Table of contents

1• Foreword,
Marcelo Candido da Silva, Isabelle Cartron, Marcelo Rede

2• Introduction,
Isabelle Cartron, Julie Renou

Chapter 1. To Produce

3• Introduction

4• Production and technique,
Julie Renou

5• The “Chaîne opératoire” and the life of the objects,
Alexandre Bertaud

6• Transformation of the production system in the early Middle Ages,
Adrien Bayard

7• Insert 1 • How to read an artefact?
Julie Renou

Chapter 2. To Feed

8• Introduction

9• Feasting and fasting,
Alban Gautier

10• Insert 1 • Eating in a privileged site: the Frankish abbey of Hamage (7th-9th century),
José Fonseca

11• Famine and scarcity,
Marcelo Candido da Silva

12• Insert 2 • Eating in a Frankish peasant settlement: the archaeological site of La Confiserie (9th-10thcenturies),
Gabriel Cordeiro

Chapter 3. To Trade

13• Introduction,
Adrien Bayard

14• Exchanges in ancient society,
Maria Beatriz Florenzano

15• Insert 1 •
Pierre Schneider

16• Non-market trade,
Adrien Bayard

17• Insert 2 • Coin hoards and hoarding in ancient and medieval societies,
Tom Balbin

Chapter 4. To Write

18• Introduction
Marcelo Rede

19• Manuscript writing,
Maria Cristina Pereira

20• Inscriptions. Stories of matter,
Morgane Uberti

21• Insert • What’s in a name?,
Coline Ruiz Darasse

Chapter 5. To Live in

22• Introduction,
André Miatello

23• Living in the countryside in the southern roman Aquitaine,
Catherine Petit-Aupert

24• Habitation and inhabiting in the Middle Ages,
André Miatello

25• Insert • Study of a structure from the Early Empire reused during Late Antiquity (Camp de César oppidum, Laudun-l’Ardoise, Gard, France). Technical drawing,
Thibaud Canillos

Chapter 6. To Dress up

26• Introduction,
Wendy Bougraud

27• Archaeological Study of Funeral Clothing,
Wendy Bougraud

28• Clothing in the Ancient Near East,
Cécile Michel

29• Insert • Restoring a hairdressing system: the case of a Mortagne-sur-Sèvres burial site,
Wendy Bougraud

Chapter 7. To Fight

30• Introduction,
Alexandre Bertaud

31• Weaponry,
Alexandre Bertaud

32• Logistics,
Vinicius Marino Carvalho

33• The art of war, the war in the arts,
Leandro Ranieri

34• Insert • Imaging war: for whom?, 
Leandro Ranieri

Chapter 8. To Pray

35• Introduction,
Isabelle Cartron

36• Reading a palimpsest. The reuse in the ‘Duomo’ of Messina,
Léonardo Fuduli

37• Insert • Objects as supports for individual prayer in late Middle Ages,
Haude Morvan

Chapter 9. To Pass away

38• Introduction. A renewal of methods: archaeothenatology and the “archaeosciences”,
Isabelle Cartron

39• The demonstration of protohistoric funerary gestures, how and why?,
Stéphane Rottier

40• Funerary practices and associated remains in Early Middle Ages,
Marina Sanchez

41• The transformation of burial spaces in the Middle Ages,
Isabelle Cartron

42• Insert • The material traces of penal death in medieval Europe,
Mathieu Vivas

Abstract

This book is the result of an Exchange program between the universities of Bordeaux Montaigne and Sao Paulo, which focuses on the western material culture of ancient and medieval societies. Each one of the nine chapters emphasizes the methodological and interdisciplinary aspects of the path of material cultures, also reflecting on the fundamental actions of societies: “To produce”, “To feed”, “To trade”, “To write”, “To live in”, “To dress up”, “To fight”, “To pray”, “To pass away”.
It’s not a question of presenting a chronological history, but of sampling a theme through its material heritage, also insisting on cross-referencing sources and methods. Immensely illustrated, this book is aimed at a university audience, but also at amateurs who are familiar with the subject.

Résumé

Cet ouvrage est le résultat d’un programme d’échange entre les universités de Bordeaux-Montaigne et de São Paulo autour de la culture matérielle occidentale des sociétés antique et médiévale (programme COFECUB). Chacun des neuf chapitres insiste sur les aspects méthodologiques et interdisciplinaires de l’approche des cultures matérielles tout en renvoyant à des actions fondamentales de ces sociétés : “produire”, “alimenter”, “échanger”, “écrire”, “habiter”, “se vêtir”, “combattre”, “prier” et “mourir”. Il ne s’agit pas de présenter une histoire chronologique, mais thématique à travers un choix de thèmes permettant d’avoir une perception des sociétés à travers leur patrimoine matériel en insistant sur le croisement des sources et des méthodes. Abondamment illustré, il est destiné à un public universitaire comme aux amateurs éclairés.

Resumo

Este livro é o resultado de um programa de intercâmbio entre as universidades de Bordeaux Montaigne e São Paulo, que se concentra na cultura material ocidental das sociedades antigas e medievais. Cada um dos nove capítulos insiste sobre os aspectos metodológicos e interdisciplinares do caminho das culturas materiais, refletindo também sobre ações fundamentais das sociedades: “Produzir”, “Se alimentar”, “Comercializar”, “Escrever”, “Morar”, “Se vestir”, “Lutar”, “Orar” e “Morrer”. Não se trata de apresentar uma história cronológica, mas de fazer uma amostragem de um tema por meio de seu patrimônio material, insistindo também nos cruzamentos entre fontes e métodos. Imensamente ilustrado, este livro é destinado a um público universitário, mas também aos amadores que conhecem o assunto.

Avec le soutien financier de l’université Bordeaux Montaigne, l’Institut Ausonius, l’université de São Paolo, le LEME, la COFECUB, la FSAB, le Département des Sciences Archéologiques de l’université de Bordeaux.