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Lithic taphonomy of the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian interstratifications in Roc de Combe and Le Piage (Lot, France)

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The goal of this paper is to present the main conclusions of a taphonomic analysis of the lithics from Roc de Combe and Le Piage in order to test the reality of the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian interstratifications diagnosed at these two sites. The analysis includes data from unpublished sources and uses the search of refits across stratigraphic units as a testing device. Results are that the interstratifications do not correspond to a real archeological sequence, but are actually the result of post-depositional processes. At Roc de Combe, interstratified levels 9 and 10 were not recognized during the excavation and correspond in fact to a selection of putatively diagnostic tools in what appears to be a mixed zone that includes artifacts belonging to technocomplexes (from Mousterian to Gravettian) which, elsewhere at the site, follow the classic Aquitaine sequence. At Le Piage, the spatial and stratigraphic distribution of Châtelperron points was used to demonstrate the presence of an interstratification, but the refits show that those items derive from a zone located above the rockshelter and are redeposited on top of undisturbed Aurignacian assemblages. Portions of these sites are well-preserved and contain important cultural information contributing to an improved understanding of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in western France.
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halshs-00439260, version 1 (07-12-2009)

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Jean-Guillaume Bordes. Lithic taphonomy of the Châtelperronian/Aurignacian interstratifications in Roc de Combe and Le Piage (Lot, France). J. Zilhão et F. d'Errico (Eds.). The chronology of the Aurignacian and of the transitional technocomplexes. Dating, stratigraphies, cultural implications., Instituto Português de Arqueologia, Lisboa, pp.223-244, 2003, Trabalhos de Arqueologia, 33. ⟨halshs-00439260⟩

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