Archéologie & Philologie
d’Orient et d’Occident – CNRS PSL

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Changement climatique et interaction homme-environnement dans le Caucase : perspectives géo-bio-archéologiques et littéraires

1-2 Décembre 2023. École Normale Supérieure, Paris Sciences & Lettres, 45 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris. Salle des Actes et en ligne

Section 1. Glaciers

14h15 Paul Andrew Mayewski Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA. The Ice Chronicles – A Step in the Quest to Understand Climate Change and Human Interactions

15h Andrei V. Kurbatov1, Pascal Bohleber2, Lela Gadrani1, Geoffrey Hargreaves*3, Michael Handley4, Douglas S. Introne4, Curtis Labombard3, Elena V. Korotkikh5, Christopher Loveluck5, Paul A. Mayewski4

         Adapting New Technologies for State-of-the-Art Ice Core Science

             1. Climate Change Institute and School of Earth & Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
             2. Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
             3. National Science Foundation Ice Core Facility, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, USA
             4. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
             5. Archaeology, University Park, School of Humanities, University of Nottingham, UK
               *Retired in 2022

15h45 M. Elashvili1, L. Gardani2, Levan Tielidze1

         Glacial Extends and Fluctuations in Greater Caucasus from LGM

             1. Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
             2. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

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Section 2. Des lieux et des humains

– 16h30 PM Marianne Cohen1 & Josep Vila-Subirós2

         Resilient Landscapes in a Context of Climate and Socioenvironmental Change in the Caucasus. Key concepts and general considerations

         1. Géographie et aménagement, Laboratoire Médiations, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France
         2. Geography, Socioenvironmental Research Group, University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain

17h Bérengère Perello

         Human-Environment Interaction in Early Bronze Age Armenia. Aims and Perspectives of the HOMELAND Project

        Archéorient, CNRS (UMR 5133), Lyon, France

17h30 PM N. Sulava1, R. Chagelishvili1, N. Rezesidze1, B. Gilmour2, E. Kvavadze, T. Beridze3

         The Archaeometallurgy of Copper in the Mountain Regions of Colchis (Georgia, Lechkhumi)

             1. Georgian National Museum – Archaeology, Tbilisi, Georgia
             2. School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, Great Britain
             3. Al. Janelidze Institute of Geology, Tbilisi, Georgia

Théatre. 18h-18h30

Eschyle, Prométhée enchaîné : interprétation en grec ancien par Philippe Brunet

Langue et littérature grecques, Université de Normandie, Rouen, France

 

Samedi, le 2 Décembre 2023

 

Section 3. Arbres et fleurs

9h30 Ingo Heinrich1, Gerhard Helle2, Svend Hansen1, Sabine Reinhold1, Daniel Balanzategui1, Alexander Müller1

         Tree Rings from the Caucasus Region and Their Potential for Multi-Parameter Environmental Reconstructions

              1. German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Berlin, Germany
              2. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany

10h Alexia Decaix

         Reconstructing Human-Environment Interactions in the Southern Caucasus: an archaeobotanical macroremains perspective

             GeoArchEon & National Museum of Natural History, France (UMR 7209 AASPE)

10h30 Kristina Sahakyan1, Sebastien Joannin2, Torsten Haberzettl3, Marie-Luise Adolph3, Lilit Sahakyan1

         5,000 Years of Vegetation Dynamics: Pollen Analysis of Gravity Sediment Cores in Small Sevan Lake, Armenia

          1. Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
          2. CNRS, Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier, France
          3. Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany

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Section 4. L’eau, le lac et la rivière

11h30 Hannes Laermanns1, Daniel Gademan1, Nino Ustiashvili2, Levan Navrozashvili2, Tiiu Koff3, Mikheil Elashvili2, Helmut Brückner1

         The Lake Paravani Archive – a contribution to the Late Quaternary landscape evolution of the Lesser Caucasus (Georgia)

           1. Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany
           2. Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
           3. Tallinn University, Institute of Ecology, Tallinn, Estonia

12h Hans von Suchodoletz

         Prehistoric Societies and Water Supply in the Southeastern Caucasus: a geomorphological and geoarchaeological approach

         Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing Group, Leipzig University, Germany

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Pannel 5. Glace et poussière

14h Lela Gadrani

         Kazbegi Glacier Paleo Ice Core Project – Update

         Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA

14h30 Lyudmila Shumilovskikh

         Palynological Studies from Kazbegi Region: Results and perspectives

         Palynology and Climate Dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany

15h Vlada Batalova

          First palynological Studies of Ice Cores from Elbrus: A new word in atmospheric monitoring in the Caucasus region

         Palynology and Climate Dynamics, University of Göttingen, Germany

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Section 6. Fleuve et mer

16h Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe1, Hannes Laermanns2, Levan Navrozashvili3, Mikheil Elashvili3, Laurențiu Țuțuianu1, Mihaela Dobre1, Diana Hanganu1, Luminița Preoteasa1, Helmuth Bruckner2 

         New Data from the Rioni Suggest an Early (Neolithic) Delta Formation and Human Presence

              1. Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania
              2. Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Germany
              3. Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

– 16h30 Florin Zăinescu, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe

          Understanding the Effects of Rising Sea Levels on the Big River Deltas of the Black Sea – findings from the Danube river 

          Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania

17h Anca Dan1, Udo Schlotzhauer2

         Environmental Changes in the Caucasian deltas of the Black Sea, according to Classical Texts & Archaeology

             1. AOROC – Département des Sciences de l’Antiquité (DSA), École Normale Supérieure – CNRS, Paris
             2. Eurasia, German Archaeological Institute (DAI), Berlin

Posters

– Akaki Nadaraia

      Glacial Geomorphology and Landscape Changes in Enguri Valey (South Caucasus) during the Holocene

      Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

– Guram Imnadze1, Akaki Nadaraia2

      Activated Periglacial Hazards in an Alpine Environment: An example of recent glacial debris flows in Shovi and Devdoraki Valleys (Georgian Caucasus)

           1. Institute of Geography, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
           2. Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Georgia 

– Nino Ustiashvili, Mari Murtskhvaladze

      NGS Insights into Microbiome Composition in Ice Cores: Shifts in microbial communities as early indicators of environmental changes

           Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

– Levan Navrozashvili, Mikheil Elashvili, Levan Losaberidze, Mate Akhalaia, Giorgi Kirkitadze

      Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Spatio-Temporal Analyses of the Late Bronze Age Culture in the Shiraki Valley (South Caucasus)

          Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

 – Mikheil Lobjanidze, Tea Munchava

      Landscape and Geomorphologic Changes in the Historic Tana Valley (Georgia), Influenced by Climatic and Anthropic Factors

          Cultural Heritage and Environment Research Center, Ilia State University, Georgia

 – Daniela Pascal, Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe, Régis Braucher, Răzvan Popescu, Mihaela Enăchescu, Alexandru Berbecariu, ASTER Team

     Glacial Geochronology and Extent in Făgăraș Massif (Southern Carpathians) – Parallels for the vanished glaciers of Lesser Caucasus 

          Geography, University of Bucharest, Romania

 

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1. Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

 

              2. CNRS, Institute of Evolutionary Science of Montpellier, France

 

              3. Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald, Germany

 

Responsable(s) AOROC