Amphis Pour Tous - Ancient Humanities in color

February 7, 2019 6:00 PM - February 7, 2019 7:00 PM

The "Ancient Humanities in Color" conference, presented by Émilie Chalmin, senior lecturer and Hélène Salomon, CNRS research fellow at the Environnements, Dynamiques et Territoires de la Montagne (EDYTEM) laboratory, UFR Sciences et Montagne, will take place on Thursday February 7, 2019 at 6pm at La Turbine sciences in Annecy.

It will also be held on :

  • Friday, February 22, 2019 at 6pm in Thonon-les-Bains (Médiathèque municipale, Pôle culturel de la Visitation, 2 place du marché - 74200 Thonon-les-Bains)
  • Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 6:30pm in Albertville (Le Dôme Cinéma, 135 place de l'Europe)

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

Whether red, black, yellow or purplish, colorants were used repeatedly by Homo erectus, Neanderthal and modern human populations (300,000 to 40,000 years ago), long before their use in cave art. Carefully selected from geological formations, they were ground to powder using a variety of stone tools. These uses have left traces that can be read by archaeologists on coloring rocks and tools, enabling them to reconstruct the history of populations. However, the uses to which these dyes were put remain uncertain, and require even the smallest clues to their activity to be taken into consideration.

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