Léa Drieu

CR, CNRS

Responsable du Groupe de recherche MIAM, affiliée aux Groupes de Recherche TRAP, MERS et IA-MAHA

Co-Responsable Médiation Scientifique et Culturelle

 

Mots clés :  alimentation, Néolithique, archéologie biomoléculaire, résidus organiques, fonction des poteries, boissons fermentées, fabrication des céramiques, chimie analytique

Keywords: food and foodways, Neolithic, organic residue analysis, biomolecular archaeology, pottery use, fermented beverages, pottery manufacture, analytical chemistry

 

Thèmes de recherche :

Mes travaux de recherche concernent les pratiques alimentaires et culinaires et la façon dont elles structurent les sociétés humaines. Grâce à la mise en œuvre d’analyses moléculaires et isotopiques des résidus organiques préservés dans les céramiques, je m’attache à identifier les produits consommés et leurs modalités de transformation dans les poteries. La mise en perspective de ces données avec les autres vestiges archéologiques (forme, volumes et pétrographie des céramiques, restes fauniques et botaniques, etc.) me permet d’aborder les choix et les traditions culinaires, l’organisation des activités au sein de sites et du territoire et les échanges de produits. Je porte également un intérêt particulier à l’usage de substances organiques au cours de la chaîne opératoire de fabrication des céramiques.

Mes travaux sont centrés sur le Néolithique dans le nord-ouest de la Méditerranéen, mais j'ai également travaillé sur d'autres contextes archéologiques et ethnographiques (Néolithique du Jura, Âge du Fer corse, Antiquité tardive et Haut Moyen Âge méditerranéen, période contemporaine de l’ouest africain).

Research interests

My research interests focus on food and culinary practices and how they structure human societies. Using molecular and isotopic analyses of organic residues preserved in pottery, I aim to identify foodstuffs and to determine how they were processed in pots. By comparing these data with other archaeological remains (shape, volume and fabric of the pots, faunal and botanical remains, etc.), I investigate culinary choices and traditions, the organisation of activities within the sites and territories, and the exchange of products. I am also particularly interested in the use of organic substances in the chaîne opératoire of pottery manufacturing.

My work focuses on the Neolithic in the north-western Mediterranean, but I have also worked on other archaeological and ethnographic contexts (Neolithic in the Jura, Iron Age in Corsica, Late Antiquity and Early Middle Ages in the Mediterranean, contemporary period in West Africa).

Parcours

Participation à des programmes de recherche

  • 2020-2023 : Projet FNS : Foodways in West Africa: An integrated approach on pots, animals and plants, dir. Mayor (Université de Genève), M. Regert (CNRS-UMR 7264, CEPAM) et T. Haller (Universität Bern).
  • 2017-2020 : Projet ERC SICTRANSIT: The archaeology of Regime Change: Sicily in Transition, dir. M. Carver (University of York) et A. Molinari (Università di Roma Tor Vergata).
  • 2017- 2020: Projet IDEX UCAJEDI ToMaT : Multiscale Tomography: Imaging and Modelling Ancient Materials, Technical Traditions and Transfers, dir. D. Binder (CNRS-UMR 7264, CEPAM).
  • 2015 : Projet PEPS BIOGEOCHIMPOT : Biogéoarchéochimie des poteries archéologiques, dir. M. Regert (CNRS-UMR 7264, CEPAM).
  • 2014-2019 : ANR CIMO : Céramiques Imprimées de Méditerranée Occidentale : Recherche interdisciplinaire sur la poterie du Néolithique ancien (6ème millénaire av. N.-E.) : matières premières, productions, usages et transferts, dir. D. Binder (CNRS-UMR 7264, CEPAM).
  • 2013 : Projet Labex Patrima VIVA : Les VIes de Vernis Artistiques : procédés techniques et vieillissement d’un corpus d’objets vernis des Arts Décoratifs du XVIIIème siècle, dir. A.-S. Le Hô (C2RMF).
  • 2011-2012 : Projet ANR EXSUDARCH : EXSUDats et goudrons végétaux en ARCHéologie : chimie, fabrication et utilisations, dir. M. Regert (CNRS-UMR 7264, CEPAM).

Responsabilités scientifiques et administratives

  • depuis 2024 : Sécrétaire du comité de pilotage de la communauté de chercheurs LAARD (Lipid Analysis for Archaeological Research Development), affiliée à l’International Society for Biomolecular Archaeology (ISBA)
  • depuis 2023 : Correspondante « Sciences et société » du CEPAM auprès de l’Université Côte d’Azur
  • depuis 2021 : Co-responsable Médiation scientifique et culturelle

Enseignement et encadrement

  • 2022-actuel : Tutorat Maïlys Turini - INVISARCH - Archéologie de l’invisible, les usages des substances naturelles révélés par la chimie, du Néolithique à l’âge de fer en Corse (Université Côte d’Azur, dir. Martine Regert)
  • 2022-actuel : Tutorat Alex Malergue - ARCHALIM - Archéologie de l’alimentation : approche lipidomique du contenu des poteries pré- et protohistoriques (Université Côte d’Azur, dir. Martine Regert)
  • 2017-2021 : Jasmine Lundy - Cuisine in transition: tracking changes in pottery use in Medieval Sicily using organic residue analysis (University of York, Royaume-Uni, dir. Oliver Craig)

Distinction

tél :
lea.drieu@cnrs.fr

Extrait de la production scientifique (HAL)

Types de document

Autres types (masqués par défaut)

40 publication(s) affichée(s) sur 74

Articles dans une revue 27

  • Maxime Rageot, Maria Bianca D’anna, Muzaffar Huseynov, Bakhtiyar Jalilov, Alexia Decaix, et al.. Biomolecular analyses reveal grape-based beverages, dairy processing, and pottery function in Kura–Araxes culinary practices. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026, 123 (18), pp.e2529600123. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2529600123⟩. ⟨hal-05771269⟩

  • Jasmine Lundy, Julia Haas, Birgit Öhlinger, Léa Drieu. Beyond the surface: untangling molecular complexity in organic residue analysis of coated archaeological ceramics. Royal Society Open Science, 2025, 12 (10), ⟨10.1098/rsos.250639⟩. ⟨hal-05315480⟩

  • Maïlys Turini, Anne Mayor, Julien Vieugué, Adrien Delvoye, Moustapha Sall, et al.. Unravelling ceramic content and organic coatings in Senegalese ethnographic pottery vessels. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2025, 63, pp.105111. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105111⟩. ⟨hal-05045858⟩

  • Maïlys Turini, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Léa Drieu, Martine Regert. Du brai de bouleau dès l'âge du Bronze final en Corse ? Un cas d'étude sur le site de Cuciurpula, Serra-di-Scopamena (Corse-du-Sud).. Bulletin de l'Association pour la Promotion des Recherches sur l'Âge du Bronze, 2025. ⟨hal-05045872⟩

  • Pauline Debels, Julien Vieugué, Léa Drieu, Aline Garnier, Moustapha Sall, et al.. From pottery use-alteration to food habits: Perspectives from a 20th century Diola Kassa midden (Lower Casamance, Senegal). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2025, 61, pp.104898. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104898⟩. ⟨hal-04844167⟩

  • Laura Fanti, Léa Drieu, Martine Regert. Pottery use by the first Neolithic communities of Sardinia (Italy): functional analysis of vessels from Su Carroppu di Sirri, Carbonia. Rivista di scienze preistoriche , 2025, LXXIV, ⟨10.32097/1266⟩. ⟨hal-05338820⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Jasmine Lundy, Rachel K Smith, Ed Bergström, Helen Talbot, et al.. A medium‐throughput approach for improved taxonomic identification of lipids preserved in ancient pottery. Archaeometry, In press, ⟨10.1111/arcm.12976⟩. ⟨hal-04571279⟩

  • Laura Fanti, Léa Drieu, Martine Regert. Pottery use by the first Neolithic communities of Sardinia (Italy) : functional analysis of vessels from Su Carroppu di Sirri, Carbonia. Rivista di scienze preistoriche , 2024, LXXIV, ⟨10.32097/1266⟩. ⟨hal-04951945⟩

  • Pauline Debels, Léa Drieu, Patricia Chiquet, Jacqueline Studer, Alex Malergue, et al.. Investigating grandmothers’ cooking: A multidisciplinary approach to foodways on an archaeological dump in Lower Casamance, Senegal. PLoS ONE, 2024, 19 (5), pp.e0295794. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0295794⟩. ⟨halshs-04593622⟩

  • Camielsa Prévost, Léa Drieu, Antoine Pasqualini, Martine Regert. The ARchaeological Organic residues Literature Database (AROLD): Construction of a tool for reviewing and querying published lipid data in organic residue analysis. Archaeometry, 2023, 65 (5), pp.1125-1143. ⟨10.1111/arcm.12869⟩. ⟨halshs-04250411⟩

  • Jasmine Lundy, Lea Drieu, Paola Orecchioni, Antonino Meo, Veronica Aniceti, et al.. Cuisine in transition? Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from 9th-14th century Sicily. Royal Society Open Science, 2023, 10 (3), ⟨10.1098/rsos.221305⟩. ⟨hal-04019334⟩

  • Roberto Maggi, Léa Drieu, Etienne Burgevin, Arnaud Mazuy, Giovanni Boschian, et al.. Caverna delle Arene Candide. Scavi 1997-2012. Appunti sul Neolitico. Rivista di scienze preistoriche , 2023, LXXIII, pp.419-466. ⟨hal-04224765⟩

  • Drieu Léa, Martine Regert, Mazuy Arnaud, Julien Vieugué, Hamady Bocoum, et al.. Relationships between lipid profiles and use of ethnographic pottery: an exploratory study.. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, In press, ⟨10.1007/s10816-021-09547-1⟩. ⟨halshs-03509378⟩

  • Lisa Briggs, Stella Demesticha, Susan Katzev, Helena Wylde Swiny, Oliver Craig, et al.. There’s more to a vessel than meets the eye: Organic residue analysis of ‘wine’ containers from shipwrecks and settlements of ancient Cyprus (4th–1st century bce ). Archaeometry, 2022, ⟨10.1111/arcm.12747⟩. ⟨hal-03559626⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Paola Orecchioni, Claudio Capelli, Antonino Meo, Jasmine Lundy, et al.. Chemical evidence for the persistence of wine production and trade in Early Medieval Islamic Sicily. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021, 118 (10), pp.e2017983118. ⟨10.1073/pnas.2017983118⟩. ⟨hal-03169146⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Alexandre Lucquin, Laura Cassard, Sabine Sorin, Oliver E Craig, et al.. A Neolithic without dairy? Chemical evidence from the content of ceramics from the Pendimoun rockshelter (Castellar, France, 5750-5150 BCE). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021, 35, pp.102682. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102682⟩. ⟨halshs-03041190⟩

  • Jasmine Lundy, Lea Drieu, Antonino Meo, Viva Sacco, Lucia Arcifa, et al.. New insights into early medieval Islamic cuisine: Organic residue analysis of pottery from rural and urban Sicily. PLoS ONE, 2021, 16 (6), pp.e0252225. ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0252225⟩. ⟨hal-03257667⟩

  • Léa Drieu. A pottery biography: considering the entire lifecycle of a pot in organic residue analysis. Archeosciences, revue d'Archéométrie, 2020, 44, pp.129-143. ⟨10.4000/archeosciences.7595⟩. ⟨hal-03300397⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Cédric Lepère, Martine Regert. The Missing Step of Pottery chaîne opératoire: Considering Post-firing Treatments on Ceramic Vessels Using Macro- and Microscopic Observation and Molecular Analysis. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2020, 27 (2), pp.302-326. ⟨10.1007/s10816-019-09428-8⟩. ⟨hal-03134201⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Maxime Rageot, Nathan Wales, Ben Stern, Jasmine Lundy, et al.. Is it possible to identify ancient wine production using biomolecular approaches?. STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research, 2020, 6 (1), pp.16-29. ⟨10.1080/20548923.2020.1738728⟩. ⟨hal-03134276⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Matthieu Horgnies, Didier Binder, Pierre Petrequin, Anne-Marie Pétrequin, et al.. Influence of porosity on lipid preservation in the wall of archaeological pottery. Archaeometry, 2019, 61 (5), pp.1081-1096. ⟨10.1111/arcm.12479⟩. ⟨hal-02371740⟩

  • Laura Fanti, Léa Drieu, Arnaud Mazuy, Thierry Blasco, Carlo Lugliè, et al.. The role of pottery in Middle Neolithic societies of western Mediterranean (Sardinia, Italy, 4500-4000 cal BC) revealed through an integrated morphometric, use-wear, biomolecular and isotopic approach. Journal of Archaeological Science, 2018, 93, pp.110 - 128. ⟨10.1016/j.jas.2018.03.005⟩. ⟨halshs-03509853⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Thibault Lachenal, Martine Regert. Domestic activities and pottery use in the Iron Age Corsican settlement of Cuciurpula revealed by organic residue analysi. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018, 19, pp.213-223. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.02.032⟩. ⟨hal-01783792⟩

  • Drieu Léa, Martin Carver, Oliver E. Craig. Commodities carried in amphorae AD 600-1200. New research from Sicily. Archeologia medievale : cultura materiale, insediamenti, territorio, 2018, XLV, pp.269-274. ⟨hal-03134330⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Thibault Lachenal, Martine Regert. Domestic activities and pottery use in the Iron Age Corsican settlement of Cuciurpula revealed by organic residue analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018, 19, pp.213-223. ⟨10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.02.032⟩. ⟨hal-03511106⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Martine Regert. Substances naturelles liées aux céramiques archéologiques. Les Nouvelles de l'archéologie, 2015, 138, pp.54-60. ⟨hal-01783806⟩

  • Céline Daher, Léa Drieu, Ludovic Bellot-Gurlet, Aline Percot, Céline Paris, et al.. Combined approach of FT-Raman, SERS and IR micro-ATR spectroscopies to enlighten ancient technologies of painted and varnished works of art. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2014, Raman in Art and Archaeology 2013, 45 (11-12), pp.1207-1214. ⟨10.1002/jrs.4565⟩. ⟨hal-01279153⟩

Chapitres d'ouvrage 7

  • Jasmine Lundy, Léa Drieu, Helen M. Talbot, Oliver E. Craig. Organic residue analysis of domestic containers from 10th-14th century contexts in Mazara. Alessandra Molinari; Antonino Meo. Mazara/Māzar: nel ventre della città medieval (secoli VII-XV). Edizione critica degli scavi (1997) in via Tenente Gaspare Romano, All’Insegna del Giglio, pp.459-468, 2022. ⟨hal-03741511⟩

  • Lisa Briggs, Léa Drieu. Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the Kyrenia Ship: searching for past contents. S. Womer Katzev; H. Wylde Swiny. The Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report, Volume I: History of the Excavation, Amphoras, Ceramics, Coins and Evidence for Dating, Oxbow Books, 2022. ⟨hal-04668993⟩

  • Léa Drieu. Study of the content of amphorae from Mazara by organic residue analysis. Alessandra Molinari; Antonino Meo. Mazara/Māzar: nel ventre della città medieval (secoli VII-XV). Edizione critica degli scavi (1997) in via Tenente Gaspare Romano, All’Insegna del Giglio, pp.455-458, 2022. ⟨hal-03741508⟩

  • Léa Drieu, Martine Regert, Didier Binder. Studying the use of the pots from the Pendimoun rock shelter: considerations about organic residue analysis of Mediterranean Neolithic pottery. Didier Binder; Claire Manen. Céramiques imprimées de Méditerranée occidentale (VIe millénaire AEC) : données, approches et enjeux nouveaux / Western Mediterranean Impressed Wares (6th millennium BCE): New data, approaches and challenges Actes de la séance de la Société préhistorique française de Nice (mars 2019), Séances de la Société préhistorique française (18), Société préhistorique française, pp.379-391, 2022, 2-913745-89-X. ⟨hal-05090888⟩

  • Drieu Léa, Sigrid Mirabaud, Mélanie Roffet-Salque, Thierry Blasco, Pierre Petrequin, et al.. Defining pottery use and exploitation of natural products at Clairvaux XIV during the Middle Neolithic. Albert Hafner; Ekaterina V. Dolbunova; Andrey N. Mazurkevich; Elena Pranckenaite; Martin Hinz. Settling Waterscapes in Europe: The Archaeology of Neolithic & Bronze Age Pile-Dwellings, Propylaeum, pp.251-274, 2020, 978-3-948465-83-4. ⟨10.11588/propylaeum.714⟩. ⟨hal-03134306⟩

  • Didier Binder, Janet Battentier, Laurent Bouby, Jacques-Élie Brochier, Carré Alain, et al.. First Faming in the north-western Mediterranean: evidence from Castellar-Pendimoun during the sixth millennium BCE.. Gron K., Sorensen L., Rowley-Conwy P. Farmers at the frontier. A Pan-european perspective on Neolithisation, Oxford and Philadelphia: Oxbow books., 2020. ⟨hal-03033867⟩

  • Didier Binder, Janet Battentier, Laurent Bouby, Jacques Elie Brochier, Alain Carré, et al.. First farming in the North-Western Mediterranean: Evidence from Castellar – Pendimoun during the 6th millennium BCE. Gron, K.J.; Rowley-Conwy, P.; Sorensen, L. Farmers at the Frontier: A Pan-European Perspective on Neolithisation, Oxbow, In press. ⟨hal-02395944⟩

Communications avec actes 5

  • Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Léa Drieu, Anne-Laure Grevey. Les fouilles de Cuciurpula (Sorbollano et Serra-di-Scopamena, Corse-du-Sud) : la structure 23, une habitation de la fin du premier âge du Fer. Six Millénaires en Balagne : Archéologie, Histoire, Architecture, Toponymie., L. Belgodere; J.-A. Cancellieri; Pinzuti N.; Retali-Medori S.; Sicurani J.; Tramoni P.; J. Cesari; J. Graziani; Istria D.; Leandri F.; Maliet V.; Paolini-Saez H.; Pardon E.; Pereira E., Oct 2016, Belgodère, France. ⟨hal-04889676⟩

  • Kewin Peche-Quilichini, Hélène Paolini-Saez, Lucie Martin, Drieu Léa, Daniele Arobba. Des balanophages en Corse entre Bronze moyen et premier âge du Fer ? Une Protohistoire du gland en contexte insulaire. Autour de la table. L’alimentation à l’âge du Bronze et au premier âge du Fer : Journée thématique de l'APRAB, Ginette Auxiette; Caroline Mougne; Rebecca Peake; Françoise Toulemonde, Mar 2017, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. pp.77-91. ⟨hal-03216470⟩

  • Chiara Panelli, Marzia Gabriele, Louise Gomart, Léa Drieu, Cristina de Stefanis, et al.. Technical behaviours of the first farmers in the north-western Mediterranean: an integrated approach to ceramic production and consumption from Arene Candide Cave. UISPP, Jun 2018, Paris, France. ⟨hal-02112463⟩

  • Chiara Panelli, Marzia Gabriele, Louise Gomart, Léa Drieu, Cristina de Stefanis, et al.. Tradizioni tecniche e produzione ceramica nel VI millennio BCE alle Arene Candide: un approccio integrato. LIII Riunione Scientifica dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria "Preistoria e Protostoria della Liguria, Oct 2018, Genoa, Italy. ⟨hal-02112469⟩

  • Didier Binder, Janet Battentier, Laurent Bouby, Jacques-Elie Brochier, Alain Carré, et al.. Earliest Farming in North-Western Mediterranean: Evidences from Castellar – Pendimoun during the 6th millennium BCE. 23rd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists “The other side: The reality of the earliest farming in Europe and lessons for understanding agricultural origins”, 2017, Maastricht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02046412⟩

Thèses 1

  • Léa Drieu. Fabrication et usages des poteries durant le Néolithique et la Protohistoire en Europe : les apports de l’archéologie biomoléculaire. Archéologie et Préhistoire. COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015 - 2019), 2017. Français. ⟨NNT : 2017AZUR2020⟩. ⟨tel-01680424⟩

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