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Noisette Bec Drelon

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I am an archaeologist, PhD in Prehistory and Neolithic’s specialist. As part of my thesis, carried out in the Mediterranean Laboratory of Prehistory Europe Africa of Aix-Marseille University (LAMPEA-UMR7269), I worked on megalithic monuments architecture and funerary practices of the end of the Neolithic period. in the north-western basin of the Mediterranean, under the direction of André D'Anna. This work led me to carry out several scheduled excavation operations in Languedoc and Roussillon. I was able to set up a fine analysis method for this type of structure and in particular for systems peripheral to burial chambers (tumuli, ancillary structures, quarries, geological and geomorphological settlements, etc.). It is through a systematic return to the field that I produced new data and proposed a new reading of these monuments. Since the end of the thesis, I have continued my research on Languedoc megalithism and I have been a member of several scientific teams that have conducted excavations on dolmens in other regions, in Ardèche and in Southern Corsica. I intervene to establish a methodology for excavating the tumulus, analyzing and interpreting the results. These various collaborations have allowed me to open up to other chrono-cultural contexts and to broaden my field of research. My reflections on megalithism and what it implies in terms of societies organization of and their symbolic representations, led me to take an interest in sub-current megalithisms. In 2017, I was attached to the Archimedes Laboratory (UMR 7044) of the Strasbourg’s University to the team III "Prehistory of Middle Europe" led by Ch. Jeunesse. The objective was to work on the sub-current megalithisms of Sumba island (Indonesia) with a view to nourishing a reflection on issues that are technical, cultural, structural and symbolic. Since 2021, I am attached to the Laboratoire Archéorient of the University of Lyon (UMR 5133) and I work on the funerary monuments between the Late Chalcolithic to the Late Bronze Age in Khaybar oasis (Saudi Arabia). This research is part of the Khaybar Longue Durée Archaeological Project (2020-2024), directed by Rémy Crassard (CNRS, UMR5133), Guillaume Charloux (CNRS, UMR8167) and Munirah AlMushawh (Royal Commission of AlUla). The objective is to carry out a typo-chronology of the tombs through ground survey, excavations and spatial and statistical analyses. The field phase is now complete, and we are preparing several publications of the results.

Research themes:

- Excavation and technological and architectural analysis of megalithic funerary monuments in the Mediterranean and the Arabian Peninsula
- Agro-pastoral societies of the late prehistoric period in the north-western Mediterranean basin.
- Strategies for the occupation of the territory (especially burials), constraints and opportunities of the environment.
- Sub-actual megalithic societies, social organisation, funerary practices and tomb construction techniques.

Supervisors: André D'Anna, Philippe Galant, Christian Jeunesse, Rémy Crassard, and Guillaume Charloux

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Archéologie et Préhistoire

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