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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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0000-0001-6209-7563

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  • Publication
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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.
  • Publication
    Accès libre
    What Happened to the Southern European Hunter-Gatherers at the Advent of Farming, between Western Anatolia and the Head of the Adriatic Sea (9000--4500 BC)? A narrative description based on the archaeological record
    (Neuchâtel, 2016)
    Templer, Michaël 
    ;
    Honegger, Matthieu 
    Other than the ‘Objectives and Introduction’ and ‘Conclusions’, this study is meant as a reference manual regarding the evidence for the contact period between the autochthonous Mesolithic hunter-gatherer population and the immigrant Neolithic farmers in the Study Area, which stretches from Western Anatolia to the Trentino-Alto Adige at the head of the Adriatic, and which is broken into 24 Regions, grouped into 6 Macro-Regions. Through the published archaeological record, site visits and meetings with regional experts, this study attempts to elucidate and summarise how the Terminal Mesolithic population in the 24 Regions interacted with the Initial Neolithic migrants. The study differentiates between Mesolithic sites in which ‘Neolithic’ attributes appear at a point in time and Neolithic sites established by migrant farmers which might have encompassed Mesolithic attributes, recognising that this last is in many cases more difficult to elucidate. The contact period, which can be short or last many centuries, has been termed ‘Transition’ to avoid the Mesolithic-Neolithic dichotomy, since hunter-gatherers can in many instances be seen to continue with their ancestral lifeways after acquiring some desirable Neolithic attributes, and where possible, their progress towards the full Neolithic or their disappearance from the archaeological record has been tracked over time. The Mesolithic way of life eventually disappears from the archaeological record, and the Transition is a watershed moment for humanity as mankind transitions from a life lived broadly in symbiosis with nature to one lived in which nature is altered to meet mankind’s desires. A part les sections ‘Objectives and Introduction’ et ‘Conclusions’, cette étude prétend être un manuel de référence concernant la période de contact entre les populations de chasseur-cueilleurs mésolithiques autochtones et les fermiers immigrants néolithiques dans la zone d’étude, qui couvre une aire géographique entre l’Anatolie occidentale et le Trentino-Alto Adige au nord de la Mer Adriatique, et qui est divisée en 24 régions, groupées en 6 macro-régions. Par le biais des publications archéologiques, des visites de sites et des rencontres avec des experts régionaux, cette étude cherche à mettre en avant de manière succincte comment les populations du Mésolithique terminal des 24 régions ont interagi avec les premiers migrants néolithiques. L’étude fait une différence entre sites mésolithiques où des attributs ‘néolithiques’ font leur apparition à un moment donné, et sites néolithiques établis par des agriculteurs immigrants qui auraient pu inclure des éléments mésolithiques, tout en reconnaissant que percevoir ce dernier pose problème. La période de contact, qui pouvait être courte ou durer plusieurs siècles, a été nommée ‘Transition’ dans le but d’éviter la dichotomie Mésolithique-Néolithique, car dans plusieurs cas on constate que les derniers chasseurs-cueilleurs ont continué leur mode de vie ancestrale après avoir acquis certains attributs néolithiques, et là où c'est possible nous avons suivi leur progrès dans le temps vers le Néolithique ou leur disparition d’un point de vue archéologique. Le mode de vie mésolithique disparait éventuellement des sites archéologiques, et la Transition est un moment clé pour l’humanité alors qu’il change d’un mode de vie en symbiose avec la nature à un autre dans lequel la nature est pliée pour palier à ses désirs.