My first experiences in archeology were Neolithic excavations (Chenet-les-Pierres in Savoie). Since then, I have continued to work on periods of recent prehistory, in France and in Egypt.

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Rey PJ and Moulin B. (dir.), André I., Boisson J., Lington J., Minotti M. (col.), Archaeological and sedimentary study of the alpine mountain : first assessment two years of soundings around the Petit-Saint-Bernard pass,Bulletin of prehistoric studies and alpine archeology(2005) :51-76.

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Buchez N., Midant-Reynes B., Bréand G., Briois F., El-Hajaoui F., Guérin S., Guyot F., Hochstrasser-Petit C., Minotti M., Robitaille J., Lower Egyptian Culture Settlement at Tell el-Iswid in the Nile Delta, [in:] Midant-Reynes B., Tristant Y.,Egypt at its Origins 5, Proceedings of the International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt », Cairo, 13-18 April 2014, Leuven-Paris-Dudley, MA, 2017: 35-48.

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Since 2006, I have multiplied my experiences with operators private and public of preventive archeology.

I started as a technician, today I work as a qualified technician,   area manager or assistant manager.

The world of prevention brought me rigor and speed of execution. It also allowed me to excavate very diverse structures and facilities, from the Neolithic to modern periods, housing, crafts, burials...

Between 2009 and 2012, I participated in a prospecting program south of the Kharga oasis. Prospecting was sometimes followed by the excavation of " site de surface ". This context always arouses my curiosity, because specific problems develop there, of environmental modifications, land use, water resources...

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Dachy T., Briois F., Lesur J., Marchand S., Minotti M., M. Wuttmann Living in an Egyptian oasis: Reconstruction of the Holocene archaeological sequence in Khraga,African Archaeological Reviewvol 38-4 (2018): 531-566.

Minotti M., " La parure du Neolithique final", [In:] Briois F., Midant-Reynes B., Dachy T. and M. Wuttmann,The Late Neolithic of the Southern Basin of the Kharga Oasis : KS043 and KS052, IFAO, Cairo (in preparation).

As part of my university work, and this since my master's degree, I approach the theme of funerary archeology (without anthropobiology). More specifically, I study predynastic funeral rituals by combining quantitative and qualitative analyses.

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Minotti M.,Adaïma IV, adornment in a funerary context : techniques, aesthetics and function, IFAO 88, Cairo, in press.

Minotti M., From the diversity of practices to the function of fineries in the funerary context of Adaïma, [in:] EC Köhler, N. Kuch, F. Junge & A.-K. Jeske (eds),Egypt at its Origins 6. Proceedings of the International Conference “Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, Vienna 10th-15th September 2017, Peteers, Leuven-London-Paris, (forthcoming).

Over the past ten years, work at Tell el-Iswid (Egypt) has led me to excavate and study adobe architecture. More recently, the responsibilities on the medieval site of Lavaur (Tarn) also allowed me to approach cob and adobe architectures.

The Transdisciplinary Exchanges on raw earth constructions which take place periodically in Montpellier, allowed me to meet specialists and keep me informed on the news of this research.

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Buchez N., Gerez J., Guerin S., Minotti M., The appearance and development of mud brick architecture in Egypt in the 4th millennium BC, what processes? Reflection from the recent discoveries of Tell el-Iswid (site of the French Institute of Oriental Archeology in the eastern Delta),International round table, Architecture and construction in raw earth, historical, sociological and economic approaches, 5th transdisciplinary exchanges, Montpellier, October 2019.(post in progress)