Islands have long been recognized as distinctive evolutionary arenas leading to
morphologically divergent species, such as dwarfs and giants. We assessed how body size …

This contribution presents a general account and summary of the research carried out over
the past decades on the Quaternary faunas of France. This country is located in the center of …

Avian zoogeographical patterns during the Quaternary in the Mediterranean region and
paleoclimatic interpretation. Aims: The main aim was to present an overview of the avian …

During the Neolithic, obsidians of the Monte Arci (Sardinia) volcanic complex were by far
more used in the northern Tyrrhenian area than those of the three other source-islands …

In Europe obsidian is a very rare material, in comparison with other sectors of Earth, such as,
for example, the adjacent Near East. In Western Europe obsidian workable by prehistoric …

Recent excavations in the Pleistocene of Corsica have led to a very important improvement
in the knowledge of birds. Two main sites are of major concern here. First La Coscia Cave …

The site of Renaghju has the largest excavated area of any Neolithic site on the island of
Corsica (Western Mediterranean). Its lowest layer, exposed over a few hundred meters …

100 entre les exemplaires analysés et leur contexte culturel précis, voire une quantification
des exemplaires analysés par source en tenant compte des types de produits et de leur …

The provenance of twelve un-worked blocks and one part-knapped block recovered from the
surface of five Middle Neolithic sites in the vicinity of Porto Vecchio, southeastern Corsica …

Provenance studies of Corsican siliceous raw materials used during, the Neolithic focused
mainly on obsidian. They showed an almost systematic use of Monte Arci sources …