Understanding the integrity of archaeological accumulations and any taphonomic process that interfered with the integrity of accumulations is necessary to assess hominid behaviour and ecology. From this point of view, the occurrence within archaeological sites of large sized burrowers, such as badgers, could be problematic. Badger burrows and skeletal remains frequently occur in Pleistocene deposits; however, the temporal and behavioural relationships of these items to the rest of the (...)

Defining the Wilderness implies to start from the christian authors who are authoritative in early Middle Ages. The perception of the wild nature is a synthesis of the antique knowledge and the conception of the universe as presented in the Bible, then developed by the exegesis and the Fathers’ commentaries. This vision, actually original, can be found in the writings of the hagiographers which present the saints in the wild nature. In their quest to spirituality, away from the (...)

Composition of the jury J. Britton-Davidian (Montpellier), rapporteur D. Stordeur (Lyon-Jalès), rapporteur J. Guilaine (Coll. de France, Toulouse) D. Helmer (Lyon-Jalès) S. Thiébault (Nanterre) J.-C. Auffray (Jerusalem), co-director J.-D. Vigne (Museum), director. Key-words Mus musculus, Commensalism, Biological invasion, Geometric Morphometric, Systematic, Phylogeography, Island evolution, Neolithic, Ancient sailing, Anthropisation Abstract This work attempted to throw light on the (...)