Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles AIHP-GEODE : Archéologie Industrielle, Histoire, Patrimoine/Géographie- Développement Environnement de la Caraïbe HARCMAR : Histoire et Archéologie Maritimes des Petites Antilles
Extrait de : "Entre exclusif et contrebande, le commerce colonial aux Antilles XVIIe-début XIXe siècle" : journées d'étude, du 24 au 26 octobre 2019. Université des Antilles
Description : This research will unveil the tensions between international, regional, and local interests which drove colonial officials and merchants on St. Thomas, St. Eustatius, Dutch St. Maarten, St. Bartholomew, and Saba to engage in illegal trade and logistical relations with privateers, pirates, and slave trading vessels between 1816-1840. Along with an analysis of eastern Caribbean trade networks through surviving shipping records, extensive government correspondence, court records, and accounts in historic newspapers from the region, this will subsequently permit insights into how the shifting bounds and tolerances of legal and illicit trade by colonial officials on these islands fostered a smuggling and laundering ring for ships, goods, and people engaged in privateering, piracy during the Latin American Wars of Independence and the later Cisplatine War, and the post-abolition slave trade. By understanding the processes involved in smuggling and laundering illegal prizes by privateers and pirates, direct evidence these activities can become visible in the archaeological record through a predictive model based upon local practices of intentionally sinking illegally captured ships.
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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Archaeologist Ripley Pierce Bullen and his wife, bioanthropologist Adelaide Kendall Bullen exiting caves in New Providence, Bahamas. Ripley Bullen was the curator emeritus at the Florida State Museum, currently the Florida Museum of Natural History, at the University of Florida. Adelaide Bullen was the Research Associate in Anthropology at the Florida State Museum. Slide labeled Cave on North Coast N. P. April '65.
Bahamas -- North America -- Nassau, New Providence Island

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
During Christopher Columbus's second voyage to the New World, he landed on the North coast of Jamaica on May 5, 1494 and called the area Santa Gloria. In 1503 during his fourth and final voyage, Columbus and his men were marooned in Jamaica. After his shipwreck, Columbus lived in Maima, a Taino (or Arawaks) Indian settlement near Seville for over a year. The Taino Indians were Jamaica’s first native people. The area is now part of the Maima-Seville Heritage Park, owned and operated by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust. The image shows the remains of walls at an excavation site. Slide labeled Site of Sevilla Nueva.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Seville, Saint Ann

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
In the foreground are archaeologist Ripley Pierce Bullen and his wife, bioanthropologist Adelaide Kendall Bullen. Ripley Bullen was the curator emeritus at the Florida State Museum, currently the Florida Museum of Natural History, at the University of Florida. Adelaide Bullen was the Research Associate in Anthropology at the Florida State Museum. In the background of the restaurant is a painting of a Bahamian market scene which includes fruit, fish, straw vendors, shoppers, a police officer, and surrey carriage. Slide labeled Bullens at Nassau Restaurant, April '65.
Bahamas -- North America -- New Providence Island

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Maima-Seville Heritage Park, owned and operated by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust, is made up of three distinct areas: the original Spanish settlement - Sevilla La Nueva, a British sugar plantation, and forested regions. The following preserved structures can be found at the site: the Governor’s castle, a Spanish sugar mill, an artisan workshop, and the remains of a Spanish settlement, a Spanish church, and a British great house. Christopher Columbus spent over a year marooned here after his fourth voyage to the New World in 1503. Slide labeled Jam. where Col. landed - Seville.
Jamaica -- Caribbean region -- Seville, Saint Ann

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Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Seismological Society of America
Résumé : International audience
Abstract The continuous record of large surface-rupturing earthquakes along the Dead Sea fault brings unprecedented insights for paleoseismic and archaeoseismic research. In most recent studies, paleoseismic trenching documents the late Holocene faulting activity, while tectonic geomorphology addresses the long-term behavior (>10 ka), with a tendency to smooth the effect of individual earthquake rupture events (Mw >7). Here, we combine historical, archaeological, and paleoseismic investigations to build a consolidated catalog of destructive surface-rupturing earthquakes for the last 14 ka along the left-lateral Jordan Valley fault segment. The 120- km-long fault segment limited to the north and the south by major pull-apart basins (the Hula and the Dead Sea, respectively) is mapped in detail and shows five subsegments with narrow stepovers (width < 3 km). We conducted quantitative geomorphology along the fault, measured more than 20 offset drainages, excavated four trenches at two sites, and investigated archaeological sites with seismic damage in the Jordan Valley. Our results in paleoseismic trenching with 28 radiocarbon datings and the archaeoseismology at Tell Saydiyeh, supplemented with a rich historical seismic record, document 12 surface-rupturing events along the fault segment with a mean interval of ∼1160 yr and an average 5 mm=yr slip rate for the last 25 ka. The most complete part of the catalog indicates recurrence intervals that vary from 280 yr to 1500 yr, with a median value of 790 yr, and suggests an episodic behavior for the Jordan Valley fault. Our study allows a better constraint of the seismic cycle and related short-term variations (late Holocene) versus long-term behavior (Holocene and late Pleistocene) of a major continental transform fault.
ISSN: 0037-1106

hal-00747401
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00747401
DOI : 10.1785/0120100097

Éditeur(s) : Diana Paton Diana Paton ( United Kingdom )
Résumé : From: http://obeahhistories.org/project/ The website is part of the project ‘Spiritual Politics in Caribbean History’, led by Diana Paton and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, which ran from January 2012 to January 2013. Diana Paton is Reader in Caribbean History at the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University. She is the author of No Bond but the Law: Punishment, Race, and Gender in Jamaican State Formation, 1780-1870 (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004), and co-editor, with Pamela Scully, of Gender and Slave Emancipation in the Atlantic World (Durham: Duke University Press 2005). For her publications on obeah and Caribbean religion, please see the publications page. Gemma Romain specialises in researching Caribbean and Black British history. She currently works as a Research Associate for The Equiano Centre, Department of Geography, UCL and also undertakes freelance historical research and public engagement. She was Vera Douie Fellow at the Women’s Library during 2011, documenting interwar Black histories within the collections of the Women’s Library and was previously Leverhulme Early Career fellowship at Newcastle University. Her publications include Connecting Histories: A Comparative Exploration of African-Caribbean and Jewish History and Memory in Modern Britain (Kegan Paul, 2006) and co-edited with David Cesarani, Jews and Ports Cities, 1590-1990: Commerce, Community and Cosmopolitanism (Vallentine Mitchell, 2006). Gemma wrote the initial drafts of most of the text on the website. Maarit Forde worked with Diana on an earlier phase of this project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She researched obeah prosecutions and prosecutions under the Shouters Prohibition Ordinance in the Port of Spain Gazette, co-organized the conference that led to the publication of Obeah and Other Powers, and co-edited the book. Previous research on this project has also been funded by Newcastle University and the British Academy.

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Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, a Georgian-era dockyard, is Antigua’s largest national park. During the 18th century, the harbor served as a base for the British Navy but eventually went into disuse. In the 1950s, the Friends of English Harbour began a restoration project of the dockyard and its facilities, transforming the Admiral’s House into a working museum and center for archaeological research. Today, Nelson’s Dockyard is also used as a marina for yachts and ships. This image shows various types of boats docked in the harbor surrounding Nelson's Dockyard with the mountains in the distance.
Antigua and Barbuda -- Caribbean region -- English Harbour, Antigua

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Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer International Publishing
Résumé : International audience
Understanding the formation processes of maritime archaeological sites and the maritime landscape in the French West Indies is a new challenge in underwater archaeology. This chapter presents an analysis of formation and conservation processes of maritime archaeological sites in Guadeloupe using evidence from both historical and archaeological research. Formation parameters include contemporary events associated with maritime loss and the in situ geophysical regime. Questions considered include: what natural and/or anthropogenic parameters best classify maritime sites in the context of the French West Indies landscape? And: how do these parameters vary by site location? Field-tested case studies are used to assess the archaeological potential for submerged shipwreck sites for three locational typologies within the landscape: submerged, coastal, and micro-island. Geomorphic parameters, including erosion, sea level evolution, and tectonic activity, are evaluated with regard to the formation of coastal Amerindian and colonial sites. The location of shipwrecks are primarily determined by historic patterns in commercial trade and by topographical constraints associated with accessibility, risk, and the presence of natural harbors, parameters important in the Caribbean. A unique feature of Guadeloupe is the high variability of the structure of the coastline through time. The recent discovery of numerous underwater prehistoric artifacts confirms that several islands, coastal areas, and their archaeological sites have been completely submerged or eroded since their formation. The characterization of these formation processes provides both academically interesting and practical information valuable in assessing the impact of development and urbanization in Guadeloupe’s maritime landscape.
Formation Processes of Maritime Archaeological Landscapes

hal-01448703
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01448703

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
The French West Indies (F.W.I.) were French colonies with a specific legal frame until 1946 when they became French departments. Since that time the legal frame in force concerning archaeological heritage protection is exactly the same than in metropolitan France. In this system all the laws relating to cultural heritage are grouped in the "Code du Patrimoine" (Heritage code), which contains several topics such as archives, museums, archaeology and historic monuments. Some articles refer to the Penal Code, the Code of Urban Development, the Environmental Code or the Mining Code. These laws are supplemented by various decrees that define the applying conditions for different areas: rescue archeology (decree 2004-490), INRAP , advisory bodies, the content of the field reports, penal provisions, etc ... The heritage laws have been created in 1917 (Historic Monuments) and 1941 (archaeology). The law on rescue archeology is in force only since 2001 and is an application of the European Convention of Malta (1992). However, the implementation of the regulation and of the institutions in charge of is application in the French West Indies is fairly recent. In this presentation after a general presentation of the archaeological heritage protection French system we will focus on the different aspects of is application in F.W.I.: difficulties linked to the application of a system suited for metropolitan France, the level of the French West Indian people implication in the archaeological heritage protection and the future perspectives.
The Archaeology of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, 16th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists
Den Haag, France

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hal-00960161
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00960161
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https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00960161/file/European_rules_american_.pdf

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Afin de comprendre en quoi la patrimonialisation est susceptible de révéler un lien avec la notion politique et institutionnelle de développement, nous étudions les modalités savantes de fabrication du site de Teotihuacán, son insertion dans un récit national puis les formes de son internationalisation par le biais de son inscription, en 1987, sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco. Nous détaillons les liens entre l’archéologie nationale et l’anthropologie historique, ainsi que leur rapport à l’espace et aux territoires des cultures précolombiennes. Ainsi l' étude révèle que le lien historique avec le passé des populations précolombiennes mis au jour par la patrimonialisation du site a permis le rapprochement des deux composantes de l’identité mexicaine contemporaine, indienne et hispanique. Nous présentons ensuite, à partir de l’œuvre poétique d’Octavio Paz, les convergences entre le contenu historique et le contenu culturel dont les représentations du site sont porteuses. On montre ainsi que Teotihuacán a pris place dans un vaste territoire mental, culturel et mémoriel, servant à la constitution d’un projet pour le futur.
To understand to what extent the heritage fabrication may reveal a link with the political and institutional notion of development, we study the learned modalities of making the site of Teotihuacán, its insertion in the national narrative then the forms of its internationalization by means of its registration, in 1987, on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We analyze the links between national archaeology and historic anthropology, as well as their relationship in the space and in the territories of the pre-Colombian cultures. The historical linkage between the contemporary Mexico with the past of the pre-Columbian populations revealed by the archaeological exploration of the site has made possible the reconciliation of both components of the contemporary Indian and Hispanic Mexican identity. From the Octavio Paz’s poetic work, we underline the convergences between the historic and the cultural contents whose representations carried by the site. We show that Teotihuacán took place in a wide mental, cultural and memory territory, being of use to the constitution of a project for future.
Mexique

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urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.6953
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6953

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : A travers l'analyse comparée de deux sites archéologiques colombiens : Ciudad Perdida et San Agustín, il s’agit de faire ressortir les enjeux identitaires et territoriaux des processus de patrimonialisation et de mise en tourisme de ressources matérielles, naturelles et immatérielles du pays. En retraçant l'histoire patrimoniale de ces deux sites et leur émergence en tant que destinations touristiques il sera question de repérer les multiples acteurs impliqués dans ces processus : Etats, scientifiques, industrie touristique, populations et autorités locales et peuples indigènes. Cela permettra de comprendre que l'avenir touristique et patrimonial de ces sites engendre une série « d’épreuve de justifications » (Boltanski, Thévenot, 1991) au sein desquelles ces acteurs en tension mobilisent différentes valeurs et principes de justice afin de légitimer leurs positions. Dans cette étude, les logiques de désappropriation, d'appropriation et réappropriation territoriales seront particulièrement analysées afin d'expliquer comment la gestion patrimoniale et touristique des vestiges archéologiques apparaît comme un outil de revendication identitaire s'inscrivant autant dans les dynamiques juridiques des politiques multiculturelles colombiennes que dans l'épistémè postcoloniale de l'Amérique Latine en général.
Through the comparative analysis of two archaeological sites in Colombia: Ciudad Perdida and San Agustín this study aims to reveal the identity and territory issues linked with the material, intangible and natural heritage and the development of tourism. The history of the acknowledgment of heritage and the analysis of the emergence of those sites as touristic destinations allow to identify all actors involved in both processes: State, scientists, touristic industry, local populations and authorities and native peoples. Through this first analysis it is possible to understand that those patrimonial and touristic processes generate a series of “tests of justifications” (Boltanski, Thévenot, 1991) in which several values and principles of justice are mobilised by the different actors in order to legitimate their stances. In this article the logic of disappropriation, appropriation and re-appropriation of territories is highlighted to explain how the touristic and patrimonial management of the archaeological sites appears as a tool of identity claims integrated both in the legal dynamics of Colombian multicultural policies and the postcolonial episteme of Latin America in general.
A través un análisis comparativo sobre dos sitios arqueológicos de Colombia: Ciudad Perdida y San Agustín se propone poner en relieve las cuestiones de la identidad y del territorio a partir de los procesos de patrimonialización y de desarrollo turístico de los recursos materiales, intangibles y naturales del país. Al reconstituir la trayectoria patrimonial de los sitios y sus procesos de surgimiento como destino turístico es posible identificar los diversos actores involucrados en ambos procesos: Estado, científicos, industria turística, población y autoridades locales y pueblos indígenas. Eso permite entender que el futuro patrimonial y turístico de los sitios genera una serie de “pruebas de justificación” (Boltanski, Thévenot, 1991) en que los actores en tensión recurren a distintos valores y principios de justicia con el fin de legitimar sus posiciones. Este artículo subraya las lógicas de desapropiación, apropiación y de re-apropiación territoriales para explicar cómo la gestión patrimonial y turística de los vestigios arqueológicos se revela como una herramienta para las reivindicaciones identitarias que se integra tanto a las dinámicas jurídicas de las políticas multiculturales de Colombia como a la espísteme postcolonial de América latina en general.
Colombie

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urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5454
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5454

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD L'Harmattan
Résumé : International audience
When the European arrived in the Lesser Antilles they have been in contact with their Amerindian inhabitant they will call "Caribs". By this way, an important text corpus concerning those peoples will be constituted between the fifteen and the eighteen centuries. Since the archaeological researches beginnings in the archipelago until today, establish a link between those historic texts and the archaeological findings have been one of the the archaeologists main objectives. We will present here a review of the works about this question. By this way we will be able to observe the progressive transformation of the relationship between the archaeologists and the text sources and this of their utilization mode. This transformation is related to an historians and archaeologist discussion concerning the European text about Lesser Antilles Amerindian real value.
Lors de leur arrivée dans les Petites Antilles les Européens ont été au contact de populations amérindiennes qu'elles ont dénommées "Caraïbes". Ainsi, un important corpus de texte concernant ces groupes a été constitué, entre les XVé et XVIIIé siècles. Dès les débuts de l'archéologie dans l'archipel et jusqu'à aujourd'hui un des enjeux importants de la recherche a été de tenter d'établir un lien entre ces sources historiques et les découvertes effectuées au cours des fouilles. C'est un bilan de ces recherches que nous présenterons ici. Par la mise en évidence des grandes étapes qu'a connues le traitement de cette question, il nous sera possible d'observer la modification progressive du rapport des archéologues aux sources textuelles ainsi que celle de leur mode d'utilisation. Une modification qui s'est effectuée en parallèle d'une discussion, menée tant par les historiens que par les archéologues, sur la valeur des textes des Européens traitant du peuplement amérindien des Petites Antilles.
Les Indiens de Petites Antilles. Des premiers peuplements aux débuts de la colonisation européenne

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hal-00967529
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00967529
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00967529/document
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-00967529/file/A_la_recherche_des.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Advisory Council On Underwater Archaeology
Résumé : International audience
This paper presents historical research conducted through a partnership between the University of French West Indies andthe Guadeloupe Port Authority in 2010. In the preparation for an underwater archaeological survey, the GuadeloupePort Authority, advised by the Department for Underwater Archaeological Research (DRASSM), initiated historicalresearch to assist in understanding the potential for underwater cultural heritage in Pointe-à-Pitre Bay. Historicalsources concerning shipwrecks, maritime events, and construction and dredging activity in the port since the beginningof 19th century have been studied to delineate high potential research and survey areas. !is paper presents the context,methods and results of this project.
ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2012

hal-01443279
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443279
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443279/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443279/file/ACUA%202012%20Proceedings%20JS%20Guibert%20.pdf

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Société des américanistes
Résumé : International audience
A large set of historical documents give us descriptions of Antillean Amerindian boats. These texts constitute a continuous series from the time of first contact to sub-contemporaneous anthropological descriptions. This paper is based on extensive review of the data contained in those early Spanish, Dutch, English, and French sources and also on a review of the few direct archaeological evidences. In this way we tried to analyse not only the nature of the relationship that existed between Antillean Amerindians and the sea but also to obtain an accurate description of their different boat types. Finally we have reconstituted the building process chaîne opératoire of the Kanawa, which were the boat type specifically designed and preferentially used for over-sea navigations.
Nous disposons d'un très grand nombre de descriptions historiques des embarcations amérindiennes antillaises. Ces textes constituent une série continue allant du récit des premiers moments aux études ethnologiques sub-contemporaines. Cet article s'appuie sur une recension d'une ampleur inédite des informations contenues dans ces sources espagnoles, hollandaises, anglaises et françaises précoces ainsi que sur les quelques données archéologiques directes disponibles. Nous avons par ce biais tenté de dégager la nature du rapport entretenu par les populations amérindiennes des Antilles avec l'élément marin, mais aussi d'obtenir la description la plus précise possible des différentes embarcations constituant leur flotte et enfin d'établir la chaîne opératoire de construction des kanawa l'un de ces navires spécifiquement conçu et préférentiellement utilisé pour la navigation en haute mer.
ISSN: 0037-9174

hal-01671136
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01671136
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01671136/document
https://hal.univ-antilles.fr/hal-01671136/file/JSA102_1_15_art_berard1.pdf
DOI : 10.4000/jsa.14688

Résumé : Cette thèse explore les relations entre histoire et archéologie sous-marine pour étudier le risque de perte en mer aux Petites Antilles à travers l' exemple de la Guadeloupe. Le phénomène du naufrage est envisagé comme un prisme pour aborder les aspects maritimes de l'histoire de la Guadeloupe à l' époque de la marine à voile, entre la fin du XVIIe siècle et la première moitié du XIXe siècle. L' étude repose sur un dépouillement exhaustif de la correspondance administrative et des sondages ciblés dans les archives de la Marine et de quelques-uns des principaux ports du royaume de France liés aux Antilles (Nantes, Bordeaux, Le Havre, Marseille). Le naufrage est défini à travers une étude quantitative des pertes en mer : nombre, fréquence, localisation, répartition chronologique. Cette perspective conduit à qualifier le phénomène de sériel mais marginal en comparaison avec la fréquentation maritime, ce qui n' ôte pas de son intérêt en tant que clé de lecture d'une colonie française d' Amérique et de son économie et de sa société si part iculières , entre cultures d'exportation et esclavage. Environ 550 naufrages son répertoriés en archives entre la fin du XVIIe siècle et le début du XIXe siècle, ce qui représente moins de 1 % de la fréquentation maritime de la colonie. Il s' agit d'un phénomène essentiellement côtier et portuaire lié à la survenue d'événements climatiques exceptionnels (coups de vent et ouragans). Mais, ponctuellement, d'autres causes sont mises en évidence. L'objectif est de dresser une typologie des pertes en mer s'intéressant aussi bien aux différents types de navires perdus qu'à leur fonction , leur cargaison et leur équipage. La question de la perception des risques de pertes (conditions de navigation, dangers d'échouage, aléas climatiques) est envisagée pour analyser les relations entre risques et les moyens mis en oeuvre pour en réduire l'impact. Les différentes pistes allant des premières missions à caractère hydrographique au XVIIIe siècle, aux premiers aménagements portuaires au XIXe siècle, sont étudiées pour voir si elles répondent aux risques de pertes en mer. L'étude des documents d'archives trouve une application dans l'évaluation du potentiel archéologique sous-marin de la Guadeloupe. Celui-ci est évalué à une fourchette entre 50 et 120 sites d'épaves. La lecture critique des sources propose par ailleurs des hypothèses d'identification de 5 sites sur les 15 sites d' épaves anciennes connus, permettant ainsi une vision différente de la question des risques maritimes.
This Ph D explores relationships between history and underwater archaeology in order to study the martime risks in West Indies through the example of Guadeloupe. Shipwreck phenomenon is presented as a prism to analyze maritime aspect of Guadeloupe history during the time of sailing, from the end of 17th to first half of 19th century. The study is based on a archivaI analysis of administrative correspondence and surveys in marine archives and French kingdom main ports linked with West Indies. Shipwreck is defined through an quantitative study of losses : quantity, frequency, localization, chronological spread. This point of view permits to qualify the this phenomenon as serial but low regarding to the maritime activity, This fact is not a lack in order to use this event as a reading key of an American French colony, its economy and society. About 550 shipwrecks have been recorded from the end of 17th to first half of 19th century, thi represents less than 1% of maritime activity of the colony .. This phenomenon is mainly a coastal and a port event, linked with climatic hazard as hurricanes, but the study focused also on others causes . The objective is to set up a losses' typology dealing with ships types, functions, cargos, and crews. The perception of losses risks (seafaring conditions, wrecks dangers and climatic hazards) is presented in order to analyze relationships between risks and means in order to prevent them or reduce their consequences. Different projects from first hydrographical missions during 18th century to first ports building projects at the beginning of 19th century have been studied in order to establish if they answer the losses risks.

http://www.theses.fr/2013AGUY0607

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Springer Verlag
Résumé : International audience
This paper presents a synthesis of a multidisciplinary study carried out along the Nîmes Roman aqueduct, located in the southeast part of France. The study was motivated by archaeologists attempting to explain the partial destructions of only one aerial bridge of the aqueduct (Pont de la Lône). Given its close proximity to the Nîmes seismically active fault, a possible seismic origin for the destructions was invoked. Seismologists and structural engineers thus carried out a variety of field and numerical investigations to test the seismic hypothesis. Supporting field evidence was found first along the aerial bridge section of the aqueduct: broken stalactites, arch warping, cracks and destruction of the bridge just above a breast wall shortly after its construction. Secondly, the underground part of the canal was analysed: irregularity in the thickness of calcite deposits of the canal walls, presence of numerous cracks, horizontal shift of the otherwise linear structure of the canal and presence of calcite twins in the deposits, found only where the canal crosses the Nîmes fault system. Numerical modelling and experimental results show that (1) only the Pont de la Lône would have suffered serious damage under seismic solicitation (assuming an M6 earthquake at 10 km distance). The second aerial bridge, the three levels arches Pont du Gard, an historical monument still standing today, would have suffered less damage, due to its very different fundamental frequency of around 0.4 Hz, far from the amplified seismic near-field spectrum; (2) the numerical models also show that a fall of the canal wall would require a higher magnitude event (M > 6); (3) the presence of calcite twinning requires a differential static stress of 4 MPa or greater, which can only be achieved very close to the fault rupture of a M > 6 earthquake; (4) finally, local surface rupturing of such a fault would also corroborate the hypothesis that the observed offset of the canal may be partly seismically induced. Although other possible origins for each individual evidence may not be excluded, the observed spatiotemporal concentration of architectural/geological anomalies together with the numerical results allow us to support a possible co-seismic origin for these disorders, indirectly attesting to the potential seismic activity (M > 6) of the nearby Nîmes fault. Furthermore, following the conclusions of archaeological studies, the disorders occurred between 250 and 350 year AD, thus providing timing for this possible seismic event, an essential parameter in seismic hazard analysis. These results validate the archaeo-seismological approach as a tool that may help improve the knowledge of major infrequent earthquakes in areas of moderate seismic activity.
ISSN: 0921-030X

hal-00379064
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00379064
DOI : 10.1007/s11069-008-9276-9

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Public Library of Science
Résumé : International audience
The Black Rat (Rattus rattus) spread out of Asia to become one of the world's worst agricultural and urban pests, and a reservoir or vector of numerous zoonotic diseases, including the devastating plague. Despite the global scale and inestimable cost of their impacts on both human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, little is known of the global genetic diversity of Black Rats, the timing and directions of their historical dispersals, and the risks associated with contemporary movements. We surveyed mitochondrial DNA of Black Rats collected across their global range as a first step towards obtaining an historical genetic perspective on this socioeconomically important group of rodents. We found a strong phylogeographic pattern with well-differentiated lineages of Black Rats native to South Asia, the Himalayan region, southern Indochina, and northern Indochina to East Asia, and a diversification that probably commenced in the early Middle Pleistocene. We also identified two other currently recognised species of Rattus as potential derivatives of a paraphyletic R.rattus. Three of the four phylogenetic lineage units within R. rattus show clear genetic signatures of major population expansion in prehistoric times, and the distribution of particular haplogroups mirrors archaeologically and historically documented patterns of human dispersal and trade. Commensalism clearly arose multiple times in R. Rattus and in widely separated geographic regions, and this may account for apparent regionalism in their associated pathogens. Our findings represent an important step towards deeper understanding the complex and influential relationship that has developed between Black Rats and humans, and invite a thorough re-examination of host-pathogen associations among Black Rats.
PLoS ONE

ird-00714383
http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00714383
http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00714383/document
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0026357
IRD : fdi:010055548

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Elsevier
Résumé : Two peat sequences were sampled in the vicinity of the main mining districts of the Vosges Mountains: Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines and Plancher-les-Mines. Lead isotopic compositions and excess lead fluxes were calculated for each of these radiocarbon-dated sequences. Geochemical records are in very good agreement with the mining history of the area, well known over the last millennium. Except for an anomaly corresponding to the Middle Bronze Age which has not yet been resolved, there is no clear geochemical evidence of local metal production in the Vosges before the 10th century as excess lead deposition archived between 500 BC and 500 AD is attributed to long-range transport of polluted particulate matter. The approach described here can be applied to other mining districts where archaeological evidence is scarce or even lacking, but where past exploitation is suspected.
ISSN: 0375-6742

hal-00512409
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00512409
DOI : 10.1016/j.gexplo.2010.05.004

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology
Résumé : International audience
This paper presents results from the first excavations on the Saintes Bay’s wreck, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Thewreck may be linked to the loss of Anemone, a French schooner built in 1823 in Bayonne and used as a custom ship inGuadeloupe. The July 2015 archaeological project surveyed the site. Discrete trenches were excavated to identify both shipwreck material culture and ship structure, and compare this to archival records; and facilitate archaeological interpretationof the site, with regard to accounts of its loss, design plans, construction details, etc.
ACUA Underwater Archaeology Proceedings 2016

hal-01443277
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443277
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443277/document
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01443277/file/FINAL_ACUAProceedings2016%20Guibert.pdf