International audience; Following the example of the tremendous success of the digging of the Suez Canal during its time, scientific and technical progress led us to believe, for more than a century and a half, in a Nature that could be modelled by Man. The nineteenth c...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain) is a reference site for Middle Palaeolithic studies of the Iberian Peninsula. The cave preserves an extensive stratigraphic sequence made up of eight units, which is presented in depth in ...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The Chauvet cave (UNESCO World Heritage site, France) is located in the Ardèche Gorge, a unique physical and cultural landscape. Its setting within the gorge—overlooking a meander cutoff containing a natural arch called the Pont ...

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This work concerns the study of colors and dyes identified on archaeological textiles from the Atacama Desert. The different garments and ornaments come from the excavation of two important pre-Columbian cemeteries of the Tarapa...

International audience; Dessinatrice, performeuse et poétesse, l’artiste française Natacha Guiller — aussi connue sous le pseudonyme de SNG (sonde naso-gastrique) — fait de son quotidien et de son intimité le matériau d’une expression singulière. Atteinte de plusieurs t...

International audience; It is generally accepted that Jan van Eyck was unaware of perspective. However, an a-contrario analysis of the vanishing points in five of his paintings, realized between 1432 and 1439, unveils a recurring fishbone-like pattern that could only em...

International audience; Agreements about reciprocal recognition of patent rights between nations were at the heart of discussions at the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property held in Paris in 1883. Yet while some treat the so-called “Paris Union”...

International audience; This indigenous archaeological mission in the Mitaraka region, part of the Tumuc Humac Plateau, is the continuation of a previous project led by Marie Fleury concerning the indigenous cartography of ancient Wayana dwellings as well as the natural...

Introduction Le premier but de cette présentation est de convaincre – mais c’est sans doute déjà chose faite – qu’une connaissance fine et précise de la langue permet de comprendre des nuances importantes des textes. Je le montrerai à propos d’une question encore mal co...

This article reflects on the practice of reusing past interviews in order to improve our knowledge of historical events. It focuses on the period of the early years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland and draws on Martin J. McCleery’s recent work on internment (2015) to...