SOPAST

 

Societies and environments of the past: life paths

Understanding the past, illuminating the future

The goal of this theme is to understand how people lived in the past by changing their environment. This theme raises questions about our world today and opens a field of reflection on current issues and the resilience of our societies in the face of global change.

Coordinators SOPAST :
Carole Begeot
Office : -111L – Tel : +33 381666513

Joseph Gauthier
Office : -117M – Tel : +33 381666127

Matthieu Le Bailly
Office : -118M – Tel : +33 81665725

Location :
La Bouloie – Bâtiment Propédeutique – aile M

Areas of research

Territories and societies of the past

Characterization of the influence of human societies on the appearance, management and transformation of the land.

Environment of past societies

Describing landscapes through time and surveying the human footprint in the context of the evolution and development of societies from the Palaeolithic to the present.

Exploitation of natural resources

Study of resource exploitation and relationships between artisans and consumers in various fields: stone, wood, bone, ivory, metal, glass.

Archaeology and history of risks

Describing landscapes through time and surveying the human footprint in the context of the evolution and development of societies from the Palaeolithic to the present.

Current projects

The YUP'IK Mission (2022-2025)

The archaeological excavations of the French mission YUP’IK 2022¬-¬2025 are currently taking place at the Nunalleq site, which is exceptional for the abundance and uniqueness of the excavated objects.

ANR-ArkaeoAG

ArkaeoAG, History, origins and spread of agriculture: new evidence from archaeobotany and paleogenomics, aims to trace the origin and spread of agriculture during the Holocene as an important process in the socioeconomic structuring of modern civilization.

CASIMODO

As part of the scientific work on Notre-Dame de Paris led by the CNRS and the Ministry of Culture, Chrono-Environnement is a partner in the ANR project “CASIMODO”: Optimum ClimAtique médiéval et développements SocIo-éconoMiques.

The PPG3 Project

The PPG-3 (Paleoparasitology and Paleogenetics – Phase 3) project focuses on the detection of ancient DNA (aDNA) from unicellular parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium, which infest the digestive systems of a wide variety of animal hosts, including humans.

SAHYLOR

The aim of this multidisciplinary project is to study the hundred or so ground-level latrines of the city of Ostia, one of the most important cities of the Roman Empire and a port and reflection of Rome, as well as the 200 drains on the first floor, which are considered to be toilets.

PCR confluence Saône-Doubs

The aim of this project is to relaunch a research dynamic in a key geographical area : the confluence of the Saône and Doubs rivers, in the heart of Burgundy some twenty kilometres north of Chalon-sur-Saône.

Pro Vienna

As part of a collective research programme (PCR), this project aims to set in motion a new research dynamic in an important geographical area: the confluence of the Saône and Doubs rivers, in the heart of Burgundy, about twenty kilometres north of Chalon-sur-Saône.

ANR MONACORALE

The MONACORALE (MONAsteriorum CORpus Adriaticorum et Locorum Ecclesiasticorum) research project is the result of collaboration between French, Croatian and Italian researchers working on ecclesiastical archives, texts and sites.

In addition, the laboratory has always participated in the research and protection of the regional archaeological heritage in centraland eastern France (Franche-Comté, Burgundy and adjacent regions) in the framework of preventive or programmed excavations in partnership with the SRA, INRAP and other actors such as the CEM Auxerre, as well as with the ARTEHIS laboratory as a privileged collaborator in designated programmes.