Les vestiges d’habitat du Néolithique ancien de Quimper, Kervouyec (Finistère)

Tinévez, Jean-Yves; Hamon, Gwenaëlle; Querré, Guirec; Marchand, Grégor; Pailler, Yvan; Darboux, Jean-René; Donnart, Klet; Marcoux, Nancy; Pustoc’h, François; Quesnel, Laurent; Oberlin, Christine; Roy, E. Le; Villard, Jean‐François; Nicolas, Éric

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“…The Neolithic ‘revolution’ then reached western Europe around 5500 BC (7450 BP) and the Armorican Massif around 5000 BC (6950 BP; Blanchet et al, 2010) via Danubian agricultural populations, evidenced by the western extension of the Linear Pottery Culture (i.e. Blicquy-Villeneuve-Saint-Germain , in Marcigny et al, 2010), and particularly in Southern Finistère (Marchand et al, 2006; Marcigny et al, 2010; Tinevez et al, 2015) through a diffusion model estimated at 1 km/yr (Giot et al, 1998). The contact between Mesolithic and Neolithic societies remains poorly documented, and predation practices gradually shifted to a production economy thanks to the domestication of animals and the emergence of agriculture.…”

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Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions during the Meso- to Neolithic transition (9.2–5.3 cal. ka BP) in Northwestern France: Palynological evidences

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Sedimentological, palynological, and micropalaeontological studies carried out throughout the first half of the Holocene, during the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition in the Bay of Brest (i.e. 9200-9000 and 6600-5300 cal. BP) and in the Bay of Douarnenez (i.e. 9200-8400 cal. BP), allowed characterizing coastal environmental changes under the increasing influence of the relative sea-level rise. The gradual flooding of the two studied sites implied a transition from river valleys to oceanic bays as revealed by the gradual retreat of salt marsh environments, as detected through palynological analysis. In addition, these high-resolution studies highlight the regional imprint of the North Atlantic millennial climate variability in northwestern coastal environments. Two cold climate events are indeed suggested to have been locally marked by a moisture increase, mainly detected by increases in Lingulodinium machaerophorum, Corylus, and Alnus percentages at 8550 cal. BP in the Bay of Douarnenez and at 6250 cal. BP in the Bay of Brest. Moreover, regarding the Neolithic transition timing in the Bay of Douarnenez, large pollen grains of Poaceae (i.e. Cerealia-type pollen grains) have been detected at around 8600 cal. BP, that is, 1500 years before the general accepted cereal cropping appearance in Western France. These results, consistent with other palynological studies conducted in the French Atlantic coast, could underline a Mesolithic 'proto-agriculture' in Brittany.

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Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions during the Meso- to Neolithic transition (9.2–5.3 cal. ka BP) in Northwestern France: Palynological evidences

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“…For the Early Neolithic, the remains of domestic life are rare in the west part of Brittany (Pailler 2007; Tinévez et al 2006). On the island of Quéménès, a pit located next to the long barrow was dated around 5890±32 bp (4837–4703 cal bc ; UBA-16738) and contained a polished stone axe and some sherds of thin and burnished ceramics (Pailler et al 2011b).…”

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Landscape Evolution and Human Settlement in the Iroise Sea (Brittany, France) during the Neolithic and Bronze Age

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Stéphan²,

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International audienceThe Molène archipelago appears to be particularly rich in Neolithic and Bronze Age remains and an exceptional concentration of megaliths has been brought to light. Several settlements are confirmed by dry-stone structures or by shell middens. These data give precious indications on the occupation chronology of the area. Moreover they allow us, for the first time in Brittany, to reconstruct everyday life during the late Prehistoric period.A prerequisite to this reconstruction was a better understanding of the evolution of the environment during this period, which locally implies a better knowledge of paleogeographic changes related to Holocene sea-level rise as well as on floral and faunal resources. The results obtained through paleogeographic reconstructions show that the archipelago since 4500 BC was already disconnected from the mainland. The megalithic monuments must therefore have been erected and used by islanders present on the archipelago from the middle of the 5th to the 2nd millennium BC. The distribution of the megalithic tombs reveals landscape occupation strategies which respond to both cultural choices and natural constraints. Throughout the entire period, geographic isolation has continued to increase, although it did not imply strong cultural specificities. Nevertheless, the increasing remoteness of the islands has fostered the search for livelihoods based on the intense exploitation of coastal resources. Despite their focus on the sea, these people did not neglect what inland areas could offer as evidenced by the early agro-pastoral practices in the archipelago

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“…( 14 , 15 ) with the earliest Neolithic sites in Brittany dating between 6,950 and 6,650 cal B.P. ( 16 ). Neolithization of northern Brittany of the region started ca.…”

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Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France

Simões,

Peyroteo-Stjerna,

Marchand

et al. 2024

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Since the early Holocene, western and central Europe was inhabited by a genetically distinct group of Western Hunter-Gatherers (WHGs). This group was eventually replaced and assimilated by the incoming Neolithic farmers. The western Atlantic façade was home to some of the last Mesolithic sites of mainland Europe, represented by the iconic open-air sites at Hoedic and Téviec in southern Brittany, France. These sites are known for the unusually well-preserved and rich burials. Genomic studies of Mesolithic European hunter-gatherers have been limited to single or a few individuals per site and our understanding of the social dynamics of the last Mesolithic hunter-gatherers of Europe and their interactions with incoming farmers is limited. We sequenced and analyzed the complete genomes of 10 individuals from the Late Mesolithic sites of Hoedic, Téviec, and Champigny, in France, four of which sequenced to between 23- and 8-times genome coverage. The analysis of genomic, chronological and dietary data revealed that the Late Mesolithic populations in Brittany maintained distinct social units within a network of exchanging mates. This resulted in low intra-group biological relatedness that prevented consanguineous mating, despite the small population size of the Late Mesolithic groups. We found no genetic ancestry from Neolithic farmers in the analyzed hunter-gatherers, even though some of them may have coexisted with the first farming groups in neighboring regions. Hence, contrary to previous conclusions based on stable isotope data from the same sites, the Late Mesolithic forager community was limited in mate-exchange to neighboring hunter-gatherer groups, to the exclusion of Neolithic farmers.

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Les vestiges d’habitat du Néolithique ancien de Quimper, Kervouyec (Finistère)

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions during the Meso- to Neolithic transition (9.2–5.3 cal. ka BP) in Northwestern France: Palynological evidences

Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions during the Meso- to Neolithic transition (9.2–5.3 cal. ka BP) in Northwestern France: Palynological evidences

Landscape Evolution and Human Settlement in the Iroise Sea (Brittany, France) during the Neolithic and Bronze Age

Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France

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