Upper Pleistocene Prehistoric Archaeology in Provence: presentation of the PPSup Collective Research Project (2021-2024)
The PPSup Collective Research Project (PCR), supported by the French Ministry of Culture from 2021 to 2024, aimed to strengthen collaboration and stimulate research on the end of the Pleistocene in southeastern France. The goal was to foster exchanges and promote a shared regional perspective, bring...
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Préhistoires méditerranéennes
2026
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | The PPSup Collective Research Project (PCR), supported by the French Ministry of Culture from 2021 to 2024, aimed to strengthen collaboration and stimulate research on the end of the Pleistocene in southeastern France. The goal was to foster exchanges and promote a shared regional perspective, bringing together various archaeological laboratories and services in the Midi-Mediterranean region — and more broadly, across France and internationally.Provence, bordered to the west by the Rhône Valley and to the east by the Alpine foothills and the Ligurian corridor, offers ideal conditions for studying Upper Pleistocene societies. The region benefits from a varied geography and temperate environmental conditions, raising questions about the unique developmental paths of Provençal groups within the Mediterranean basin and the broader Western European area.The PPSup project was structured around three main pillars — cultural archives, paleoenvironmental archives, and sedimentary archives — and covered a broad chronological span from the end of Marine Isotope Stage 6 to the beginning of Stage 1. Its objectives were to carry out new analyses and encourage dialogue among specialists, promote and coordinate fieldwork, support student training and public outreach, and define long-term regional research strategies.This PCR was firmly rooted in a collective approach, bringing together nearly 80 researchers and more than a dozen institutions (CNRS research units, universities, museums, regional and departmental archaeological services, and professional societies), organized into five thematic workshops.This article presents the foundational document used to establish the working group. It also provides a brief overview of the workshops and the initiatives carried out between 2021 and 2024. |
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