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Lessociétéspréhistoriquesdansl'espacecarpato-danubien:

environnements,systèmestechniques,interactions24-27juin2019,Bucarest

ThePrehistoricsocietiesintheCarpato-Danubianarea:environments,technicalsystems,interactions

24-27June2019,Bucharest

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Comitéd’organisation/Steeringcommittee:AdrianBălăşescu,"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,RomaniaMarieBalasse,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceStéphanieBréhard,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceCătălinLazăr,ResearchInstituteoftheUniversityofBucharest(ICUB),UniversityofBucharest,RomaniaComitéscientifique/ScientificCommittee:AlineAverbouh,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceAdrianBălăşescu,"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,RomaniaMarieBalasse,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceRaduBăjenaru,"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,RomaniaLuminițaBejenaru,FacultédeBiologie,Université"AlexandruIoanCuza",Iași,RoumanieStéphanieBréhard,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceBeatriceCiută,HistoryDepartment,UniversityofAlbaIulia,RomaniaThomasCucchi,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,FranceMihaelaDanu,FacultédeBiologie,Université"AlexandruIoanCuza",Iaşi,RoumanieCătălinLazăr,ResearchInstituteoftheUniversityofBucharest(ICUB),UniversityofBucharest,RomaniaMonicaMărgărit,UniversitéValahia,Târgoviște,RoumanieValentinRadu,NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,RomaniaAnneTresset†,UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France

Remerciements/Acknowledgements:

Ce travail a été financé par deux subventions du Ministère de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, CCCDI –UEFISCDI, numéro de projet PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0676 (BioMapPrehist) et PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0686(PATCULT#RO) au sein de PNCDI III, et une subvention de consolidation institutionnelle financée par leMinistèreRoumaindelaRechercheetdel'innovation(numérodecontact15PFE/2018).This work was supported by two grants of the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation, CCCDI –UEFISCDI, project numbers PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0676 (BioMapPrehist) and PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0686(PATCULT#RO),withinPNCDI III,andan institutionalconsolidationgrantfundedbytheRomanianMinistryofResearchandInnovation(contractno.15PFE/2018).

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PROGRAMME/PROGRAM

Lundi/Monday:24.06.2019

19h.Ouvertureducolloque.MaisondesUniversitaires,rueDionisieLupu,no.46,Bucarest/OpeningCeremony.UniversityHouse,DionisieLupuStreet,no.46,Bucharest

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The building that hosts the University House of Bucharest today was built by the blueprints ofDalmatianarchitectLuigiLipizerintheseventhdecadeofthelastcenturyforthedirectorofthePostOffices,CezarLibrecht,duringthereignofAlexandruIoanCuza.In 1947, the buildingwas re-purposed to be used by the academic staff. For this purpose, lecturerooms,conferencerooms,acinemaandarestaurantweremade.Thebuildinghasaneclecticstyle,but italsohasfeatureswhicharespecifictothegothicarchitecturalstyle,highlightedmostlybythecornicemadeupof a rangeof crenels, aswell as by the alcoves present in the higher area of thefacades.Starting with the year 2007, the University House becomes part of the University of Bucharestpatrimony.

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Mardi/Tuesday:25.06.2019

Lieu/Place:FacultédeBiologie,PlateformedeRechercheenbiologieetécologiesystémique,Salledeconférences,SplaiulIndependenței,no.91-95,Bucarest/FacultyofBiology,ResearchPlatforminBiologyandSystemicEcology,ConferenceRoom,SplaiulIndependenței,no.91-95,Bucharest

Session1Interactionshomme/environnementduPaléolithiquefinalàl’âgeduBronze/

Human&EnvironmentalInteractionsfromtheLatePaleolithictotheBronzeAge

9h.Accueil/Opening

Président/Chair:RaduBăjenaru

9h30-9h40.IntroductionàlaSession1/IntroductiontoSession1

9h40-10h. Valentin Dumitrașcu. Stratégies d’acquisition des ressources d’origine animale dans lePaléolithiquesupérieurdel’estdelaRoumanie.

10h-10h20.AdrianBălășescu,AdinaBoroneanț,ValentinRadu&CliveBonsall.ThearchaeozoologyoftheMesolithicinsouth-westRomania.

10h20-10h40. Elena Marinova, Elske Fischer, Manfred Rösch, Wolfram Schier & Raiko Krauß.Archaeobotanical perspectives on the Neolithisation of SE Romania (Banat): Movila lui Deciov,BukovaPustaIVandUivar.

10h40-11h.AlinaCorinaSîrghi,VioricaVasilache,FlorinConstantin,MirceaLechitan,RoxanaBugoi,TiberiuSava,IrinaGheorghe,PavelMirea,CarmenChifiriuc&CătălinLazăr.Prehistoricwood:attheconfluence between Natural and Anthropogenic influences. A multiple approach-oriented study ofRomanianNeolithicwoodfragments.

11h-11h30.Pause/Break

Présidente/Chair:AmyStyring

11h30-11h50.DanuMihaela,ClaireDelhon,EmilieGauthier&OlivierWeller.Pollenetphytolithes,marqueursdesenvironnementspréhistoriquesetéconomievégétaledansl'espacecarpato-danubien:lasourcesaléedeHalabutoaia–Țolici(Neamţ).

11h50-12h10.LuminiţaBejenaru.Interactionshomme/animaldanslescommunautéschalcolithiquesdel'EstdelaRoumanie.

12h10-12h30.DragomirN.Popovici†,ConstantinHaită,AnaIlie,AdrianBălășescu&ValentinRadu.ManandenvironmentintheLowerDanubeValley.NewdatafromtheBoianCultureatHîrșova-tell(ConstanțaCounty).

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12h30-12h50. Laurent Carozza, Valentin Radu, Mihaela Danu, Adrian Bălășescu & Cristian Micu.L'exploitationdumilieuentre4800et4100BCsurletellchalcolithiquedeTaraschinadansledeltaduDanube.

12h50-14h30.Pause/Break

Présidente/Chair:LuminițaBejenaru

14h30-14h50. Stéphanie Bréhard,Marie Balasse, Valentin Radu, Carlos Tornero, Valentina Voinea,Dragomir N. Popovici† & Adrian Bălăşescu. Sheep and goats during the Neo-Eneolithic of south-easternRomania:exploitationstrategies,herdingscaleandseasonality.

14h50-15h10. Marie Balasse, Stéphanie Bréhard, Rosalind Gillis, Anne Tresset†, Mélanie Roffet-Salque,RichardEvershed,CristianMicu,LaurentCarozza,ValentinaVoinea,DragomirN.Popovici†&Adrian Bălăşescu.Continuities and changes in cattle husbandry in the Chalcolithic economies fromeasternRomania:acomparativestudyofHamangiaandGumelnitasites.

15h10-15h30.ValentinRaduetAdrianBălășescu.LapêchedanslescommunautésénéolithiquesdelarégiondeDobrogea(Roumanie-VemillénaireBC).

15h30-16h.Pause/Break

Présidente/Chair:ElenaMarinova

16h-16h20. Allowen Evin, Marie Balasse, Linus Girdland Flink, Dragomir N. Popovici†, RadianAndreescu, Douglas Bailey, Pavel Mirea, Cătălin Lazăr, Adina Boroneant, Clive Bonsall, CarlosTornero, Valentin Radu, Denis Fiorillo, Stéphanie Bréhard, Anne Tresset†, Thomas Cucchi, GregerLarson, Keith Dobney & Adrian Bălășescu. Approches combinées pour appréhender l’évolution ducochondomestiqueenRoumanie:morphométriegéométrique,ADNancienetanalysesisotopiques.

16h20-16h40.CătălinLazăr,GabrielVasile,IonelaCrăciunescu&AdrianBălășescu.Humans,animals,andfunerarybehaviours.Newinsightsintothebodiesmanipulationsandgravesre-openingpracticesintheEneolithiccemeteryfromSultanaMaluRoșu(Romania).

16h40-17h. Mihaela Golea, Laurent Bouby & Aurélie Salavert. Food plants of the EneolithiccommunitiesfromGumelnițaandSultana-MaluRoșutellsettlements.

17h-17h20.BeatriceCiută.PlantexploitationduringtheLateBronzeAgeintheTransylvaniaaarea.Casestudy:theTeleachillfortsite(AlbaCounty).

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Mercredi/Wednesday:26.06.2019

Lieu/Place:FacultédeBiologie,PlateformedeRechercheenbiologieetécologiesystémique,Salledeconférence,rueSplaiulIndependenței,no.91-95,Bucarest/FacultyofBiology,ResearchPlatforminBiologyandSystemicEcology,ConferenceRoom,SplaiulIndependenței,no.91-95,Bucharest

Session1Interactionshomme/environnementduPaléolithiquefinalàl’âgeduBronze/

Human&EnvironmentalInteractionsfromtheLatePaleolithictotheBronzeAge

9h.Accueil/Opening

Président/Chair:AdrianBălăşescu

9h20-9h40. Amy Styring & Maria Hajnalová. Traditional agriculture in Romania and its value forreconstructingprehistoricfarmingpractices.

9h40-10h.MorganeOllivier,AnneTresset†,AdrianBălășescu,StéphanieBréhard,AdinaBoroneanț,ChristopheHitte&Jean-DenisVigne.Mobilityandadaptationofdogsinagriculturalsocieties:whenthestudyoftheanimalreflectsthehistoryofhumans.

10h-10h20.LudovicOrlando.Theevolutionaryoriginsandimpactofthehorseonhumanhistory.

10h20-10h40.Pause/Break

Session2Acquisition,transformationetutilisationdesmatièresduresanimalessurletempslongdansl'espaceCarpato-Danubien/Acquisition,processinganduseofanimalhardmaterialsoverthe

timeinCarpatho-Danubianspace

Présidentes/Chairs:AlineAverbouh&MonicaMărgărit

10h40-10h55.AlineAverbouh&MonicaMărgărit.L’étudedesproductionsenMDAet leséchangesfranco-roumain:unlongetricheparcours.

10h55-11h15.NejmaGoutas,Elena-CristinaNițu&MarinCârciumaru.QuiddespratiquestechniquesetdesdynamiquessociétalesenEuropeentre30000et20000ansuncalBP lorsque lesressourcesanimales sont enfin questionnées ? Réflexions à partir des industries osseuses du site de PoianaCireşului-PiatraNeamț.

11h15-11h35. Petar Zidarov.Cultural uniformityandenvironmentaladaptationsas reflected in theprehistoric worked bone assemblages along the Lower Danube and the Western Black Sea coastduringthesixthandfifthmillenniaBC.

11h35-11h55. AndreeaVornicu Ternea. Les industries osseuses comme indicateurs de changementculturelaudébutduChalcolithique,àl'estdesCarpates.

11h55-12h10.Pause/Break

12h10-12h30.MonicaMărgărit&ValentinRadu.Acquisitionettransformationdelavalved'UnioenparuresdanslaculturedeGumelnița(VemillénaireBC).

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12h30-12h50.CătălinaCernea.CernavodaIculturefromeasternMuntenia.Someaspectsofthehardanimalmaterialsindustry.

12h50-14h20.Pause/Break

Session3Projetsetperspectives/Projectsandperspectives

Présidente/Chair:MihaelaDanu

14h20-14h35. Colline Brassard, Adrian Bălășescu, Jacques Barat, Adina Boroneanț, Trish Fleming,ClaudeGuintard,ElodieMonchâtre-Leroy,AnneTresset†,CécileCallou,RaphaëlCornette,StéphanieBréhard&AnthonyHerrel.Etudemorpho-fonctionnelledecanidésactuelsenvued’uneapplicationauNéolithiqueroumain.

14h35-14h50. Maria Ozana Petraru. Microanalysis of ancient human remains: doctoral projectconcerningarchaeologicalsitesfromeastRomania.

14h50-15h05.CristianOprean.RelationsbetweenthehumanandtheanimalworldinthesettlementofParța.

15h05-15h20.XeniaPop.Socio-economicaspectsofthelifeofprehistoriccommunitiesintheLowerMureșValley.Anarchaeozoologicalperspective.

15h20-15h40.Pause/Break

Président/Chair:ValentinRadu

15h40-15h55. Ionela Crăciunescu, Valentin Radu, Mihaela Danu, Valentin Dumitrașcu, MihaelaGolea,MarianaBalint,XeniaPop,CătălinLazăr&AdrianBălășescu.TheBioMapPrehistproject.

15h55-16h10.MorganeOllivier.TheBONDproject.

16h10-16h25. Cătălin Lazăr, Carmen Chifiriuc & Laurențiu Leuștean. Doing Things Better:ArchaeoScience#RO,ANewResearchPlatforminRomania.

Président/Chair:CătălinLazăr

16h25. Idées, discussions et perspectives de la collaboration scientifique / Ideas, discussions andperspectivesofscientificcollaboration

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Jeudi/Thursday:27.06.2019

9h. Rendez-vous à la Maison de l’Académie Roumaine (Calea 13 Septembrie, no. 1, Bucarest) /MeetingattheRomanianAcademyHouse(Calea13Septembrie,no.1,Bucharest)

10h-12h.VisiteMuséeduvillage(Blvd.Kiselef,no.28-30,Bucarest)/VisitoftheVillageMuseum(Blvd.Kiseleff,no.28-30,Bucharest)-http://muzeul-satului.ro/

12h.Déjeunerlibre/Freelunch

TheVillageMuseum,lyinginaspecificRomaniansetting,ontheHerãstrãulakeshoreinBucharest,isoneofthebiggestandtheoldestoutdoorsmuseuminEurope.Itsexibits–genuinemonumentsincludinghouses,pens,churches,waterandwindmills,clothmills,ofgreathistoricandartisticvalue-acquaintthevisitorsintwohourswiththespecificoftheRomanianvillage.Theobjectsinsidethehouseholds-carpets,pottery,rugs,icons,furniture-pointtotheoriginalityofthefolkcreation,thesensibilityandcareforthebeautyoftheruralpeople.Themuseumextendstoover100,000m2,andcontains272authenticpeasantfarmsandhousesfromalloverRomania.Itwascreatedin1936byDimitrieGusti,VictorIonPopa,andHenriH.Stahl.

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RESUMES/ABSTRACTS

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Session1-Interactionshomme/environnementduPaléolithiquefinalàl’âgeduBronze/Human&EnvironmentalInteractionsfromtheLatePaleolithictotheBronzeAgeValentinDumitrașcu11-Institutd’Archéologie"VasilePârvan",Académieroumaine,Bucarest,Roumanievalidumitrascu@yahoo.comStratégiesd’acquisitiondesressourcesd’origineanimaledanslePaléolithiquesupérieurdel’estdelaRoumanieDupointdevuearchéozoologique,lePaléolithiquesupérieurenRoumanieestreprésentéparpeudesitesayantfournideséchantillonssatisfaisants.Laplupartdessitescontenantdeséchantillonsrichesetbienpréservésontétédécouvertsàl'estdesCarpates,danslesdépôtsdelœss,danslesvalléesdela Bistrița (Buda, Lespezi, Poiana Cireșului, Bistricoiara, Dârțu, etc) et du Prut (Mitoc, Ripiceni,Crasnaleuca, etc). Ce sont des sites pluristratifiés, en plein air, avec un caractère saisonnier. Lesniveaux archéologiques qui contiennent les assemblages fauniques les plus abondants ont étéattribués au Gravettien et à l’Épigravettien. Peu de sites ont bénéficié de recherchesarchéozoologiques;danslaplupartdescas,seulesdeslistesd'espècesontétépubliées.Corroborantles résultats des études antérieures et récentes, j'ai esquissé un scénario sur les stratégiesd’exploitationdesressourcesanimalesdanscetterégionauxenvironsduderniermaximumglaciaire.Lachasseestconcentréesurquelquesespèces,principalement lerenne, lebisondessteppeset lecheval.Danslecasdessitesavecleplusderestesosseux,lastructuredespopulationsdebisonsetde rennes suggère que la chasse a eu lieu en automne et au début de l'hiver et semble être nonsélective.Dansunemoindremesure,lecerf,l'élanetlemégacérosétaientchassés,ettrèsrarementle chamois et l’ibex. Des carnivores et des rongeurs sont aussi présents avec peu de restes. Desobjetstravaillésenmatièresduresanimalesontétédécouvertssurplusieurssites.AdrianBălășescu1,AdinaBoroneanț1,ValentinRadu2&CliveBonsall31-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania2-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania3-SchoolofHistory,ClassicsandArchaeology,UniversityofEdinburgh,Edinburgh,UKabalasescu2005@yahoo.frThearchaeozoologyoftheMesolithicinsouth-westRomaniaThe aim of this presentation is to synthesize the archaeozoological research undertaken on theMesolithic faunal collections from south-west Romania. Most of the sites in the area wereinvestigatedover 45 years agoduring construction of the IronGates I and II hydro-electric powerstations. Some of those faunal assemblages were studied shortly after the excavations (Icoana,Climente I, Climente II, CuinaTurcului andOstrovulCorbului); othershavebeen subjected to suchstudiesonly recently (Răzvrata,AlibegandOstrovulBanului). Ina fewcasesold studieshavebeencompleted by new research. Thus, by comparing and correlating the existing sets of old and newdata, backed by a substantial number of radiocarbon dates and stable isotope results, a clearerpictureofMesolithic development in the areahas emerged. Consequently,wehavenowabetterunderstanding of the interactions between the Mesolithic communities and the surroundingenvironmentduringtheperiodbetweenthe10thandthe7thmillenniaBC.

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The faunal assemblages in question display great variation in terms of the animal resourcesrepresented,fromvertebrates(fish,reptilesandmammals)tomolluscs.Mammalremainsprevailinthese assemblages, with wild boar and deer as the most significant species. Red and roe deerpredominate in all assemblages except for Icoana where wild boar ranks first. Dog was the onlydomesticate,withevidenceofhavingbeenconsumedatbothIcoanaandLepenskiVir.Contrary to the faunal evidence,which suggests reliance ofMesolithic communities on terrestrialanimals,CandNstable isotopestudies indicatehighdependenceonaquaticresources,continuingintotheEarlyNeolithic.ElenaMarinova1,ElskeFischer1,ManfredRösch1,WolframSchier2&RaikoKrauß31-StateOfficeforCulturalHeritageBaden-Württemberg,Germany2-InstituteofPrehistory,EarlyHistoryandMedievalArchaeology,UniversityofTübingen,Germany3-InstituteofPrehistoricArchaeology,FreieUniversitätBerlin,Germanyelena_marinova@gmx.deArchaeobotanical perspectives on the Neolithisation of SE Romania (Banat): Movila lui Deciov,BukovaPustaIVandUivarWithin southeast Europe the Neolithic started to expand around 6000-5800 BC and a secondNeolithizationmovementintotheareasnorthoftheLowerDanube,insidetheCarpathianBasintookplace ca. 500 years later, probably after Neolithic food production strategies had adapted to theconditions of the continental climate of the inner Balkan-Carpathian. As a result, the Neolithicpackagewasmodifiedandsubsistencestrategieswereadjustedtotheenvironmentalconstraintsoftheregion.Thankstothesemodifications,theNeolithicwayof lifecouldbetransmittedthereafterintoavastareaspanningfromtheParisBasin inthewesttotheUkrainiansteppes intheeastandtheBalticSeainthenorth.Inthecurrentpaper,wepresentthearchaeobotanicalevidencefromthesites Movila lui Deciov, Bukova Pusta IV and Uivar from the Banat area of Romania. ThearchaeobotanicaldataiscoveringthetimespanfromEarlyNeolithictoLateNeolithic(5800-4800BC)and deals with charred macrobotanical assemblages from those three sites. The analyses willconsiderthedevelopmenttrendsintheplanteconomyrelatedwiththeannualcropproductionandexploitationofthewildplantresources.TheevidencewillbecomparedwithfurtherstudiesfromtheregionwiththeaimtodriveageneralpictureofitsNeolithicplanteconomyindiachronicview.

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AlinaCorinaSîrghi1,VioricaVasilache2,FlorinConstantin3,MirceaLechitan3,RoxanaBugoi3,TiberiuSava3,IrinaGheorghe1,PavelMirea4,CarmenChifiriuc1&CătălinLazăr51- Faculty of Biology&ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University ofBucharest,Romania2-"AlexandruIoanCuza"University,Iași,Romania3-"HoriaHulubeiNationalInstituteforNuclearPhysicsandEngineering,Măgurele,Romania4-TeleormanCountyMuseum,Alexandria,Romania5- ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romaniaalina3sirghi@yahoo.comPrehistoric wood: at the confluence between natural and anthropogenic influences. A multipleapproach-orientedstudyofRomanianNeolithicwoodfragments.Currently, it is known that thewoodwas one of the primary rawmaterials used by theNeolithiccommunities for construction, fuel, but also to manufacture tools, weapons, containers orornaments.Unfortunately,fortheBalkanNeolithic,therearenomanycasesofgoodpreservationofthewoodelements,suchsituationsbeingexceptional.The current paperwill explore somewooden objects derived that represent building elements orpartsofdifferentartefacts(e.g.,braceletsorvessels)discoveredinaseriesofflatortellsettlementsinvestigated in Teleorman County (Romania), dated between c. 6200-4200 BC and belonging toStarcevo-Criş(PhaseI)andGumelniţa(B1andA2phases)communities.Ourmultiple approaches consisted in X-Ray CT, SEM investigations, isolation and identification offungal species found on the samples, and in the archaeological soil, assessment of theirbiodegradation potential (enzymatic activity), alongwith the radiocarbon dating necessary for thecorrectsettingofthechronologicalframework.Themainaimwastoassessthepreservationstateoftheprehistoricwoodpieces,butalsotomadeacomparison between the fungal strains colonising the uncovered wood samples and otherconspecific ones found in the archaeological levels, in terms of cellulase and chitinase enzymaticgene codification and expression, in order to set the presence of some Neolithicmicroorganismsagentsandtheirintegrationinthepastenvironmentcorrelatedwithhumanactions.ThisworkwassupportedbyagrantoftheRomanianMinistryofResearchandInnovation,CCCDI–UEFISCDI,projectnumberPN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0686,withinPNCDIIII.MihaelaDanu1,ClaireDelhon2,EmilieGauthier3&OlivierWeller41-FacultédeBiologie,Université"AlexandruIoanCuza",Iaşi,Roumanie2-UMR7264-CEPAM,UniversitéCôted’Azur-CNRS,Nice,France3-UMR6249-LaboratoireChrono-Environnement,UniversitédeFranche-Comté-CNRS,France4-UMR8215-Trajectoires,UniversitéParis1Panthéon-Sorbonne-CNRS,Francedanum2007@yahoo.comPollen et phytolithes, marqueurs des environnements préhistoriques et économie végétale dansl'espacecarpato-danubien:lasourcesaléedeHalabutoaia–Țolici(Neamţ)La région subcarpatiquede l'estde laRoumanieest caractériséeparune fortedensitéde sourcesd'eausalée.L’exploitationdecertainesd’entreellesremonteaudébutduNéolithiqueetconstituel’undespremierstémoignagesdelaproductiondeselenEurope.

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LasourcesaléedeHalabutoaia–Țolici(depNeamț)estunsiteexceptionnelparsondéveloppementstratigraphique, la richessedumatériel, laqualitédeconservationetsonpotentiel informatif.UneexploitationdelasourcesaléeaétémiseenévidenceicidèsleNéolithiqueancienettoutaulongduChalcolithiqueavecde remarquables structuresdecombustionetprèsde1,5 tonnedecéramiquedont,pourleChalcolithique,laprésencedemoulesàselcaractéristiques(briquetageduCucuteniAfinaletB).Lastratigraphiedudépôtestaujourd'huiestiméeetdécritesur8metrecouvre2500ansd'histoire(6000-3500BC).Dans ce contexte remarquable, les principaux objectifs des analyses archéobotaniques étaient detenter de reconstituer l’évolution des paléo-environnements végétaux et identifier des activitésanthropiques.Lesanalysesmenéessurlespollensetlesmicro-fossilesnon-polliniquesdocumententl’histoiredelavégétationetl'impactdesactivitéshumainessurceterritoire.Cesdonnéesillustrentbien les relations étroites qui devaient exister entre exploitations du sel et pastoralisme pour cespériodes,maisaussientreexploitationetconséquencesenvironnementales.Deplus,afindemieuxcomprendre l'utilisation des plantes dans le processus de production de sel, notamment pour lechauffage de l'eau salée, nous avons mené une étude détaillée des phytolithes pour plusieursniveauxarchéologiques.LuminiţaBejenaru11-FacultédeBiologie,Université"AlexandruIoanCuza",Iași,Roumanielumib@uaic.roInteractionshomme/animaldanslescommunautéschalcolithiquesdel'estdelaRoumanieLesvestigesfauniquesdécouvertsdansdenombreuxsitesarchéologiquesappartenantaucomplexeculturelPrecucuteni-Cucuteni(Chalcolithique,environ5200-3700av.J.-C.)sontdécritsentermesdequantificationetdemorphologie.Cetteétudeévaluelesressourcesanimalesdeséconomieslocales(élevage,chasse,pêche,cueillettedemollusques)ainsiquel’utilisationdesanimauxdanslesrituels.Lesrestessquelettiquesappartenantàdesmammifères,principalementdomestiques,prédominentdans leséchantillonsétudiés,maisprésententégalementunevariationdefréquenceà la foisdansl'espaceetdansletemps.LavariabilitédelagestiondesressourcesanimalespardifférentescommunautésduChalcolithiquedansl'estdelaRoumaniereflètedesadaptationsàdesconditionséco-géographiquesdistinctesainsiqu'àunenvironnementsocioculturelparticulier.

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DragomirN.Popovici†1,ConstantinHaită1,AnaIlie2,AdrianBălășescu3&ValentinRadu11-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania2-“PrinciaryCourt”MuseumComplex,Târgoviște,Romania3-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romaniaana_arheo@yahoo.comManandenvironmentintheLowerDanubeValley.NewdatafromtheBoianCultureatHîrșova-tell(ConstanțaCounty).InthelastfewdecadesthebeginningoftheCopperAge(Boianculture)wasnotasubjectofconstantandconsistentresearchinRomania.Onlyfewdiscoveriescanbementioned.Consequently,thelevelofknowledgeis,moreorless,thesameasthreedecadesago.However,manydetailsconcerningtheevolutionofBoianculturewasdiscussedinthisperiod.Twoofthesearethemainsubjects:evolutionofthiscultureincludingthechronologicalframeandthetransitiontotheGumelnițaculture.Ourpresentation focuseson these twoproblems, theevolutionand theso-called transition to theGumelnițaculture,basedonthepluridisciplinaryresearchesfromHîrșova-tell.InSC/pPandSC/pAatotal surface of 140 m² was excavated. Although the archaeological deposit was not excavatedcompletely on the entire surface, many significant data was obtained. Thus, the archaeological,sedimentological, micromorphological and archaeozoological data allow us to underline somecharacteristicsofBoianCultureatHîrșova-tell,especiallyonthelatestpartoftheevolution.LaurentCarozza1,ValentinRadu2,MihaelaDanu3,AdrianBălășescu4&CristianMicu51-UMR5602-GEODE,CNRS-UniversitéToulouse2,Toulouse,France2-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania3-"AlexandruIoanCuza"University,Iași,Romania4-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania5-ICEM,Tulcea,Romanialaurent.carozza@univ-tlse2.frL'exploitationdumilieuentre4800et4100BCsurletellchalcolithiquedeTaraschinadansledeltaduDanubeDepuis2010,uneéquipe franco-roumaineaengagéunprojetde recherche centré sur l’étudedescommunautés agro-pastorales qui peuplaient le delta du Danube durant le 5ème millénaire avantnotre ère. Ce projet est centré sur les relations qui unissaient les sociétés Gumelniţa et leurenvironnement.DanslecontexteparticulierdudeltaduDanube,cescommunautésontétéexposéesà des changements environnementaux rapides, et plus spécifiquement aux transformations del’hydrosystème.La fouille du tell submergé de Taraschina, aujourd’hui situé au cœur du delta du Danube, estconduite dans la perspective de reconstruire le lien nature-société-environnement. Les horizonsarchéologiques livrent différentes archives qui permettent de reconstituer l’activité descommunautésetdemesurerleurimpactsurl’environnement.Al’échelledusite,lesdonnéespaléo-économiques sontanalyséesàhaute résolutionchronologique,à l’aidededatations radiocarbone.Desétudesarchéozoologiquesdédiéesauxinvertébrés(bivalvesetescargots)etvertébrés(poissons,reptiles,oiseaux,mammifères),palynologiquesetl’analysedesphytolithesontlivrédesinformationsqui permettent de reconstituer le paléo-environnement et la paléo-économie de ces populations

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chalcolithiques. Il a été possible de mettre en évidence un important signal de traitement descéréalessurlesitedeTaraschina,etdanssonenvironnementproche.Lesdonnéesarchéologiquesmettentenévidenceunediminutiondusignalanthropiquevers4350-4250av.n.è.(changementdumoded’occupation).L’abandondusiteestliéàlamontéedeseauxetau changement environnemental qui en a résulté. Dans ce contexte, le site archéologique estconsidérécommeunconservatoiredelapaléo-biodiversité.StéphanieBréhard1,MarieBalasse1,ValentinRadu2,CarlosTornero1,ValentinaVoinea3,DragomirN.Popovici†2&AdrianBălăşescu41-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France2-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania3-NationalHistoryandArchaeologyMuseum,Constanţa,Romania4-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romaniabrehard@mnhn.frSheepandgoatsduringtheNeo-Eneolithicofsouth-easternRomania:exploitationstrategies,herdingscaleandseasonality.Romania isaclimaticandculturalcrossroads.Thecontributionofsheepandgoats intheNeo-andEneolithicsocio-economicsystemsofsouth-easternRomania isagoodexample:althoughtheyarenotpredominantas intheMediterraneanarea,theyplayamoreimportantrolethanintemperateEurope.Researchconductedduringthelasttenyearsallowsustobetterdescribethecharacteristicsofsheephusbandry,intermsofexploitationstrategies,herdingscaleandseasonality.Nochangeisperceptible in sheep exploitation strategies between Early Neolithic and Eneolithic; given theavailabledata,thisobservationcouldhoweverresultfromsamplingbiasaswellasfromcontinuouspractices.Sheep/goatswerebutcheredandeateninsituandforsomeofthestudiedsitesitwastheonlyactivityidentified.Intheseinstances,herdingactivitiestookplaceoutsidetheexcavatedareasassuggestedbytheabsenceofnew-bornsandyounglambsinthemortalityprofiles.AtHârşova-TellandBorduşani-Popină,stableisotopeanalysesshowthatsheepwererearedincloseproximitytothesettlements,ratherthaninanextensivesystem,soit isverylikelythatpensorsheepfoldswere, inthese cases, close to the dwelling areas (the tell) where sheep have been eaten. Lastly, theidentificationofa restricted lambingperiodduring theNeo-andEneolithichaspermitted to showthat,onthreesettlements,sheepslaughteringseldomoccurredfromlatespringtoearlyautumn.Fortwoofthem,itcoincideswiththeperiodwhenfishingandbivalvegatheringprimarilytookplace.

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MarieBalasse1,StéphanieBréhard1,RosalindGillis1,AnneTresset†1,MélanieRoffet-Salque2,RichardEvershed2, Cristian Micu3, Laurent Carozza4, Valentina Voinea5, Dragomir N. Popovici†6 & AdrianBălăşescu71-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France2-OrganicGeochemistryUnit,SchoolofChemistry,UniversityofBristol,UK3-ICEM,Tulcea,Romania4-UMR5602-GEODE,CNRS-UniversitéToulouse2,Toulouse,France5-NationalHistoryandArchaeologyMuseum,Constanţa,Romania6-NationalHistoryMuseumofRomania,Bucharest,Romania7-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romaniabalasse@mnhn.frContinuities and changes in cattle husbandry in the Chalcolithic economies from south-easternRomania:acomparativestudyofHamangiaandGumelnițasites.CattlehaveplayedapivotalroleinmostNeolithicsocietiesthatdiffusedacrossEuropefollowingtheDanubian corridor. One millennium after their introduction to Romania, cattle remain a majorcomponentofChalcolithiceconomies,althoughtovaryingextentsaccordingtoculturalgroups.Thisresearch examines continuities and changes in cattle husbandry in two cultural complexes: theHamangia,correspondingtothesettlingofChalcolithiccommunitieswestoftheBlackSeafromtheturn of the 5thmil BC, illustrated by the settlement of Cheia in the central Dobrudja plateau; theGumelniţaA2,orthedevelopmentofthetellsitesinthesecondhalfofthe5thmilBC,recoveredatBorduşani-Popină,Hârşova-tellandTaraschinaintheDanubianplain.ApredominantroleofcattleintheHamangiaeconomyisnuancedbytheraisingimportanceofcaprinesandpigsintheGumelniţaA2. Nevertheless, the orientation of the production reveals continuity as evidenced from similarcattlemortalityprofiles,suggestingproductionofmeatandmilk;thelatterwasalsoattestedbylipidresiduesinceramicsatBorduşani.Theavailabilityofmilkontheannualscalewasreducedduetoarestrictedperiodforcalving,asevidencedfromstableisotopeanalysis inteeth.Thiswouldsuggeststrong environmental constraints in the management of cattle diet throughout the year. Stableisotopes also reveal a strong seasonal C4 plants component in cattle’s (and caprines’) diet atBorduşani,HârşovaandTaraschina,notdetectedinthewildfauna.ThissignalmaybespecifictotheDanubianplain,andhelpsdefiningthescaleofherding.ValentinRadu1&AdrianBălășescu21-Muséenationald’HistoiredelaRoumanie,Bucarest,Roumanieraduvalentin@hotmail.com2-Institutd’Archéologie"VasilePârvan",Académieroumaine,Bucarest,Roumanieabalasescu2005@yahoo.frLapêchedanslescommunautésénéolithiquesdelarégiondeDobrogea(Roumanie-VemillénaireBC)La recherche archéologique complexe menée dans certains sites énéolithiques de Dobrogea (Vemillénaire BC) nous a fourni un abondantmatériel faunique qui a permis de tracer les principalescaractéristiques de la pêche et son évolution pour cette région. La liste des taxons pêchés est encorrélation avec le spectre taxinomique naturel caractéristique des eaux du milieu environnantchaquesite.Lesrestes lesplusabondantssontceuxappartenantauxgrandspoissonsd’eaudoucetels : la carpe, le silure, le sandre et les esturgeons. Les données concernant les dimensions despoissons pêchés nous montrent que la taille évolue durant cette période vers une pente

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décroissante.Danslessitescontinentaux(CheiaetLuncavița),ilestprobablequelespoissonsaientétéconsommésgrâceauxéchanges.D’unepartcefaitnousconfirmequelepoissonétaitunalimentappréciéetd’autrepartque certainesactivités comme la chasseet l’élevage sont limitativespourdévelopper une activité de pêche à un tel niveau qu’elle peut compter dans les stratégiesd’alimentation. Les analyses menées sur les mollusques aquatiques (bivalves genres Unio etAnodonta) ont fourni des informations en lien avec les changements de leurs paramètresécologiques. Etparceque l’interactiondirecteentre lesdeux taxonsestbien connue (lespoissonssontdeshôtesintermédiairesdanslecyclededéveloppementdecesbivalves),onconsidèrequeceschangementsquiontsurtoutétéd’ordrehydrologiqueontpuavoirdesconséquencesaussisur lespopulationsdepoissonsetindirectementsurlesstratégiesdepêche.Allowen Evin 1 Marie Balasse2, Linus Girdland Flink3, Dragomir Popovici†4, Radian Andreescu4,Douglas Bailey5, Pavel Mirea6, Cătălin Lazăr7, Adina Boroneant8, Clive Bonsall9, Carlos Tornero2,ValentinRadu4,DenisFiorillo2,StéphanieBréhard2,AnneTresset†2,ThomasCucchi2,GregerLarson10,KeithDobney11&AdrianBălășescu81-UMR5554-ISEM,UniversitéMontpellier-CNRS-EPHE-IRD,Montpellier,France2-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France3-LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity,Liverpool,UK4-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania5-DepartmentofAnthropology,CollegeofLiberalandCreativeArts,SanFranciscoStateUniversity,SanFrancisco,USA6-TeleormanCountyMuseum,Alexandria,Romania7- ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romania8-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania9-SchoolofHistory,ClassicsandArchaeology,UniversityofEdinburgh,Edinburgh,UK10-ThePalaeogenomics&Bio-ArchaeologyResearchNetwork,UniversityofOxford,Oxford,UK11-Archaeology,ClassicsandEgyptology,UniversityofLiverpool,Liverpool,UKallowen.evin@umontpellier.frApproches combinées pour appréhender l’évolution du cochon domestique en Roumanie :morphométriegéométrique,ADNancienetanalysesisotopiquesDe par sa position géographique et sa richesse archéologique, La Roumanie constitue unemplacementdechoixpourl’étudedel’évolutiondesespècesdomestiquesetdeleursinteractionsavec les sociétés d’éleveurs. L’histoire de la domestication du cochon est complexe et sonappréhensionnécessited’employerunecombinaisond’approchesapportantchacunedesélémentscomplémentaires. Afin de définir le statut morphologique, sauvage ou domestique, des individusnous avons utilisé la morphométrie géométrique appliquée sur 449 dents provenant de 18 sitesarchéologiquesroumainsetdatantduMésolithiqueàl’âgeduFer.Cetteétudeapermisdedétecter:des animaux domestiques de petite taille, des sangliers (grande taille et conformation dentairesauvage), ainsi que des individus présentant des caractères intermédiaires (grande taille etconformationdomestique)destatutincertain.Leséquençagedel’ADNmitochondrialde37individusapermisdeconfirmer l’originegéographiquedespremierscochons introduitsauNéolithiqueetdedétecter la présence probable d’hybrides ainsi qu’un remplacement total de population. Afind’étudierlerégimealimentaireetlelieudevie(élevageextensif/maintienauvillage)desindividus,des analyses isotopiques (carbone et azote) ont été menées sur trois sites ce qui a conduit àl’identificationd’animauxféraux.Ces résultats réalisés en grande partie sur lesmêmes individus ont permis demieux comprendrel’histoireducochonenRoumanie,demieux caractériser ladiversitéde cetteespèce reflétantà la

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foismouvementsetmélangesdepopulations.Denombreusesquestionsrestenttoutefoisencoreensuspens.CătălinLazăr1,GabrielVasile2,IonelaCrăciunescu3&AdrianBălășescu21- ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romania2-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania3-C.N.A.I.R.,Bucharest,Romaniacatalin.lazar@icub.unibuc.roHumans,animals,and funerarybehaviours.New insights into thebodiesmanipulationsandgravesre-openingpracticesintheEneolithiccemeteryfromSultanaMaluRoșu(Romania)TheEneolithiccemeteryfromSultana-MaluRoşu(ca.5000-4000cal.BC)wasdiscoveredin2006,anduntil now 99 inhumation graves have been investigated.Most of them are regular graves (singleprimaryburials).Thesecondaryburialsandskeletonswithoutskullsrepresentanunusualsituationinthis cemetery that fit in the deviant burial category documented in different sites from the fifthmillenniumBC. They demonstrated a complex process ofmanipulation of the humanbody in thiscommunityandtheparticularperspectiveofthelivingmembersofsocietyaboutthefuneraryritualandthedeathoftheindividuals.Also,thiskindofburialsmayreflectsharedidentitiesbetweenthelivingandthedead,mainlybecausesomehumananatomicalelementswerefoundscatteredintheareaofthesettlementassociatedwiththiscemetery.The current paperwill explore the caseof the grave 28 that fits in the secondaryburial category.Discovered in2009, itcontainedhumanosteological remains fromtwohuman individuals,withoutanatomicalconnection,alongsidewithGumelniţaceramic fragmentsand faunistic remains.Amongthem,aBostaurushornwas identified.AnotherBostaurushornwasdiscoveredinapit(C1/2009)locatedintheproximityofthegrave28,anditrepresentsthepairofthehornthatwasdiscoveredhere.Ouranalysiswillincludethestudyofthisdeviantburialconcerningarchaeological,zooarchaeologicalandanthropologicaldataalongsidewithradiocarbonandGISdata.Also,wewillexploretheaspectsregarding the individual, shared, and collective identities createdby the living in this cemetery, incloserelationwithsimilarEneolithicfindsfromtheBalkans.ThisworkwassupportedbyagrantoftheRomanianMinistryofResearchandInnovation,CCCDI–UEFISCDI,projectnumberPN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0686,withinPNCDIIII.MihaelaGolea1,LaurentBouby2&AurélieSalavert31-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania2-UMR5554-ISEM,UniversitéMontpellier-CNRS-EPHE-IRD,Montpellier,France3-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,Francemihaelas.golea@yahoo.comFoodplantsoftheEneolithiccommunitiesfromGumelnițaandSultana-MaluRoșutellsettlementsTheeponymsiteofGumelnițacultureandthetellsettlementofSultana-MaluRoșuaretwoofthemost importantEneolithicarchaeologicalsites fromsouth-easternRomania.TheGumelnițaculture

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which developed in the second half of the Vth millennium BC is an integrated part of theKodjadermen-Gumelnița-KaranovoVIculturalcomplexthatexistedintheBalkanregion.Thesetwositeshaveprovidedcrucialinformationregardingtheutilisationofconstructionmaterials,funerarypractices,thesocio-economicrelationsbetweenhumangroups(forinstance,throughmetalandother„prestige”objects)andtherelationshipbetweenhumansandtheirnaturalenvironment.Another important information provided by archaeological items are those of food consumption,eitherfromtoolsusedinfoodproduction,fromanimalbones,orfromplantseeds.Throughthispaperwefocusonthemacrobotanical remains (seedsandfruits) thatwere foundonthese two sites. The aimof this paperwill be to address the food choices plant usemade by theGumelnița and Sultana-Malu Roșu communities and also to contribute to the paleoenvironmentalreconstructionof thesetwosites.Carbonizedseedsandfruitscorrespondingtomorethan20taxawereretrievedoveraperiodof50years.EventhoughmanyspeciesareregularlymentionedinotherGumelnițaculturesitesorothersitesofdifferentcultures,additionalrarelyfoundplantspecies(asnewglumewheatandacornfruits)wereidentifiedatGumelnițaandSultana-MaluRoșu.Lastbutnotleast, a comparison between Gumelnița and Sultana-Malu Roșu tell settlements about plant foodconsumptionwillaccompanythispaper.BeatriceCiută11-HistoryDepartment,UniversityofAlbaIulia,Romaniabeatriceciuta@yahoo.comPlant exploitation during the Late Bronze Age in the Transylvaniaa area. Case study: the Teleachillfortsite(AlbaCounty)Wewillpresent thearchaeobotanical results fromthe last threeyearswhen importantdiscoveriesweremade regarding the diet of communitieswho inhabited hereduring Late BronzeAge. Theseresultsarepartofamajor interdisciplinaryprojectwhichhasdevelopedduring2016-2018(LOEWEProject)involvingnewtechnologiesinarchaeologyinordertofacilitatetheinterpretationofresults.TheTeleachillfortislocatedinsouth-easternTransylvaniaontopofahillneartheMuresRiver.Thesettlement from Teleac was classified as a princely one due to the important archaeologicaldiscoveriesmadeinsideofthefortification.Duetomajordiscoveriesregardingtheplantsused inthedietofTeleachillfort inhabitantswecanoffersomeinsightsregardingtheplantexploitationduringLBAinthisarea.AmyStyring1&MariaHajnalová21-InstitutfürArchäologischeWissenschaften,Goethe-UniversitätFrankfurt,Germany&SchoolofArchaeology,UniversityofOxford,UK2-DepartmentofArchaeology,ConstantinethePhilosopherUniversityinNitra,Slovakiastyring@em.uni-frankfurt.deTraditionalagricultureinRomaniaanditsvalueforreconstructingprehistoricfarmingpracticesRemnants of traditional farming communities practising non-mechanised agriculture still exist insomeareasofRomaniaandcanprovideimportantinformationforthereconstructionofprehistoricfarmingpractices and growing conditions. Fieldwork carriedout in the Sighisoara district between2000and2008focusedinparticularonthecultivationofeinkornwheat,whichalongsideemmerwas

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astaplecropoftheearliestNeolithicfarmersinEurope.Ecologicaldataonarableweedsgrowinginthe fields was collected alongside information on sowing times, soil management strategies(weeding,manuring,fallowing)andcropprocessingtechniques.Thenitrogenisotopevaluesofcerealgrains sampled from the fields were also determined, providing a framework for interpreting theisotopevaluesofcerealgrainspreservedonarchaeologicalsitesintermsofpastmanuringpractices.Morgane Ollivier 1, Anne Tresset†2, Adrian Bălășescu3, Stéphanie Bréhard2, Adina Boroneanț3,ChristopheHitte4&Jean-DenisVigne21-ENS,Lyon;UMR6553-ECOBIO,UniversitéRennes1-CNRS,France2-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France3-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania4-UMR6290-IGDR,UniversitéRennes1-CNRS,Francemorgane.ollivier@ens-lyon.frMobilityandadaptationofdogs inagricultural societies:when thestudyof theanimal reflects thehistoryofhumansThe dogwas domesticated 15,000 to 20,000 years ago by hunter-gatherers fromWestern EuropeandtheFarEast.Movementsofhumanpopulationsduringmillenniahaveresultedinthespreadofdomestic animals through the world. Their spread across Eurasia would be linked to thedevelopment of closed societies. The unique relationship betweenman and dogwas shaped by aprocessofmutualisationinitiatedwithintheframeworkofthehunter-gatherersofthePleistocene.We have shown the specificity of this man-animal relationship and the importance of the firstagricultural societies in the diffusion of dogs and their strong morphological and physiologicalmodifications.Anundeniablelinkexistsbetweenthemanandthedogandtheculturalevolutionofthe first impacts thebiological evolutionof the second (adaptationofdogs to thedietof the firstagricultural societies, dissemination of new populations of dogs accompanying men during theirmigrationsintheNeolithic).Thisparallelevolutionbetweenthetwospeciesallows,bythestudyoftheevolutionofdogpopulations,totracetheevolutionofhumanpopulationsandpavesthewayforfurther research on the adaptation of these animals to agricultural societies and the scale ofeconomicandsocio-culturalchangesthattriggertheadoptionofagriculture.LudovicOrlando&ERCPEGASUSConsortiumUMR5288-AMIS,UniversitéToulouse3-CNRS,France;CentreforGeoGenetics,UniversityofCopenhagen,Denmarkludovic.orlando@univ-tlse3.frTheevolutionaryoriginsandimpactofthehorseonhumanhistoryThe domestication of the Horse and its impact on warfare, transportation and agriculture, haverevolutionizedhumanhistory.Eventhoughmostmodernbreedshavebeenengenderedwithinthelast couple of centuries, humans have managed horse livestock for over five millennia. Recentselective andmanagement strategies have tremendously impacted the genetic structure of horsepopulations.As a result,modernpatternsof genetic diversity canonlypartly help reconstruct thehorsedomesticationprocesspriortothemodernera.Recentresearchinourlaboratory,carriedoutin the framework of the ERC PEGASUS program, has endeavoured to sequence complete horse

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genomes from across their whole temporal and geographical domestication range in order toidentify how themany past human cultures progressively forged the horse genome bymeans ofselection, drift andadmixture. Thiswork revealed twodifferentdynamics at playwithin early andlate domestication stages, involving the selection for different functional pathways, differentmanagementstrategies for thegenetic resourceavailable, includingstalliondiversity,anda recentincreaseinthegenomicdeleteriousload.Ournewgenomedatasetnowallowsustodocumentsuchchangesatunprecedentedscalesandrevealsunexpectedfeaturesofthewholepopulationdynamicunderlyinghorsedomestication.

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Session 2 - Acquisition, transformation et utilisation desmatières dures animales sur letemps long dans l'espace Carpato-Danubien / Acquisition, processing and use of animalhardmaterialsoverthetimeinCarpatho-DanubianspaceAlineAverbouh1&MonicaMărgărit21-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,Francealine.averbouh@mnhn.fr2-UniversitéValahia,Târgoviste,Roumaniemonicamargarit@yahoo.comL’étudedesproductionsenMDAetleséchangesfranco-roumains:unlongetricheparcoursDès le milieu des années 1980, l'étude des productions en matières dures animales a conduit àétablir de solides échanges entre la France et la Roumanie dans le cadre des travaux de lacommission de nomenclature de l'industrie de l'os créée par H. Camps-Fabrer (CNRS, Aix-en-Provence).Ilsfurentleterreaud'échangesfructueuxetcefutuneévidencescientifiqued'établirdespartenariats avec des laboratoires et des chercheurs roumains lors de la création de nouveauxprogrammesaudébutdesannées2000.CelaanotammentétélecasduGroupementderechercheinternational PREHISTOS (Prehistoric exploitation of osseousmaterials in Europe) du CNRS (dir. A.Averbouh) établi en partenariat avec UDC Bucarest (2006-2010) puis lors de son renouvellementavecleMNIRBucarest,l'UniversitédeTârgovișteetl'ICEMdeTulcea(2010-2014).Ceprogrammederecherche s’est doublé d’un réseau formation-recherche PECO-NEI (France-Russie-Roumanie-Hongrie) duMENESR, impliquant là encore des étudiants et collègues roumains et en 2013, unesessionduGDRIPrehistos futorganiséepardesmembresroumainset français (M.Margarit,G.LeDosseuretA.Averbouh).Elledonnalieuen2014àunepublicationbilingue-anglais-roumain-desesactes. A l'heure actuelle, l'étude des productions en MDA se développe à travers d'autresprogrammes associant les deux pays, tels la fouille de Taraschina (Dir. L. Carozza) ou celle du sitegravettiendePoianaCireșului(Coord.C.E.NițuetM.Cârciumaru).Cetteintroductionàlasession2dresseraunbilandesprogrammesderechercheconjointsconduitsdepuis les années 2000 et évoquera les programmes actuels dont la plupart seront présentés endétailaucoursdelasession.NejmaGoutas1,Elena-CristinaNițu2&MarinCârciumaru31-UMR7041-ArScAn,Paris1Panthéon-Sorbonne-UniversitéParisNanterre-CNRS,France2- Le complexe nationalMuséal «Cour Princière» Târgoviște, leMusée de l’evolution humaine et de la technologie auPaléolithique,Târgovişte,Roumanie3-UniversitéValahiaTârgovişte,l'EcoleDoctorale,Roumanienejma.goutas@cnrs.frQuiddespratiques techniquesetdesdynamiques sociétalesenEuropeentre30000et20000ansuncalBPlorsquelesressourcesanimalessontenfinquestionnées?RéflexionsàpartirdesindustriesosseusesdusitedePoianaCireşului-PiatraNeamț.PoianaCireşului,surlarivedroitedelavalléedelaBistriţa,àl’estdesCarpates,offrel’unedespluslongues séquences archéostratigraphiques du Paléolithique supérieur de Roumanie. Trois niveaux,datésentre20000et30000uncalBP,ontétéidentifiésjusqu'àprésent.Conservésdansdesdépôts

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lœssiques et séparés par des couches stériles épaisses, Poiana Cireşului offre des conditions deconservationremarquables.Cegisementalivrédestémoinsmatérielsrichesetvariés,dontlesplusgrands ensembles fauniques et d’industries en matières dures animales du pays pour la tranchechronologiqueiciconcernée,etplusdesdeuxtiersdesobjetsd’artetdeparureconnuslocalementpourlePaléolithique.Desgastéropodesmarinspercés(Homalopomasanguineum)attestentdeliensdirectsouindirectsaveclaMéditerranée(àplusde850km)pourleniveauleplusanciendusite.Laqualité de la documentation de ce gisement constitue un cas d’étude rare pour traiter desdynamiquesculturellesduPaléolithiquesupérieuranciendel’est-carpatiqueetsesrelationsaveclesrégions voisines. C’est aussi un excellent candidat pour initier des approches croisées entrearchéozoologue et technologue (restitution des chaînes opératoires globales d’exploitation desressourcesanimales).Danslecadredecettecommunication,nousnousintéresseronsauxsystèmestechniques d’exploitation de ces ressources singulières (à la croisée duminéral et du vivant). Lessavoir-faire en jeu dans leur traitement restent encore très peu connus pour ces périodes. Leurpotentiel heuristique en fait un objet d’étude des plus structurants pour interroger autrement lessociétésnomadesduPaléolithiqueetplusencorelesmodèlesthéoriquesquiontconstruitl’histoiredessciencesenarchéologiepréhistorique.Cetterechercheaétéeffectuéedans lecadreduprojetPALEOTECH–ComportementtechniqueetsymboliquedescommunautéspaléolithiquesdesCarpatesOrientales(Roumanie)avantetpendantledernierMaximumGlaciaire,codeduprojetPN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0614.PetarZidarov11-LabofArchaeometry&ExperimentalArchaeology,DepartmentofArchaeology,NewBulgarianUniversity,Sofia,Bulgaria;Eberhard-KarlsUniversitätTübingen, Institut fürUr-undFrühgeschichteundArchäologiedesMittelalters, JüngereAbt.,Tübingen,Germanypetar.zidarov@yahoo.comCultural uniformity and environmental adaptations as reflected in the prehistoric worked boneassemblages along the Lower Danube and theWestern Black Sea coast during the sixth and fifthmillenniaBCIntensive archaeological excavations in the past century facilitated the establishment of a generalchronological frameworkofalternatingtrendsofculturallyconverginganddivergingprocessesatanumberofprehistoric settlementsandcemeteriesalong theLowerDanubeand thewesternBlackSea coast largely disregarding the modern national borders between Romania and Bulgaria. Thecorrelations between the two areasweremostly based on nominal degrees of similarity betweensettlementpatterns,burialrites,andaboveallpottery,figurines,andcopperfinds.Contrastinglytheinterpretative potential of most products of the bone and antler industry was much too oftendismissedasrelativelynegligiblefromapositivisticevolutionaryperspective.Personalobservationsoffindsfromlargelyunpublishedcollections,however,indicatethatcertaintypesoftools,weapons,figurines and ornamental pieces have rather specific spatio-temporal affinities. For example, onecoulddistinguishcertaincharacteristictypesofobjectscommonforbothareas–someofthembeingeven clumsily copied in the peripheral zones. Others, like some fishing gear made of antler hadratherspecificdistributionalongparticularsectionsoftheDanubeorthecoastal lagoonsindicatingdistinctspecializationsandenvironmentaladaptations.Graveinventoriesalsoallowustodistinguishcertainsex,age,andstatus-specificboneartefacts.Eventhoughmostoftheseobservationsrefertolargelyunpublishedcollections,bothfromBulgariaandRomania, Iwouldtrytooutlinethose likelyholdinggreaterpotential forrevealingcontinuitiesanddiscontinuities inthearchaeological record,

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not so well represented by other classes of artefacts, thus deserving more detailed attention infuturestudies.AndreeaVornicu-Țerna11-MuséedépartementaledeBotoșani,Botoșani,Roumanieandreeavtf@yahoo.comLesindustriesosseusescommeindicateursdechangementculturelaudébutduChalcolithique,àl'estdesCarpates.Danslarégiondel'estdesCarpates,laplusgrandepartieduVemillénaireav.n.è.estmarquéepardes grandes transformations culturelles déclenchées par l’émergence de la métallurgie dans lesrégions voisines des Balkans. Ce qu’on appelle ici le début de Chalcolithique comprend lesphénomènes culturels depuis l’utilisation des premiers objets demétal par des communautés quiconserventencorede fortsélémentsnéolithiques (laculturePrecucuteni) jusqu’à la formationdessociétés"pleinementchalcolithiques"(lapremièrephasedelacultureCucuteni).Commelamajoritédes éléments de la culturematérielle, l’outillage enos reflète ces transformations,mais dans unemanièrepropre.Apartir de l’étude comparativede la compositionde l’inventaire et des schémasd’acquisition et de transformation des matières osseuses, nous proposons une discussion sur lecontenu et la dynamique de changement et les vecteurs de transferts culturels dans ce contexteparticulier.MonicaMărgărit1&ValentinRadu21-UniversitéValahia,Târgoviște,Roumaniemonicamargarit@yahoo.com2-Muséenationald’HistoiredelaRoumanie,Bucarest,Roumanieraduvalentin@hotmail.comAcquisition et transformation de la valve d'Unio en parures dans la culture de Gumelnița (VemillénaireBC)Lesmollusquesd’eaudoucedugenreUnioontétéexploitéspar lescommunautéshumainesde laculturedeGumelnițaprincipalementpourlanourritureetsecondairementpourréaliserdesparuresavec leurs valves. Notre étude analyse les perles circulaires - la catégorie typologique la plusimportante dans laquelle les valves ont été transformées. Ces ornements qui sont à différentesétapesdetransformationtechnologiqueetd'utilisation(desébauchesauxpiècesfiniestrèsusées)etqui proviennent des différents contextes stratigraphiques (zones de déchets, maisons) nousmontrentqu’ilsontétéréalisésdanslesiteetensuiteportésparlesmembresdelacommunauté.Ilyaaussides"stocks"deperlescirculairesfinies,sansusure,quiattestentd’unebonnegestiondeceproduit,permettant leremplacementdepiècesendommagéesouégarées.Lasélectionde lavalved’Unio n'était pas accidentelle. Elle est facile à récolter parmi les déchets culinaires et enmêmetempsaunestructureassezdureetrésistantepourpermettreuneutilisationàlongterme.Danslebutd'identifierlescoûtsinvestisdanslafabricationdecesperlescirculaires,nousavonsdéveloppéunprogrammeexpérimentaldanslequellesprincipauxparamètresontétéenregistrés:acquisitionde lamatière première, outils employés, temps nécessaire pour chaque étape technologique. Les

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perlesontensuiteétéréuniesdansunbraceletetportéespour identifier lemodèled'évolutiondel'usure. La comparaisonentre lespiècesexpérimentaleset cellesarchéologiquesnousapermisdevérifierleshypothèsesconcernantl'utilisationdecesornements.Cetravailaétéréalisédanslecadred'unprogrammefinancéparleMinistèredelaRechercheetdel'Innovation,CNCS–UEFISCDI,codeprojetPN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-0182.CătălinaCernea11-IalomiţaCountyMuseum,Slobozia,Romaniacata_arch@yahoo.comCernavodaIculturefromeasternMuntenia.SomeaspectsofthehardanimalmaterialsindustryThe profound change noticed at the cultural level at the beginning of the second half of the 4thmillennium BC was determined by the intrusion of groups of allogeneic populations of differentorigins,havingadistinctmaterialcultureandpracticinglivestock-basedeconomicactivitiesinflocks.ThisphenomenonofthewestwardmigrationofsomegroupsinthenorthernPonticsteppeareaswillinterrupt the natural evolution of indigenous Eneolithic communities. In contactwith them, somegroupswilllosetheiridentity,whileotherswillgivebirthtonewculturalentitiessuchasCernavodaI.Theknowledgeofthesecommunities, inthecontextoftheir interactionwiththelocalcivilizations,GumelniţaandCucuteni,representsacurrentresearchtopic.Butdecipheringandunderstandingthesocio-economicparticularitiesoftheCernavodaIcommunitieswasmademoredifficultbythetypeof archaeological researches carried out: surface research, surveys, small excavations, raresystematicresearches,whichfavoredtheenrichmentoftherepertoireofsettlementsandtoalesserextenttherecordingofconcretedetails,especiallywithregardtothehardanimalindustry.Inthiscontext,therehasbeenaneedtoconductastudyonaspectssuchas:thecharacteristicsofthe raw materials used and the strategies for obtaining them, the documentation of thetransformationtechniquesandthetypesofobjectsrecorded.

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Session3-Projetsetperspectives/ProjectsandperspectivesColline Brassard 1,2, Adrian Bălășescu3, Jacques Barat4, Adina Boroneanț3, Trish Fleming5, ClaudeGuintard6,ElodieMonchâtre-Leroy 7,AnneTresset†1,CécileCallou1,RaphaëlCornette8,StéphanieBréhard1&AnthonyHerrel21-UMR7209-AASPE,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France2-UMR7179-MECADEV,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS,Paris,France3-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania4-Anses,Laboratoiredelarageetdelafaunesauvage,Stationexpérimentaled’Atton,France5-SchoolofVeterinary&LifeSciences,MurdochUniversity,Murdoch,WA,Australia6- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, de l’Agroalimentaire et de l’Alimentation, Nantes Atlantique–ONIRIS, Nantes; GEROM-UPRESEA4658,Facultédesanté,Universitéd’Angers,France7-Anses,Laboratoiredelarageetdelafaunesauvage,Malzéville,France8-UMR7205-ISYEB,Muséumnationald’Histoirenaturelle-CNRS-UPMC-EPHE,Paris,Franceco.brassard@gmail.comMorpho-functionalstudyofextantcanids:applicationtotheRomanianNeolithicThe large number of dog and red fox remains in Romanian archaeological sites is an indicationoftheiromnipresence in thedaily livesofNeolithichumans.Bothwere involved in symbolic systemsandusedas foodsources,even ifonewasbredandtheotherhunted.Moreover,highphenotypicplasticitymayhaveallowedarapidadaptationtonovelselectionpressures.However,thetemporalandspatialevolutionofmorphologicalvariabilityinrelationtosocialandtechno-economicchanges–suchas thedevelopmentofagricultureduring theNeolithicperiod– remainspoorlydocumented.Since archaeological mandibles are generally well preserved and have a key role in the animal'schewing ability, they are promising to explore morphological variability and its functionalconsequences.Wepresentamorpho-functionalmodelwedevelopedforextantdogsandredfoxesand how it is impacted by external constraints such as diet or increased proximity to humans.Photogrammetry is used to obtain 3D reconstructions of mandibles which are analysed usinggeometric morphometrics. Extant specimens were dissected to establish a biomechanical modelallowing us to estimate bite force of archaeological remains based on the mandible only. Thisapplicationwill ultimatelybepartof amoreglobal study to compareRomanian canidswith thosethatpopulatedWesternEuropebetweentheLateGlacialandtheBronzeAge.Acomparisonoftheevolutionary trajectories of the dog (domestic) and the fox (commensal) should enable to betterunderstandtheevolutionofcanidsundernaturalandanthropicconstraintsatthebeginningoftheHolocene.OzanaMariaPetraru11-FacultyofBiology,“AlexandruIoanCuza”UniversityofIași,Romaniaozanapetraru@gmail.comMicroanalysis of ancient human remains: a doctoral project on archaeological sites from easternRomania.Microanalysisofhumanremainsisadevelopingfieldofphysicalanthropologyandithasseen,sofar,a gradual positive growth in the last decades. The aim of the project is to cover paleohistologicalaspects addressed to ancient human populations in Eastern Romania, fromNeolithic to the post-medieval period. This research includes the diachronic evaluation of palaeodiet through dental

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macro- and microwear analysis, the palaeopathological and histotaphonomical assessments ofhuman remains discovered in archaeological sites. The project methodology considers differentmethods and techniques such as optic microscopy (bright field - BF, epifluorescence - FLUO anddifferential interference contrast DIC) and scanning electronicmicroscopy (SEM). Semiquantitativeandquantitativeanalysisareprovided throughassignedhistological scores,micrometryand imageanalysis. This project represents the first anthropologicalmicroanalysis study in Romania, and theexpected results will contribute to the knowledge development in the domain. This researchcomplements the classical anthropological results and it is correlated and integrated withinarchaeologicalcontext.CristianOprean11-InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Iași,Romaniacristioprean2009@gmail.comRelationsbetweenthehumanandtheanimalworldinthesettlementofParța.The faunal material that is the subject of this archaeozoological project comes from thearchaeological research at theNeolithic settlement (5500-4400BC) located at the border of Parțavillage (Timiș County). The settlement represents one of the most important Neolithic sites innorthern Banat, considered a metropolis of the Neolithic developed in Banat, and one of thesettlementsthatmadeitpossibletodefinethecharacteristicsoftheBanatculture.Inthearchaeozoologicalanalysis,9697osteologicalfragmentshavebeendeterminedsofar.Thelistof species identified until now is common to the Neolithic and Eneolithic sites in south-easternEurope.Amongdomesticmammals, fragmentsof cattle, caprines, pigs anddogs (rareoccurrence)havebeenfound.Inthecaseofwildanimals,besidestheusualmammals-reddeer,roedeer,wildboar and aurochs – we identified rabbit, beaver, fox, wolf, bear and wild cat remains. Theosteologicalmaterial resulting from thenumerous research campaigns atParța (1978-2009)offersthepossibilityofanarchaeozoological synthesis for the residence lifeat thesettlement.Wetry tooutline some peculiarities of animal economy of the studied populations, observing the share ofactivitiessuchasanimalhusbandry,huntingandfishing.Anotheraspectofourresearchisthestudyof the importanceof animalhardmaterials toobtain tools andutensils.Wealso try todeterminehowanimalsandpartsofanimalswereusedforritualpracticesinthecommunity(insanctuariesorinsideandneartheirhouse).Byanalysingthesignificanceoftheseactivities,wecanobservesomesocio-economiccharacteristicsofthesecommunitiesandpossibleculturalcharacteristics.XeniaPop11-FacultyofVeterinaryMedicine,UniversityofAgriculturalSciencesandVeterinaryMedicine,Cluj-Napoca,Romaniaravenheartr@gmail.comSocio-economic aspects of the life of prehistoric communities in the Lower Mureș Valley. AnarchaeozoologicalperspectiveWithintheframeofalargerperiod,thatincludestheendofEneolithicandBronzeAge,severalsocio-economic aspects of the communities of the lowerMureș valley can be distinguished. This study

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dealswiththefindingsfromSântana”CetateaVeche”(lateEneolithic),Pecica”Site14”(earlyBronzeAge), Pecica ”ȘanțulMare”(middleBronzeAge), Șagu ”SitA1_1”(lateBronzeAge), Pecica ”Sit 14”-cemetery(lateBronzeAge).Intheattemptofhighlightinganevolutionoftheanimaleconomy,onemustfirstmentionthehighimportanceofanimalbreeding.Themostfrequentencounteredspecieswerethecattleanddomesticswine,caprinesbeingtheleastrepresented.Slaughteringagesshowaprevalenceof thesubadult individuals-bred formeatand fatproduction-whilematureandadultswere,mostprobably,keptasbreedingstockorassecondaryproductssource.Amongtheidentifiedremnants,horseanddogboneswerepresent,indifferentpercentages,ineverystudiedsite.Huntingand fishing seems tobea secondaryoccupationof the LowerMures valleypopulations. Themostprevalent game species were the red deer and roe deer, followed by wild boar and aurochs(identified in Bronze Age sites) and rabbit (identified in late Eneolithic site). Catfish andmolluscsremainswerealsoidentified.Antlerandboneprocessingwasalsodocumentedbythepresenceofahighnumberofcraftedbonepiecesidentifiedinourinvestigations.IonelaCrăciunescu1,ValentinRadu2,MihaelaDanu3,ValentinDumitrașcu1,MihaelaGolea1,MarianaBalint1,XeniaPop1,CătălinLazăr4&AdrianBălășescu11-"VasilePârvan"InstituteofArchaeology,RomanianAcademy,Bucharest,Romania2-NationalMuseumofRomanianHistory,Bucharest,Romania3-"AlexandruIoanCuza"University,Iași,Romania4- ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romaniaionela.craciunescu@gmail.comTheprojectBioMapPrehistThe project Bio-mapping of the Past Animal and Vegetation from the Romanian Prehistory(BioMapPrehist) proposes a new approach regarding Romanian Prehistory (c. 40000-650 cal. BC)from the bioarchaeological perspective, based on an interdisciplinary integration of thezooarchaeologicalandarchaeobotanicaldataavailable.Themainmotivationoftheproject is theabsencefromRomaniaofthe large integrateddatabasesregardingpastfauna(e.g.molluscs,fishbones,reptiles,birds,mammals)andvegetation(e.g.seeds,charcoal,pollen)discoveredinarchaeologicalcontexts,anindispensabletoolinmodernresearch.Inthesecircumstances,wewilltrytorealizeacomplexintegratedanalysisoftheinteractionbetweensociety,environment,andbiodiversityintheLatePleistoceneandHoloceneontheRomanianactualterritory.Thischronologicalrangewasacriticalperiodintheevolutionofhumanity,whichgraduallyturned from hunter-gatherer communities into farmer-breeder communities. The target periodbegins with the Upper Paleolithic period, continues with Mesolithic, Neolithic, Eneolithic, BronzeAge, and it ends with the First Iron Age (Hallstatt). The project is designed to provide a higher-resolutionpictureofthefaunalandvegetalevolutionformorethan40000years,incorrelationwithhuman communities from the target area, and their food preferences, environmental resourcemanagement,andparticularadaptivestrategies.The primary objectives of the project is the development of a complex analytical instrument fornational and European researchers, based on bioarchaeological data and valorize the nationalcultural heritage, but also the integration of statistical GIS methods, in order to know thefundamental evolution and distribution of fauna and flora (and implicitly human consumption,paleoeconomy,foodprocuringstrategies,key-eventsthataffectthehumandiet)fromgeographically(horizontal)andchronologically(vertical)perspective.

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MorganeOllivier11-ENS,Lyon;UMR6553-ECOBIO,UniversitéRennes1-CNRS,Francemorgane.ollivier@ens-lyon.frTheBONDprojectReconstructingBiodiversityDynamicsduringtheNeolithicTransitionIn thehistoryofhumankind,populationshaveoftenbeenconfronted tomodifications, sometimesbrutal, in their environment. These changes may be the result of sudden climatic or significantcultural changes, whether sustained or decided. The Neolithic transition in Europe constitutes aperfect case study allowing us to better understand the complex interactions between culture,climateandbiodiversityevolutionatmulti-regionalscale.During the dissemination of the Neolithic wave, farming societies encountered different climaticconditions. TheEuropeanMesolithic/Neolithic transition is alsomarkedby local and rapid climaticevents.TheycouldhaveinfluencedlocaladaptationcapacitiesofthesesocietiesandoftheincomingNeolithic package. The arrival of immigrant farmers into Europe led to the voluntary introductionfrom the Near-East of domestic taxa, that, for some, had no ancestors in Europe, and biologicalinvasionsofthecontinentbysynanthropicspecies,triggeredandfacilitatedbythedevelopmentofagricultureandthegeneralanthropizationoflandscapes.Suchintroductionanddevelopmentofnewway of life could have had an impact on the endemic flora and fauna leading to large-scalerecomposition of faunal/floral communities. Our project aim to find signatures of anthropic andclimaticforcingonbiodiversity(communitylevel),byanalyzingsedimentaryarchivesdynamics.Itwillallowustounderstand:1) Why have some hunter-gatherer societies persisted longer in North West Europe? Is theirpersistencecorrelatedtotherichnessoftheexploitednaturalenvironments?2)HowvariationofclimaticconditionscouldhaveinfluencedthediffusionoftheNeolithictransitionastheydispersedacrossEuropebetween9,000and6,000cal.BP?3)Whatwastheimpactofthisculturaltransitiononendemicbiodiversity?CătălinLazăr1,CarmenChifiriuc1&LaurențiuLeuștean11- ArchaeoScience#RO, Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), University of Bucharest, Bucharest,Romaniacatalin.lazar@icub.unibuc.roDoingThingsBetter:ArchaeoScience#RO,ANewResearchPlatforminRomaniaThe project "Interdisciplinary Institutional Platform for Excellence in Research, Development,Innovation and Professional Training in Archaeological Sciences (ArchaeoScience#RO)" aims atintroducingafieldofresearchunmatchedyetattheuniversitylevelinourcountry–Archaeologicalsciences.Theprojectwillberunduringthe2018-2020period,throughtheResearchInstituteoftheUniversityof Bucharest (ICUB). The implementation of the project involved the development of a commonplatform, facilitating the complex, interdisciplinary and integrative approachof the archaeological,culturalheritage, throughconducting researchand training inarchaeologicalandculturalheritage.This approach represents an excellent opportunity to connect Romania to the existing researchdirectionsandprogramsinotherEuropeanUnioncountriesandaroundtheworld.The platform proposed for development will integrate a systematic, inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary scientific research direction, organized by the Departments of History, Biology,

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Chemistry,Physics,Geography,GeologyandGeophysicsof theUniversityofBucharest, inorder tomeetthecurrentRomanianandEuropeanneeds,inlinewiththeinternationaltrends.Theresearchteams in the field of Archaeological Sciences from the departments mentioned above will beorganisedas fiveresearch,development, innovationandeducational trainingunits,groupedunderthe following sub-disciplines: i) bioarchaeology; ii) geoarchaeology; iii)material culture studies; iv)digitalarchaeology;v)moleculararchaeology.