The theme of this 15th seminar of research by the Unité Mixte de Recherches 154 du CNRS de Lattes, held in Lattes-Montpellier in 2000, is the archaeology of animals. The thirteen French and two English papers represent the work of groups of specialist individuals and projects working in the field of archaeozoology during the Holocene. Subjects include: the movement and displacement of animals in the Mediterranean, animals at altitude in the southern Alps, extinctions on Sardinia, bovine populations in France, pastoral specialisation, fish populations in the Iron Age.