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Reassessing Craft in the Late Acheulean: Technological Insights from Jaljulia Handaxes (Levant)
No full textInternational audienceRecent research on the Lower Paleolithic of the Levant has re-evaluated technical trends defined for the Acheulean techno-complex during the 1970s, trends built upon typological analysis of handaxe assemblages. To this end, new methods are being applied to old and new collections in order to assess handaxe morphological and technological variation over time, opening a discussion about the technical skills of Acheulean knappers, also referred to as “craftmanship” (hereafter referred to as “craft”). In this context, morphometric studies conducted at the Late Acheulean site of Jaljulia have highlighted the crudeness and high morphological variability of the bifacial assemblage, challenging the 1970s idea of handaxe increasing refinement over time. Interestingly, the authors do not attribute this variability to a lack of knapping skill—as irregular and non-standardized productions are traditionally interpreted—but to an expedient chaîne opératoire of tool production. Produced predominantly in brecciated flint, collected and modified on the spot, the sample studied is interpreted by the authors as tools mostly adapted for bone-crushing purposes. This paper aims to offer a new perspective on this assemblage by conducting a critical technological analysis of the handaxes from the oldest locality on-site, Area D, taking into account raw material constraints as well as the site’s function as a handaxe production workshop, among other activities conducted at this Paleolithic landscape. Our results suggest the presence of pieces discarded during the production process, which contributes to the increased morphological variability observed in the assemblage. Our analysis discusses the expedient character of Jaljulia’s handaxe reduction sequence and points to the production of three distinct techno-types, potentially associated to a wider variety of tasks. To conclude, we discuss our results in the context of the Late Acheulean of the Levant, within the broader framework of technological trends and associated technical skills in the late Acheulean
Caveaux pourrissoirs et ossuaires du cimetière Notre-Dame (Troyes). Une gestion collective des corps à l’Époque moderne
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L’État pharaonique: historiographie, pensée juridique, enjeux archéologiques et histoire sociale
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Rural sub-elites in Bronze Age Egypt: evidence and strategies of an elusive social group
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Culture écrite de l’Antiquité tardive et papyrologie byzantine: [résumé des cours et travaux : 2021-2022]
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Entre transfert de technologie et coopération Sud-Sud : une expérimentation indo-cubaine en matière d’innovation biopharmaceutique
No full textInternational audienceThe collaboration between the Cuban Centre of Molecular Immunology (CIM) and the Indian firm Biocon challenges conventional understandings of technology transfer. Initiated in 2003, the joint venture was a unique experiment in South-South biopharmaceutical collaboration. It brought into relation two distinct innovation regimes: Cuba's public health-oriented model, closely tied to the state and its medical diplomacy, and India's market-driven biopharmaceutical industry. However, both regimes were animated by postcolonial aspirations for technoscientific emergence in the Global South. The partnership ultimately dissolved, as structural tensions and divergent industrial objectives proved difficult to reconcile. But its apparent failure was also productive. For CIM, it opened access to resources lacking in Cuba and enabled clinical trials on a wider population. For Biocon, it offered research, development, and manufacturing expertise that supported its rise in the global biosimilar market. Drawing on interviews with key actors in Cuba and India, this study situates the partnership within broader debates on innovation regimes, postcolonial science, and the inequalities that shape the global biopharmaceutical economy. The article shows how South-South collaborations, even when framed as alternatives to asymmetric North-South models, remain entangled in (bio)capitalist logics while still opening possibilities for reimagining technological exchange beyond dominant North/South narratives.La collaboration entre le Centre cubain d’immunologie moléculaire (CIM) et la firme indienne Biocon remet en question les conceptions conventionnelles du transfert de technologie. Lancée en 2003, la coentreprise constituait une expérience unique de collaboration biopharmaceutique Sud-Sud. Elle mettait en relation deux régimes d’innovation distincts : le modèle cubain, orienté vers la santé publique et étroitement lié à l’État ainsi qu’à sa diplomatie médicale, et l’industrie biopharmaceutique indienne, guidée par le marché. Ces deux régimes étaient animés par des aspirations postcoloniales à l’émergence technoscientifique dans le Sud global. Le partenariat a finalement été dissous — les tensions structurelles et la divergence dans les objectifs industriels se révélant difficiles à concilier, mais cet apparent échec fut aussi productif. Pour le CIM, il a permis l’accès à des ressources qui faisaient défaut à Cuba et l’ouverture d’essais cliniques sur une population plus large. Pour Biocon, il a offert une expertise en recherche, développement et production qui a soutenu son ascension sur le marché mondial des biosimilaires. S’appuyant sur des entretiens menés auprès d’acteurs clés à Cuba et en Inde, cette étude situe le partenariat au croisement des débats sur les régimes d’innovation, la science postcoloniale et les inégalités qui structurent l’économie biopharmaceutique mondiale. L’article montre comment les collaborations Sud-Sud, même lorsqu’elles se présentent comme des alternatives aux modèles asymétriques Nord-Sud, demeurent prises dans des logiques (bio)capitalistes, tout en ouvrant la possibilité de réimaginer les échanges technologiques au-delà des récits dominants Nord/Sud
Public Persuasion
No full textThis short paper studies the problem of public persuasion, that is, when a sender has to persuade multiple receivers, possibly having heterogenous beliefs, with the same information for all. We show that public persuasion constrains the sender in how he can influence the beliefs of receivers: if the sender wants to influence the beliefs of one particular receiver, he loses all controls over the beliefs of the others
The Caravan Roads and Way Stations in North-West Arabia (CaRoWS) Project. Report on the 2025 Season.
No full textThis is the report of the 2025 fieldwork season undertaken by the CaRoWS project in the Saudi Arabian Ḥismā. It contains several chapters : on the Greek, Early Islamic, Ancient North Arabian and Nabataean as well Developing Arabic inscriptions. They are preceded by an introduction and followed by a general commentary. It contains also appendices, among which maps, a list of sites and a catalogue of the new Nabataean and Nabataeo-Arabic inscriptions. 33 plates illustrate the report.Ceci est le rapport de la campagne 2025 du projet CaRoWS dans la Ḥismā saoudienne. Il comprend plusieurs chapitres consacrés aux inscriptions grecques, arabes, nord-arabiques anciennes, nabatéennes et nabatéo-arabes. Il comprend également une introduction et un commentaire général.Le rapport contient aussi des annexes, parmi lesquelles des cartes, une liste des sites et un catalogue des nouvelles inscriptions nabatéennes et nabatéo-arabes. L'ensemble est par ailleurs illustré de 33 planches
Quelques reconsidérations sur certaines variantes qumrâniennes du Psaume 119 (11Q5 XII-XIII)
No full textInternational audienceThe article deals with specific readings of Psalm 119 from XII and XIII columns of the Great Psalms Scroll 11Q5. The difference between the Qumran text on one side and the Masoretic Text and the other textual forms on the other can be explained in different ways: (1) as a problem in the transmission of the text (11Q5 XII 1), (2) as a modification for consistency in the Qumran Psalter (11Q5 XII 10, 11Q5 XIII 11), (3) as a linguistic feature (11Q5 XII 6), (4) or as a specific theological vision of the Qumran Psalm (11Q5 XIII 3). The present study represents an attempt to understand some readings proper to 11Q5 by comparison with the other textual witnesses and by the reconstruction of the textual context of the Psalm 119.L’article traite des variantes spécifiques du Psaume 119 tirées des colonnes XII et XIII du Grand Rouleau des Psaumes 11Q5. La différence entre 11Q5 les autres formes textuelles peuvent s’expliquer de différentes manières : (1) un problème de transmission textuelle (11Q5 XII 1), (2) une harmonisation globale du Psautier qumrânien (11Q5 XII 10 et 11Q5 XIII 11), (3) une idiosynchrasie linguistique (11Q5 XII 6), (4) une orientation théologique spécifique (11Q5 XIII 3). Notre étude offre une analyse d’une sélection de variantes propres à 11Q5 par rapport aux autres témoins textuels et en tenant compte du contexte linguistique et littéraire général du rouleau
. Le rapport Draghi, encore et toujours, clubturgot.com, 2026
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