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Inhabited spaces and spaces covered: from habitat to territory
Conference
Published on
08 November 2018
Updated on
04 December 2018
Colloquia
Human being ? An archeology of the origins
International conference, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 November 2018, at the Muséum de Toulouse.
International conference "Human being ? An archeology of the origins" by Jean-Luc Locht, Inrap
At the start, humans were animals like any other, with a habitat and a territory. What distinguishes them is the consciousness with which they are endowed: consciousness of time, space, the self, such that we are able to feel part of a group, a culture, made of all the traditions and behaviours passed on in a human group and characterising it. This talk attempts to clarify, through the archaeological documentation, how the human species distinguished itself, breaking free of environmental constraints and structuring habitats and territories through cultural traditions over the millennia.
Jean-Luc Locht , Doctor of Prehistory (University of Lille1). Research Engineer at INRAP Hauts de France.
His research focuses on the settlement patterns of northern Europe during the Pleistocene in relation to climatic cycles, material cultures and the structuring of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic habitats. Over the past twenty years, he has conducted preventive and planned excavations on major sites (Beauvais, Therdonne, Bettencourt-Saint-Ouen, Caours,...) which have substantially refounded our knowledge of the populations and cultures of the Middle Palaeolithic.
Bibliography (in french)
- JAUBERT J., DELAGNES A., 2007. De l’espace parcouru à l’espace habité au Paléolithique moyen. In Vandermeersch B., Maureille B. (eds.), Les Néandertaliens. Biologie et cultures. Éditions du CTHS, Paris, p. 263-281.
- LOCHT J.-L. HERISSON D., GOVAL E., CLIQUET D., HUET B., COUTARD S., ANTOINE P., FERRAY P., 2016a. Timescale, space and culture during Middle Palaeolithic in Northwestern France, Quaternary International, 411, p. 129-148.
- OTTE M., 2011. La gestion de l’espace au Paléolithique. Studii de Preistorie 8, p. 15-38.
