ce premier royaume nubien, située au sud de la troisième cataracte du Nil, et de mener des recherches dans différents secteurs de la nécropole royale qui lui est associée. Cette approche croisée a permis de montrer que la céramique fine la plus élaborée de la phase ancienne du royaume (2550-2050 av. J.‑C.) était exclusivement réservée à un usage funéraire et était quasiment absente de l’habitat. Si la découverte de fours dans la ville et de tombes de potières dans la nécropole apporte des précisions quant à la chaîne opératoire, ce sont la diversité des décors et la contextualisation de ces céramiques fines qui permettent de proposer des hypothèses quant à leur fonction sociale.
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    The Archers of Kerma: Warrior Image and Birth of a State
    (2023)
    Honegger, Matthieu 
    A research programme conducted by the Swiss archaeological mission in the oldest sectors of the Eastern Cemetery of Kerma has uncovered the tombs of several dozen archers. The appearance of these armed warriors dating from ca. 2300 BC onwards can be put in parallel with the resumption of commercial activities between Egypt and Nubia, illustrated by the Harkhuf expeditions. The archers and their warrior attributes probably participate in the emergence of kingship ca. 2000 BC, which takes control of the commercial axis along the Nile and is illustrated by the accumulation of wealth and the development of servitude. This article proposes to describe these Kerma archers and then to look at the evolution of funerary rites that show in their own way how a social hierarchy emerges that will lead to the birth of a state, in this instance the kingdom of Kerma.
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    “Diffusionist”. Suggestions in the Nile Valley Prehistory
    (2023)
    Donatella Usai
    ;
    Friederike Jesse
    ;
    Honegger, Matthieu