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Film documentaire relatant les fouilles archéologiques réalisées sur le Château royal de Colliour... more Film documentaire relatant les fouilles archéologiques réalisées sur le Château royal de Collioure (Pyrénées-Orientales, France). Film réalisé par Philippe Benoist.

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Papers by PASSARRIUS Olivier

Research paper thumbnail of Des vases sur le toit. Les vases de remplissage de voûte dans les églises des Pyrénées-Orientales

Research paper thumbnail of Vilalta et son terroir dans la longue durée. Commune de Targasonne, Pyrénées-Orientales, Rapport final d'opération, diagnostic archéologique

Depuis plus de deux décennies, la Cerdagne française (partie orientale de la chaîne des Pyrénées)... more Depuis plus de deux décennies, la Cerdagne française (partie orientale de la chaîne des Pyrénées) constitue un terrain de recherche expérimental sur la structuration des terroirs agro-pastoraux de montagne dans le temps long. Ces recherches s'articulent autour des questions de l'établissement des grandes séquences d'anthropisation, de leurs chronologies, sur l'étude des formes et des fluctuations des parcellaires et des relations entre les terroirs et les habitats proches. Une opération d'archéologie préventive préalable à un projet d'extension d'une centrale solaire, sur la commune de Targasonne (Pyrénées-Orientales), a été entreprise en 2009. Sur l'emprise du projet se trouvent les vestiges d'un ancien village médiéval (Vilalta) déserté à la fin du Moyen Âge et dont les ruines et une partie du finage, qui culminent à 1750 m d'altitude, ont été réaménagées en zone agropastorale après l'abandon du site. Les contraintes environnementales im...

Research paper thumbnail of Olivier Passarrius, Richard Donat y Aymat Catafau, Vilarnau. Un village du Moyen Âge en Roussillon

Research paper thumbnail of A panorama of tooth wear during the medieval period

Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur, Jan 11, 2014

Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of... more Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of humankind and depends on the way of life, especially diet. Tooth wear was very serious in ancient populations up to the medieval period. The aim of this paper is to present a global view of tooth wear in medieval times in Europe through different parameters: scoring systems, quantity and direction of wear, gender, differences between maxilla and mandible, relations with diet, caries, tooth malpositions and age.

Research paper thumbnail of Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011

The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the pr... more The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the prevalence evolution, the role of carbohydrates consumption and the impact of access to dietary resources. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare population samples from two archaeological periods the Chacolithic and Middle Age taking into account the geographical and socio economical situation. The study concerned four archaelogical sites in south west France and population samples an inlander for the Chalcolithic Age, an inlander, an costal and urban for the Middle Age. The materials studied included a total of 127 maxillaries, 103 mandibles and 3316 teeth. Data recorded allowed us to display that the Chalcolithic population sample had the lowest carie percentage and the rural inlander population samples of Middle Age the highest; in all cases molars were teeth most often affected. These ones differences could be explained according to time period, carious lesions were u...

Research paper thumbnail of Quelles sources, quelle échelle d’analyse, pour quels résultats ?

Les Cahiers de Framespa, 2008

L’etude de la naissance villageoise et plus particulierement du « village ecclesial » n’etait ali... more L’etude de la naissance villageoise et plus particulierement du « village ecclesial » n’etait alimentee, il y a peu de temps encore, que par les sources ecrites obligeant a aborder le sujet a partir de problematiques issues de la seule analyse des textes. En l’absence de fouilles exhaustives, les sondages archeologiques ou les fouilles partielles n’avaient alors pour objectif que de verifier certains modeles ou de fournir une image materielle a une realite historique qui n’etait pas celle de ...

Research paper thumbnail of L’édification de la Basse Plaine de la Salanque (Roussillon, France) au cours de la seconde partie de l’holocène et ses implications sur la répartition des sites archéologiques

Research paper thumbnail of Reconstructing past terrace fields in the Pyrenees: Insights into land management and settlement from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern era at Vilalta (1650 masl, Cerdagne, France)

Journal of Field Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Topographical presentation of dental wear as arches in a French mediaeval population

Archives of Oral Biology, 2012

The diversity of notation systems for recording dental characteristics and the means used to disp... more The diversity of notation systems for recording dental characteristics and the means used to display them makes comparisons and interdisciplinary collaboration difficult. The aim of the present study is to propose the use of a method employed by experts worldwide but which may be new to bioarchaeologists. Since 1971 we have used the International Dental Federation (FDI) system, which provides the location of dental characteristics and the morphotype of each tooth at the same time, thus avoiding the need to specify upper or lower, and right or left to state the tooth position in the dental arch. To demonstrate the use of the FDI system, we applied it to the study of dental wear in a mediaeval Mediterranean skeletal sample from France consisting of 58 paired mandibles and maxillae belonging to 29 female and 29 male adults and divided into two age groups: young or aged 20-30 years, and mature or aged over 30 years. Tooth wear was recorded according to Brabant's index, which consists of four levels and four directions. Data were displayed in the form of curves, according to the FDI and taking age and sex into account. Analysis of the results shows a tooth wear distribution that is significantly different between upper and lower horizontal and oblique directions in females and males, and between upper and lower horizontal and oblique heavy wear in females and males. Moreover, a significantly asymmetrical horizontal and oblique distribution of wear was found in the young adult group. Thus, the use of criteria defined by precise reference points for recording data, and displaying results in the form of curves, makes comparison using superimposition easy and reliable and permits a more objective study of tooth wear. Furthermore, using a notation system that is employed worldwide helps to build multidisciplinary projects, and offers the possibility of comparing large amounts of data easily, which should provide enhanced data for bioarchaeology in the future.

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Mediterranean plain accelerated evolution during the Little Ice Age: Geoarchaeological insight in the Tech basin (Roussillon, Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean)

Quaternary International, 2000

This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from th... more This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from the Late Middle Ages, using geomorphological, archaeological and historical data. Geoarchaeological data was obtained from coring and trenching near a buried village and chapel. Radiocarbon and archaeological dating are used to reconstitute sedimentation rates and major flood event chronology. Additional data about channel avulsion are provided

Research paper thumbnail of L’église et le cimetière du village déserté de Vilarnau à Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Archéologie du Midi médiéval, 2010

ABSTRACT The deserted medieval village of Vilarnau (Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales) consists in t... more ABSTRACT The deserted medieval village of Vilarnau (Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales) consists in three poles which are only a few hundred metres apart. This twofold village (upstream and downstream village), with its two castles, its church and its cemetery, was the object of several excavation campaigns that allowed to reconstruct its history, from its birth in the vicinity of the church in the IXth century to its desertion in the middle of the XIVth century. The excavation of the ecclesial pole revealed the early creation of the cemetery, its partial occupation by profane installations (houses and storage pits), its demarcation by a powerful defensive wall, the houses that surround it at the end of the Middle Ages. Field data are completed by written documents evoking the first lords, feudal and later ecclesiatical, from the XIth to the XIVth centuries, then, at the end of the Middle Ages, the village people, the cultures and the destruction of the village by the soldiers of Pierre IV d’Aragon.

Research paper thumbnail of ANALYSE DE LA RELATION ENTRE CARIE DENTAIRE ET ENVIRONNEMENT À PARTIR DE DEUX ÉCHANTILLONS DE POPULATIONS MÉDIÉVALES FRANÇAISES

ANN. ROUM. ANTHROPOL., 49,, 2012

The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to... more The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to food resources in two rural medieval populations in south west France, and on this basis display the role of anthropology in carious frequency surveys. We selected 114 individuals, with paired maxillaries, from two different geographical contexts, 56 from the Marsan's population in Gascogne and 58 from Vilarnau in Roussillon. We examined a total of 2498 teeth and defined the carious frequency in regard to (i) dental morphotype, molars and premolars were teeth most often affected and incisors and canines the less, and (ii) localization on teeth, in this case occlusal and proximal tooth surfaces were most often affected by carious lesions. In both cases caries percentage was higher in Marsan's individuals used to eat cooked cereal daily than those of Vilarnau living on the Mediterranean coast with the possibility to eat more vegetables and fruits. The difference in regional distribution of caries frequency, highlighted by our study, is still found today over survey confined to the study of prevalence, while the socioeconomic environment plays an important role in the development of this disease.

Research paper thumbnail of ANALYSE DE LA RELATION ENTRE CARIE DENTAIRE ET ENVIRONNEMENT À PARTIR DE DEUX ÉCHANTILLONS DE POPULATIONS MÉDIÉVALES FRANÇAISES

The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to... more The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to food resources in two rural medieval populations in south west France, and on this basis display the role of anthropology in carious frequency surveys. We selected 114 individuals, with paired maxillaries, from two different geographical contexts, 56 from the Marsan's population in Gascogne and 58 from Vilarnau in Roussillon. We examined a total of 2498 teeth and defined the carious frequency in regard to (i) dental morphotype, molars and premolars were teeth most often affected and incisors and canines the less, and (ii) localization on teeth, in this case occlusal and proximal tooth surfaces were most often affected by carious lesions. In both cases caries percentage was higher in Marsan's individuals used to eat cooked cereal daily than those of Vilarnau living on the Mediterranean coast with the possibility to eat more vegetables and fruits. The difference in regional distribution of caries frequency, highlighted by our study, is still found today over survey confined to the study of prevalence, while the socioeconomic environment plays an important role in the development of this disease.

Research paper thumbnail of « Village ecclésial et cellera, en Languedoc-Roussillon : questions en débat et éclairages archéologiques », en collaboration avec Olivier Passarrius, Le cimetière au village dans l’Europe médiévale et moderne, dir. Cécile Treffort, Journées de Flaran, PUM, 2015, p. 107-124.

Le cimetière au village dans l'Europe médiévale. FLARAN, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Mediterranean Plain accelerated evolution during Little Ice Age: geoarchaeological insight in the Tech basin (Roussillon, Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean)

Quaternary International 266, 2012

Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t This paper discusses the evolution of the T... more Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from the Late Middle Ages, using geomorphological, archaeological and historical data. Geoarchaeological data was obtained from coring and trenching near a buried village and chapel. Radiocarbon and archaeological dating are used to reconstitute sedimentation rates and major flood event chronology. Additional data about channel avulsion are provided by historical data. Increases in sedimentation rate, flooding plain enlargement and repeated avulsion are identified between the last 13th to 15th century AD. This attests to a shift from low water-level regime (LWR) to flood dominated regime (FDR). Climatic or anthropogenic causes of this change are discussed on the basis of regional synthesis. On the western Mediterranean scale, 1250/1350 AD seems to be a wetter phase, associated with the progressive onset of the Early Little Ice Age phase from 1330 to 1450 AD.

Research paper thumbnail of Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011

The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the pr... more The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the prevalence evolution, the role of carbohydrates consumption and the impact of access to dietary resources. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare population samples from two archaeological periods the Chacolithic and Middle Age taking into account the geographical and socio economical situation. The study concerned four archaelogical sites in south west France and population samples an inlander for the Chalcolithic Age, an inlander, an costal and urban for the Middle Age. The materials studied included a total of 127 maxillaries, 103 mandibles and 3316 teeth. Data recorded allowed us to display that the Chalcolithic population sample had the lowest carie percentage and the rural inlander population samples of Middle Age the highest; in all cases molars were teeth most often affected. These ones differences could be explained according to time period, carious lesions were usually less recorded in the Chalcolithic Age than the Middle because of a lesser cultivation of cereals like in les Treilles Chacolithic population sample. In the Middle Age population samples, the rural inland sample Marsan showed the highest frequency of caries and ate more cereal than the coastal Vilarnau and the poor urban St Michel population samples, the first one ate fish and Mediterranean vegetal and fruits and the second one met difficulties to food access, in both cases the consumption of carbohydrates was lesser than Marsan population sample who lived in a geographical land convice to cereals cultivation.

Research paper thumbnail of A panorama of tooth wear during the medieval period

Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of... more Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of humankind and depends on the way of life, especially diet. Tooth wear was very serious in ancient populations up to the medieval period. The aim of this paper is to present a global view of tooth wear in medieval times in Europe through different parameters: scoring systems, quantity and direction of wear, gender, differences between maxilla and mandible, relations with diet, caries, tooth malpositions and age.

Research paper thumbnail of Aymat CATAFAU et Olivier PASSARRIUS "Histoire et archéologie au village : amorce d’un bilan historiographique et de propositions de travail commun" avec Olivier PASSARRIUS, Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , Tome 36, 2018 (mars 2020), p. 5-13.

Archéologie du MIdi Médiéval, 2020

Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transf... more Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations, du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre. Actes du colloque des 20 - 22 septembre 2017, Palais des Rois de Majorque - Perpignan, organisé par le Département des Pyrénées-Orientales - Service Archéologique Départemental, et l’Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia

Research paper thumbnail of Olivier PASSARRIUS et Aymat CATAFAU , "Autour de quelques villages du Roussillon : le cadastre et les textes à l’épreuve de l’archéologie", Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , Tome 36, 2018 (parution mars 2020), p. 253-265.

Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , 2020

Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transf... more Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations, du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre. Actes du colloque des 20 - 22 septembre 2017, Palais des Rois de Majorque - Perpignan, organisé par le Département des Pyrénées-Orientales - Service Archéologique Départemental, et l’Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia.

Film documentaire relatant les fouilles archéologiques réalisées sur le Château royal de Colliour... more Film documentaire relatant les fouilles archéologiques réalisées sur le Château royal de Collioure (Pyrénées-Orientales, France). Film réalisé par Philippe Benoist.

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Research paper thumbnail of Des vases sur le toit. Les vases de remplissage de voûte dans les églises des Pyrénées-Orientales

Research paper thumbnail of Vilalta et son terroir dans la longue durée. Commune de Targasonne, Pyrénées-Orientales, Rapport final d'opération, diagnostic archéologique

Depuis plus de deux décennies, la Cerdagne française (partie orientale de la chaîne des Pyrénées)... more Depuis plus de deux décennies, la Cerdagne française (partie orientale de la chaîne des Pyrénées) constitue un terrain de recherche expérimental sur la structuration des terroirs agro-pastoraux de montagne dans le temps long. Ces recherches s'articulent autour des questions de l'établissement des grandes séquences d'anthropisation, de leurs chronologies, sur l'étude des formes et des fluctuations des parcellaires et des relations entre les terroirs et les habitats proches. Une opération d'archéologie préventive préalable à un projet d'extension d'une centrale solaire, sur la commune de Targasonne (Pyrénées-Orientales), a été entreprise en 2009. Sur l'emprise du projet se trouvent les vestiges d'un ancien village médiéval (Vilalta) déserté à la fin du Moyen Âge et dont les ruines et une partie du finage, qui culminent à 1750 m d'altitude, ont été réaménagées en zone agropastorale après l'abandon du site. Les contraintes environnementales im...

Research paper thumbnail of Olivier Passarrius, Richard Donat y Aymat Catafau, Vilarnau. Un village du Moyen Âge en Roussillon

Research paper thumbnail of A panorama of tooth wear during the medieval period

Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur, Jan 11, 2014

Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of... more Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of humankind and depends on the way of life, especially diet. Tooth wear was very serious in ancient populations up to the medieval period. The aim of this paper is to present a global view of tooth wear in medieval times in Europe through different parameters: scoring systems, quantity and direction of wear, gender, differences between maxilla and mandible, relations with diet, caries, tooth malpositions and age.

Research paper thumbnail of Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011

The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the pr... more The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the prevalence evolution, the role of carbohydrates consumption and the impact of access to dietary resources. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare population samples from two archaeological periods the Chacolithic and Middle Age taking into account the geographical and socio economical situation. The study concerned four archaelogical sites in south west France and population samples an inlander for the Chalcolithic Age, an inlander, an costal and urban for the Middle Age. The materials studied included a total of 127 maxillaries, 103 mandibles and 3316 teeth. Data recorded allowed us to display that the Chalcolithic population sample had the lowest carie percentage and the rural inlander population samples of Middle Age the highest; in all cases molars were teeth most often affected. These ones differences could be explained according to time period, carious lesions were u...

Research paper thumbnail of Quelles sources, quelle échelle d’analyse, pour quels résultats ?

Les Cahiers de Framespa, 2008

L’etude de la naissance villageoise et plus particulierement du « village ecclesial » n’etait ali... more L’etude de la naissance villageoise et plus particulierement du « village ecclesial » n’etait alimentee, il y a peu de temps encore, que par les sources ecrites obligeant a aborder le sujet a partir de problematiques issues de la seule analyse des textes. En l’absence de fouilles exhaustives, les sondages archeologiques ou les fouilles partielles n’avaient alors pour objectif que de verifier certains modeles ou de fournir une image materielle a une realite historique qui n’etait pas celle de ...

Research paper thumbnail of L’édification de la Basse Plaine de la Salanque (Roussillon, France) au cours de la seconde partie de l’holocène et ses implications sur la répartition des sites archéologiques

Research paper thumbnail of Reconstructing past terrace fields in the Pyrenees: Insights into land management and settlement from the Bronze Age to the Early Modern era at Vilalta (1650 masl, Cerdagne, France)

Journal of Field Archaeology, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Topographical presentation of dental wear as arches in a French mediaeval population

Archives of Oral Biology, 2012

The diversity of notation systems for recording dental characteristics and the means used to disp... more The diversity of notation systems for recording dental characteristics and the means used to display them makes comparisons and interdisciplinary collaboration difficult. The aim of the present study is to propose the use of a method employed by experts worldwide but which may be new to bioarchaeologists. Since 1971 we have used the International Dental Federation (FDI) system, which provides the location of dental characteristics and the morphotype of each tooth at the same time, thus avoiding the need to specify upper or lower, and right or left to state the tooth position in the dental arch. To demonstrate the use of the FDI system, we applied it to the study of dental wear in a mediaeval Mediterranean skeletal sample from France consisting of 58 paired mandibles and maxillae belonging to 29 female and 29 male adults and divided into two age groups: young or aged 20-30 years, and mature or aged over 30 years. Tooth wear was recorded according to Brabant's index, which consists of four levels and four directions. Data were displayed in the form of curves, according to the FDI and taking age and sex into account. Analysis of the results shows a tooth wear distribution that is significantly different between upper and lower horizontal and oblique directions in females and males, and between upper and lower horizontal and oblique heavy wear in females and males. Moreover, a significantly asymmetrical horizontal and oblique distribution of wear was found in the young adult group. Thus, the use of criteria defined by precise reference points for recording data, and displaying results in the form of curves, makes comparison using superimposition easy and reliable and permits a more objective study of tooth wear. Furthermore, using a notation system that is employed worldwide helps to build multidisciplinary projects, and offers the possibility of comparing large amounts of data easily, which should provide enhanced data for bioarchaeology in the future.

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Mediterranean plain accelerated evolution during the Little Ice Age: Geoarchaeological insight in the Tech basin (Roussillon, Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean)

Quaternary International, 2000

This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from th... more This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from the Late Middle Ages, using geomorphological, archaeological and historical data. Geoarchaeological data was obtained from coring and trenching near a buried village and chapel. Radiocarbon and archaeological dating are used to reconstitute sedimentation rates and major flood event chronology. Additional data about channel avulsion are provided

Research paper thumbnail of L’église et le cimetière du village déserté de Vilarnau à Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales)

Archéologie du Midi médiéval, 2010

ABSTRACT The deserted medieval village of Vilarnau (Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales) consists in t... more ABSTRACT The deserted medieval village of Vilarnau (Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales) consists in three poles which are only a few hundred metres apart. This twofold village (upstream and downstream village), with its two castles, its church and its cemetery, was the object of several excavation campaigns that allowed to reconstruct its history, from its birth in the vicinity of the church in the IXth century to its desertion in the middle of the XIVth century. The excavation of the ecclesial pole revealed the early creation of the cemetery, its partial occupation by profane installations (houses and storage pits), its demarcation by a powerful defensive wall, the houses that surround it at the end of the Middle Ages. Field data are completed by written documents evoking the first lords, feudal and later ecclesiatical, from the XIth to the XIVth centuries, then, at the end of the Middle Ages, the village people, the cultures and the destruction of the village by the soldiers of Pierre IV d’Aragon.

Research paper thumbnail of ANALYSE DE LA RELATION ENTRE CARIE DENTAIRE ET ENVIRONNEMENT À PARTIR DE DEUX ÉCHANTILLONS DE POPULATIONS MÉDIÉVALES FRANÇAISES

ANN. ROUM. ANTHROPOL., 49,, 2012

The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to... more The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to food resources in two rural medieval populations in south west France, and on this basis display the role of anthropology in carious frequency surveys. We selected 114 individuals, with paired maxillaries, from two different geographical contexts, 56 from the Marsan's population in Gascogne and 58 from Vilarnau in Roussillon. We examined a total of 2498 teeth and defined the carious frequency in regard to (i) dental morphotype, molars and premolars were teeth most often affected and incisors and canines the less, and (ii) localization on teeth, in this case occlusal and proximal tooth surfaces were most often affected by carious lesions. In both cases caries percentage was higher in Marsan's individuals used to eat cooked cereal daily than those of Vilarnau living on the Mediterranean coast with the possibility to eat more vegetables and fruits. The difference in regional distribution of caries frequency, highlighted by our study, is still found today over survey confined to the study of prevalence, while the socioeconomic environment plays an important role in the development of this disease.

Research paper thumbnail of ANALYSE DE LA RELATION ENTRE CARIE DENTAIRE ET ENVIRONNEMENT À PARTIR DE DEUX ÉCHANTILLONS DE POPULATIONS MÉDIÉVALES FRANÇAISES

The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to... more The aim of our study was to establish the carious lesions frequency taking into account access to food resources in two rural medieval populations in south west France, and on this basis display the role of anthropology in carious frequency surveys. We selected 114 individuals, with paired maxillaries, from two different geographical contexts, 56 from the Marsan's population in Gascogne and 58 from Vilarnau in Roussillon. We examined a total of 2498 teeth and defined the carious frequency in regard to (i) dental morphotype, molars and premolars were teeth most often affected and incisors and canines the less, and (ii) localization on teeth, in this case occlusal and proximal tooth surfaces were most often affected by carious lesions. In both cases caries percentage was higher in Marsan's individuals used to eat cooked cereal daily than those of Vilarnau living on the Mediterranean coast with the possibility to eat more vegetables and fruits. The difference in regional distribution of caries frequency, highlighted by our study, is still found today over survey confined to the study of prevalence, while the socioeconomic environment plays an important role in the development of this disease.

Research paper thumbnail of « Village ecclésial et cellera, en Languedoc-Roussillon : questions en débat et éclairages archéologiques », en collaboration avec Olivier Passarrius, Le cimetière au village dans l’Europe médiévale et moderne, dir. Cécile Treffort, Journées de Flaran, PUM, 2015, p. 107-124.

Le cimetière au village dans l'Europe médiévale. FLARAN, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Lower Mediterranean Plain accelerated evolution during Little Ice Age: geoarchaeological insight in the Tech basin (Roussillon, Gulf of Lion, Western Mediterranean)

Quaternary International 266, 2012

Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t This paper discusses the evolution of the T... more Article history: Available online xxx a b s t r a c t This paper discusses the evolution of the Tech river lower plain, (western Mediterranean) from the Late Middle Ages, using geomorphological, archaeological and historical data. Geoarchaeological data was obtained from coring and trenching near a buried village and chapel. Radiocarbon and archaeological dating are used to reconstitute sedimentation rates and major flood event chronology. Additional data about channel avulsion are provided by historical data. Increases in sedimentation rate, flooding plain enlargement and repeated avulsion are identified between the last 13th to 15th century AD. This attests to a shift from low water-level regime (LWR) to flood dominated regime (FDR). Climatic or anthropogenic causes of this change are discussed on the basis of regional synthesis. On the western Mediterranean scale, 1250/1350 AD seems to be a wetter phase, associated with the progressive onset of the Early Little Ice Age phase from 1330 to 1450 AD.

Research paper thumbnail of Frequency of Dental Caries in Four Historical Populations from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Ages

International Journal of Dentistry, 2011

The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the pr... more The majority of dental carie studies over the course of historical period underline mainly the prevalence evolution, the role of carbohydrates consumption and the impact of access to dietary resources. The purpose of the present investigation was to compare population samples from two archaeological periods the Chacolithic and Middle Age taking into account the geographical and socio economical situation. The study concerned four archaelogical sites in south west France and population samples an inlander for the Chalcolithic Age, an inlander, an costal and urban for the Middle Age. The materials studied included a total of 127 maxillaries, 103 mandibles and 3316 teeth. Data recorded allowed us to display that the Chalcolithic population sample had the lowest carie percentage and the rural inlander population samples of Middle Age the highest; in all cases molars were teeth most often affected. These ones differences could be explained according to time period, carious lesions were usually less recorded in the Chalcolithic Age than the Middle because of a lesser cultivation of cereals like in les Treilles Chacolithic population sample. In the Middle Age population samples, the rural inland sample Marsan showed the highest frequency of caries and ate more cereal than the coastal Vilarnau and the poor urban St Michel population samples, the first one ate fish and Mediterranean vegetal and fruits and the second one met difficulties to food access, in both cases the consumption of carbohydrates was lesser than Marsan population sample who lived in a geographical land convice to cereals cultivation.

Research paper thumbnail of A panorama of tooth wear during the medieval period

Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of... more Tooth wear is a natural phenomenon and a universal occurrence that has existed from the origin of humankind and depends on the way of life, especially diet. Tooth wear was very serious in ancient populations up to the medieval period. The aim of this paper is to present a global view of tooth wear in medieval times in Europe through different parameters: scoring systems, quantity and direction of wear, gender, differences between maxilla and mandible, relations with diet, caries, tooth malpositions and age.

Research paper thumbnail of Aymat CATAFAU et Olivier PASSARRIUS "Histoire et archéologie au village : amorce d’un bilan historiographique et de propositions de travail commun" avec Olivier PASSARRIUS, Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , Tome 36, 2018 (mars 2020), p. 5-13.

Archéologie du MIdi Médiéval, 2020

Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transf... more Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations, du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre. Actes du colloque des 20 - 22 septembre 2017, Palais des Rois de Majorque - Perpignan, organisé par le Département des Pyrénées-Orientales - Service Archéologique Départemental, et l’Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia

Research paper thumbnail of Olivier PASSARRIUS et Aymat CATAFAU , "Autour de quelques villages du Roussillon : le cadastre et les textes à l’épreuve de l’archéologie", Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , Tome 36, 2018 (parution mars 2020), p. 253-265.

Archéologie du Midi Médiéval , 2020

Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transf... more Dans Aymat Catafau et Olivier Passarrius dir., L’archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations, du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre. Actes du colloque des 20 - 22 septembre 2017, Palais des Rois de Majorque - Perpignan, organisé par le Département des Pyrénées-Orientales - Service Archéologique Départemental, et l’Université de Perpignan - Via Domitia.

Research paper thumbnail of Archéologie du Midi Médiéval Tome 36 -N° spécial -2018 L'ARCHÉOLOGIE AU VILLAGE. LE VILLAGE ET SES TRANSFORMATIONS, DU MOYEN ÂGE AU PREMIER CADASTRE

Annonce de la publication des actes du colloque organisé en 2017 à Perpignan, intitulé "L'archéol... more Annonce de la publication des actes du colloque organisé en 2017 à Perpignan, intitulé "L'archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre".

Research paper thumbnail of Vilarnau. Un village du Moyen Âge en Roussillon

Collection Archéologie Départementale. Editions Trabucaire. , 2007

Cet ouvrage marque l’aboutissement de dix années de fouilles et de recherches sur le village médi... more Cet ouvrage marque l’aboutissement de dix années de fouilles et de
recherches sur le village médiéval déserté de Vilarnau. Installé au
IXe siècle en bordure de la Têt, entre Perpignan et la Méditerranée,
Vilarnau s’organise autour de deux noyaux de peuplement, l’église
Saint-Christophe puis le château de la famille seigneuriale.
L’archéologie extensive, les fouilles et les recherches d’archives permettent
de retracer l’évolution du village et de son territoire, depuis
les siècles précédant la naissance de Vilarnau jusqu’à son abandon,
quand le passage des troupes aragonaises en 1343 puis les épidémies
de peste de la seconde moitié du XIVe siècle accélèrent sa désertion.
Le cimetière, avec près d’un millier de tombes, garde la mémoire de
ces événements. Son étude par une équipe pluridisciplinaire (archéologues,
anthropologues, généticiens, paléobiologistes…) livre des
données inédites sur la population, les pratiques funéraires ou encore
l’organisation et la gestion d’un cimetière paroissial au Moyen Âge.
Vilarnau est un rare exemple de village médiéval étudié de façon quasi
exhaustive. La confrontation entre archéologie et textes d’archives livre
une image précise et nuancée de l’histoire de ce village déserté de
la plaine du Roussillon, devenu un terrain d’observation privilégié de
la société rurale médiévale.

Research paper thumbnail of Vilarnau. Un village du Moyen Âge en Roussillon.

Research paper thumbnail of Archéologie d'une montagne brûlée, Massif de Rodès, Pyrénées-Orientales

Research paper thumbnail of J. Foltran (2020), "Des petites villes du XIVe aux villages du XXIe siècle : les transformations d’Alet, de Caunes et de Lagrasse (Aude) révélées par l’inventaire du bâti", AMM n° spécial 36/2018, p. 149-161

L'archéologie au village. Le village et ses transformations, du Moyen Âge au premier cadastre, Actes du colloque de Perpignan (Palais des Rois de Majorque, 20-22 sept. 2017), textes réunis par A. Catafau et O. Passarius

Les villages d’Alet, de Caunes et de Lagrasse étaient encore au début du XIVe siècle de véritable... more Les villages d’Alet, de Caunes et de Lagrasse étaient encore au début du XIVe siècle de véritables petites villes. Désormais peu affectés par de nouveaux aménagements, ils bénéficient rarement d’opérations archéologiques nécessaires à l’étude de leurs transformations. L’inventaire systématique du bâti, selon une méthode adaptée à la problématique des transformations, compense l’absence de fouilles préventives ou de suivis de travaux. Ce travail patient, durant plusieurs mois, n’est rendu possible que par l’adhésion des villageois. La pluridisciplinarité de l’approche, qui croise les données d’inventaire aux textes du XIIe au XVIIIe siècle et aux plans anciens géoréférencés, offre finalement une vision assez précise des transformations de ces trois agglomérations, lesquelles ont suivi des rythmes similaires.

Mots-clés : Inventaire du bâti, transformations de l’espace, édifices domestiques, équipements collectifs.