Rémi Berthon
Publications
Publications
Common Practices or Regional Variations? Synthesizing Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Evidence from the Neolithic South Caucasus14th ICAANE, Jun 2025, Lyon, France |
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Tracing agricultural and pastoral strategies in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age South Caucasus: a comparative analysis2MI, Migrations, Mobility and Innovations: interpreting change between the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in the South Caucasus and Northern Iran (ca 6200-2400 BCE), ANR 2MI, Nov 2024, Paris, France |
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Tracking archaeological sheep breed diversity in Southwest Asia in palaeoproteomic30th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologies, Aug 2024, Rome, Italy |
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Why Migrations, Mobility and Innovations? A few words about the cultural-historical context of Late Prehistoric Caucasus and nearby regionsMigrations, Mobility and Innovations: interpreting change between the Neolithic and the Early Bronze Age in the South Caucasus and Northern Iran (ca. 6200-2400 BCE), Catherine Marro; Rémi Berthon; Céline Bon; François-Xavier le Bourdonnec, Nov 2024, Paris, France |
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Anatomy of the Kültepe I culture. Its significance for unravelling the formation processes of the Caucasian NeolithicWorld Neolithic Congress, Nov 2024, Sanliurfa, Turkey |
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Isotopic approach to animal biographies. Its potential and limits to investigate pastoral mobilities in the South Caucasus and Northwestern Iran from the Neolithic to the Bronze AgeHuman Movement and Mobility in HighLandscape Environments, Apr 2022, Frankfurt, Germany |
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Over the mountain and the vale. Modern reference datasets for documenting pastoral practicesHuman Movement and Mobility in HighLandscape Environments, Apr 2022, Frankfurt, Germany |
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Are petrous bones just a repository of ancient molecules? Investigating biosystematic signals in caprine petrous bone using 3D virtual morphology11th symposium national de morphométrie et évolution des formes, ISEM, Montpellier, Jun 2021, Montpellier (France), France |
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Polysource procurement at Nakhchivan Tepe (Azerbaijan, Chalcolithic): first insights into the obsidian consumption patterns of a Dalma site recently discovered in the Southern CaucasusInternational Obsidian Conference, May 2019, Sárospatak, Hungary. pp.121-132 |
Seasonal calving in European prehistoric cattleEAA 2021 Widening horizons, Sep 2021, Kiel (Viosioconférence), Germany |
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Plant and animal consumption in Northwest Iran during the Bronze Age: an insight from Aliabad Tepe and Qaleh Sardar Bukan27th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists, Sep 2021, Kiel, Germany |
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Resolution and limits of isotopic approaches to puzzle out seasonal herd mobility. A modern case study from AzerbaijanEAA 2021 Widening horizons, Sep 2021, Kiel (Visioconférence), Germany |
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Human settlement in the highlands of southern Caucasus during Chalcolithic and Bronze Age through archeozoology, stable isotopes and cementochronologyEAA 2021 Widening horizons, Sep 2021, Kiel (Visioconférence), Germany |
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Nature concepts et enjeux des référentiels isotopiques pour décrire les systèmes d’élevage du passéRéférentiels : nature et pratiques en archéométrie. Journées thématiques des réseaux CAI-RN et DIM MAP, May 2021, Paris, France |
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Did herders’ resilience drown the environmental signal out? A reflection on the evolution of animal resources’ exploitation in the Caucasus from the VIth to the IIIrd millennia BCCrises, Collapse and Change in the Occupation Patterns of the Caucasus during the Holocene: Environmental and Human Factors, Nov 2021, Paris, France |
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EVOSHEEP project: Documenting morphological diversity of early sheep 'breeds' in Southwest Asian societies (6th - 1rst millennia BC) using 3D geometric morphometric of appendicular bones9ème réunion du groupe de travail en Archéozoologie, Génétique, Protéomiques et Morphométriques (AGPM – ICAZ) - Université d'Oulu, Sep 2021, Oulu, Finland |
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Mapping herd mobilities and evaluating their role in exchange networks, a preliminary view from Ovçular Tepesi (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan)The integration of the mountains into the Caucasian agro-pastoral systems between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, Nov 2020, Online, France |
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Pastoral activities and the search for mineral resources: Insights and new approaches from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age TranscaucasusThe integration of the mountains into the Caucasian agro-pastoral systems between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, Nov 2020, Online, France |
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Isotopic evidence for the appearance of vertical herd mobility in the Southern CaucasusThe integration of the mountains into the Caucasian agro-pastoral systems between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age, Nov 2020, Online, France |
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Excavations and researches at Kiçik Tepe (Azerbaidjan). New data on the Neolithic of the Middle Kura ValleyThe Neolithization processes of the Caucasus: a reassessment in the light of recent archaeological, bioarchaeological and environmental data, Dec 2019, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Dynamics of obsidian consumption between Nakhchivan and Northwestern Iran: a long-term perspective (6200 2300 BC)The Araxes Rivers in Late Prehistory: Bridge or Border?, May 2019, Lyon, France |
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Domestication, diffusion et hybridation du chameau à partir de données archéozoologiquesHistoire et actualité des Camélidés d’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient - Journée d’étude de la Société d’Ethnozootechnie, Jun 2019, Paris, France |
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Sharing taste and know-how: Regional distribution of animal exploitation patterns and pastoral strategies in the Southern Caucasus and Northwestern Iran from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze AgeThe Araxes Rivers in Late Prehistory: Bridge or Border?, May 2019, Lyon, France |
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Herding and hunting in north-western Iran and adjacent areas from Late Neolithic to Early Bronze AgeThe Araxes Rivers in Late Prehistory: Bridge or Border?, May 2019, Lyon, France |
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The formation of the Caucasian Neolithic as seen from Kültepe I - New data (2012-2018)The Neolithization processes of the Caucasus: a reassessment in the light of recent archaeological, bioarchaeological and environmental data, Dec 2019, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Environmental determinism or cultural choice ? The contribution of herding strategies to the shaping of Neolithic identities in the CaucasusThe Neolithization processes of the Caucasus: a reassessment in the light of recent archaeological, bioarchaeological and environmental data, Dec 2019, Istanbul, Turkey |
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Herds on their way to the pastures: Zooarchaeological results of Uçan Ağıl campsite (5th-3rd mill. BC / Nakhchivan - Azerbaijan)XIVth ASWA(AA) Meeting, Jun 2019, Barcelona, Spain |
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Hidden hybrids: Camels and cultural blending in the Ancient Near EastXIVth ASWA(AA) Meeting, Jun 2019, Barcelona, Spain |
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New data on the protohistoric exploitation of obsidian in Nakhchivan: first provenance results from the PAST-OBS project18th UISPP World Congress, X-1. Archaeometry of prehistoric and protohistoric stone, metal, ceramics and glass, Jun 2018, Paris, France |
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Des pratiques d'élevage aux systèmes socio-économiques de la Préhistoire récenteL’Archéologie au Muséum, Journées du Département Homme et Environnement, MNHN (11 octobre 2018, Paris), 2018, Paris, France |
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Seasonal vertical mobility of Chalcolithic herds in Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan) and current practicesHumans and Caprines: from mountain to steppe, from hunting to husbandry. 39èmes Rencontres Internationales d’Archéologie et d’Histoire d’Antibes, Oct 2018, Antibes, France |
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Looking north: first insights into the consumption of obsidian from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Nakhchivan11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Apr 2018, Munich, Germany |
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The Neolithization processes of the Caucasus: new archaeological and environmental evidence from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)18e congrès de l'UISPP:"Adaptation et durabilité des sociétés préhistoriques et protohistoriques face aux variations climatiques", Jun 2018, Paris, France |
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The PAST-OBS project: ‘From transhumance to the mine: the role of nomadic pastoralists in the protohistoric exploitation of obsidian in Iran and the Caucasus’The International Symposium on the Archaeology and Archaeometry of the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages in Northwest Iran and South Caucasus, Sep 2017, Tabriz, Iran |
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Sourcing obsidian from Ovçular Tepesi (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan): application of an analytical strategy11th International Symposium on Knappable Materials – From toolstone to stone tools, Nov 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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The role of herding strategies in the exploitation of natural resources by early mining communities in the CaucasusOn Salt, Copper, and Gold: The Origins of Early Mining and Metallurgy in the Caucasus, Jun 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia |
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Pastoral strategies in the Caucasus (VIth-IIIrd mill BC)ANR ORIMIL closing conference "Millet cultivation in the Caucasus from the 6th to the 2nd mill BC: origin and development", Nov 2015, Lyon, France |
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Building a modern isotopic reference collection for the study of ancient pastoralism in the Zagros and South CaucasusComing of Age? Stable Isotopes in Archaeology, Nov 2014, Kiel, Germany |
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Animal exploitation, social organization and economic strategies in the «Kura-Araxes» cultural complex (South Caucasus, Eastern Anatolia and Northwestern Iran)Urbanisation, Trade, Subsistence and Production during the Bronze Age on the Iranian Plateau, Apr 2014, Lyon, France |
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Animal husbandry during the 5th and 3rd millennia in the Caucasus: New resultsOn Salt, Copper and Gold. On the beginnings of Early Metallurgy in the Caucasus, Dec 2014, Bochum, Germany |
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From the animals to the meals. The contribution of zooarchaeology to the knowledge of alimentary practices during the Uruk periodWorkshop Food and Urbanization: Material and Textual Perspectives on Alimentary Practice in Early Mesopotamia, Mar 2014, Berlin, Germany |
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Social diversity in LBIIA Amuq: a zooarchaeological study of recently excavated LBIIA contexts in ancient Alalakh11th International ASWA Meeting. Archaeozoology of Southwestern Asia and Adjacent Areas, 2013, Haifa (Israël), Israel |
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Interactions between Human Societies and Animals during the Chalcolithic Period: New Evidence from Ovçular Tepesi (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan)Archaeology and Ethnography of Azerbaijan in the Independent Period, Nov 2013, Baku, Azerbaijan |
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Refuse disposals in the Chalcolithic pits of Ovchular Tepesi (Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan)7th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE, Apr 2010, Londres, United Kingdom |
Animal exploitation of pastoral and wild resources during the Bronze Age in Aliabad, a settlement in north-west Iran (West Azerbaijan Province)Roger Alcàntara Fors, Maria Saña Seguí, and Carlos Tornero Dacasa. Archaeozoology of the Near East XIV, Proceedings of the 14e international Symposium of the ICAZ, Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas Working Group, BAR Publishing, pp.111-140, 2024 |
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Kura-Araxes Mobility: Search for Pastures and Raw Materials?Sepideh Maziar, Barbara Helwings. Appropriating Height, Movement and Mobility in Highland Landscapes of Southwest Asia, 2024, ISBN 978-94-6427-109-6 |
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Animal exploitation of pastoral and wild resources during the Bronze Age in Aliabad, a rural settlement in north west of Iran (west Azerbaijan province)Hassanzadeh Y., Faraji N. (Eds.). Proceeding of stratigraphy Excavation at Bronze Age site of Aliabad, Boukan, North west Iran, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, In press |
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Over mountain and vale documenting pastoral practices in the Gedebey and Semkir districts, (South-western Azerbaijan)Averbouh A., Nejma G. & Méry S. (eds.). Nomad lives: from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day, Paris : Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, pp. 361-383, 2021, 978-2-85653-966-8. ⟨10.5852/nes04⟩ |
Environment and Subsistence Economies at Iron Age Ulug-depe, South-eastern Turkmenistan: First Results from the Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological StudiesThe Archaeology of Central Asia during the 1st Millennium BC From the Beginning of the Iron Age to the Hellenistic Period. Proceedings of the Workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 201, 18, Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, pp.49-70, 2021, OREA, ⟨10.1553/978OEAW84492⟩ |
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The role of herding strategies in the exploitation of natural resources by early mining communities in the CaucasusOn salt, copper and gold, MOM Éditions, pp.263-284, 2021, ⟨10.4000/books.momeditions.12602⟩ |
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Domestication, diffusion and hybridization of the Bactrian camelLes vaisseaux du désert et des steppes, MOM Éditions, pp.21-26, 2020, ⟨10.4000/books.momeditions.8527⟩ |
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Toward a definition of the Kura-Araxes agropastoral systemsThe Iranian Plateau during the Bronze Age, MOM Éditions, pp.89-98, 2019, ⟨10.4000/books.momeditions.8016⟩ |
Kura-Araxes Exploitation of Animal Resources in Northwestern Iran and Nakhchivan. In Archaeozoology of the Near East 12. (Çakirlar C., Chahoud J., Berthon R., Pilaar Birch S. Eds.) Proceedings of the Groningen 2015 ASWA conference. Groningen Archaeological Series. Groingen. 91-108.Archaeozoology of the Near East 12. (Çakirlar C., Chahoud J., Berthon R., Pilaar Birch S. Eds.) Proceedings of the Groningen 2015 ASWA conference. Groningen Archaeological Series. Groingen. 91-108., 2018 |