New data on the exploitation of flint outcrops during the Middle Palaeolithic: the Mousterian workshop of Chêne Vert at Dirac (Charente, France)
Sébastien Bernard-Guelle
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Mathieu Rué
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Paul Fernandes
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Résumé
The ways in which Neanderthals exploited the landscape and raw material sources constitute a major aspect of the study of Middle Palaeolithic settlement systems. The Aquitaine Basin in the south-west of France, and more specifically the Charente, has been the object of numerous studies exploring open-air sites within the mineral environment (e.g. Park & Féblot-Augustins 2010). The recently discovered Mousterian workshop of Chêne Vert at Dirac, located on a flint outcrop and excavated in a rescue context, presents a rare opportunity for studying Neanderthal procurement strategies directly associated with a readily available raw material. The main excavation results presented in this article, through geoarchaeology, taphonomy, petroarchaeology and lithic techno-economy, shed light on site formation processes affecting the archaeological level, the assemblage’s degree of integrity and technical behaviour and adaptations to the specific features of flint from Dirac, prior to the transition between MIS 4 and 3.
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Archéologie et PréhistoireFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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New data on the exploitation of flint outcrops during the Middle Palaeolithic: the Mousterian workshop of Chêne Vert at Dirac (Charente, France)
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Résumé |
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The ways in which Neanderthals exploited the landscape and raw material sources constitute a major aspect of the study of Middle Palaeolithic settlement systems. The Aquitaine Basin in the south-west of France, and more specifically the Charente, has been the object of numerous studies exploring open-air sites within the mineral environment (e.g. Park & Féblot-Augustins 2010). The recently discovered Mousterian workshop of Chêne Vert at Dirac, located on a flint outcrop and excavated in a rescue context, presents a rare opportunity for studying Neanderthal procurement strategies directly associated with a readily available raw material. The main excavation results presented in this article, through geoarchaeology, taphonomy, petroarchaeology and lithic techno-economy, shed light on site formation processes affecting the archaeological level, the assemblage’s degree of integrity and technical behaviour and adaptations to the specific features of flint from Dirac, prior to the transition between MIS 4 and 3.
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Auteur(s) |
Marie-Claire Dawson
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, Sébastien Bernard-Guelle
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, Mathieu Rué
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, Paul Fernandes
1, 3
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Paléotime
( 407990 )
- 75 avenue Jean-Séraphin Achard-Picard 38250 Villard-de-Lans
- France
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ASM -
Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes
( 86793 )
- Route de Mende
Université Paul Valéry-Montpellier 3
34199 MONTPELLIER Cedex
- France
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PACEA -
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
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- Université de Bordeaux - Bâtiment B8 - CS50023 - Allée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire - 33615 Pessac Cedex
- France
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Anglais
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Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2012-12-15
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Numéro |
23
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Page/Identifiant |
55-84
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DOI | 10.4000/paleo.2464 |
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