ROULÉ Elia

Bio

Elia Roulé

Laboratoire Chrono-environnement Besançon
16 route de Gray 25000 Besançon – France
Adresse mail: eroule2@univ-fcomte.fr / elia.roule@gmail.com

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

  • PhD candidate in paleoecology and archaeology 2021-2025, University of Franche-Comté (UFC), Besançon, France. « Hunters and Farmers in Greenland and Canada: A Millennium of Interaction Between Societies and Their Environment ». Supervisors: Emilie Gauthier (Pr.Chrono-environnement Besançon) and Dominique Marguerie (RD EcoBio Rennes)
  • Master degree in Bio-geosciences 2019-2021, at University of Bordeaux. Option Prehistory, geoarchaelogy, zooarchaeology, paleoenvironements. Collaboration with J.Jaubert, M-F.Sanchez-Goni, and Emilie Gauthier. PACEA Laboratory
  • Bachelor degree in archaeology 2016-2019, at University of Rennes 2. Speciality archaeology and paleoenvironemental studies. Cultural mediation and various excavations (Prehistory)

EXPÉRIENCES PROFESSIONNELLES

Teaching lecturer, University of Franche-Comté 2021-2023 (Prehistory both cultural and biological, Datations, Biological anthropology, Climate changes since the Quaternary, Internship supervisor (2024) in palynology: 2 students)

Field coring, sampling, botanic surveys, research projects Jun.-Aug. 2022 (Coring lakes and peat monoliths at Newfoundland and on the Nain archipelago on the Labrador coast, Collecting botanical samples, botanical surveys on peat bogs based on Payette works (2013; 2015; 2017), Archaeological survey neat semi-subterranean sod Thule houses (XVIII-XIX centuries)

Coll. Dominique Marguerie, Najat Bhiry, Dominique Todisco, James Woollett, Héloïg Barbel et al. for Labrador

Coll. Emilie Gauthier, Matthew Peros, Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques (University of Bishop, Sherbrook, Canada), Natasha Roy (GEOTOP/UQAM, Montréal, Canada), and for the archaeological site of l’Anse aux Meadows : Paul Ledger, Véronique Forbes et al. (Memorial University, St-John’s, Canada)

Funding: InterArctic project (dir. E.Gauthier), and ENCHAINEC Project by Centre Polaire Paul-Emile Victor (Coord. D.Marguerie).

Excavation and sampling for paleoenvironmental studies at Nunalleq (Alaska, USA) Jun.2023 (Excavations directed by R.Knecht and C.Houmard on the Nunalleq Yup’ik project, Study period XVII-XVIII century after the “Bow and Arrow” war during the Little Ice Age, Sampling on palynology, charcoal, parasitology, macro-remains, Surveys around for finding lakes for paleoecology future studies based on drone, satellite, and Yup’ik local oral information

Funding : Graduate School Besançon

Analysis and comparison of paleoclimatological data between Greenland and Labrador based on the modern analog method, GEOTOP, UQAM, Montréal (Canada) Oct.-Dec.2023

Internship in paleoclimatology, based on 4 lake cores to study the last 4 millennia through climate and fires interactions under direction by B.Fréchette, A.De Vernal, N.Roy. Funding : ANR InterArctic Project (Coord. Em. Gauthier), the Belmont-forum NICH-ACRTIC project (Coord. A. De Vernal), and FRQNET honor scholarship in environmental sciences from Quebec (Canada)

Master thesis internship : “Study of the interactions between Norse farmers and their environment in Greenland: The case of the Western settlement” Jan.-May 2021

Studying the Itinera lake core to analyze anthropogenic indicators based on multi-proxy study including pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, and charcoals under direction of E.Gauthier. Coll. D.Rius, L.Millet, V.Bichet. Funding : ANR InterArctic Project (Coord. E. Gauthier)

KEYWORDS OF RESEARCH STUDIES

paleoecology, archaeology, eco-cultural adaptations, anthropogenic impact, lakes, peatlands, vegetation history, paleoclimatology, fire frequency, boreal forests

PEER-REVIEW SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

    1. Elia Roulé, Dominique Marguerie, Najat Bhiry, Josuah Tremblay, Matthieu Le Bailly, Benjamin Dufour, Vincent Laflamme, Héloïg Barbel, James Woollett, Grégor Marchand†, Dominique Todisco, Philippe Lanos, Natasha Roy, Damien Rius, Laurent Millet, Emilie Gauthier (in prep.). Hunter-gatherers in Nunatsiavut (Labrador, Canada): tracking human impact on environment during the last millennium.
    2. Elia Roulé, Natasha Roy, Ludovic Gesset, Camille Picard, Charly Massa, Emilie Gauthier (for 2025, accepted). Complex interactions between Norse farmers and their environment in the Western Settlement (Greenland): an interdisciplinary perspective. Quaternary Science Review, Special issue (in revision).
    3. Axel Hacala, Elia Roulé, Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Marie-Eve St-Pierre, Najat Bhiry, Allison Bain, Julien Pétillon, Dominique Marguerie (2024). Atlantic subarctic peat bogs ecology through a two millennium dynamic, a transdisciplinary multi-taxon approach. (in revision, unpublished).

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