Titre :

Middle Neolithic fluorites in Northern France and Belgium: Characterization, sourcing and methodological limitations

Auteur(s) :

Goemaere, Eric [Auteur]
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique = Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences [IRSNB / RBINS]
Vanmontfort, Bart [Auteur]
KU Leuven Plant Institute [LPI]
Bonjean, Dominique [Auteur]
Centre de recherches de la grotte Scladina
Bosquet, Dominique [Auteur]
Bostyn, Françoise [Auteur]
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - UFR Histoire de l'art et archéologie [UP1 UFR03]
Trajectoires - UMR 8215
Cayol, Nicolas [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Trajectoires - UMR 8215
Colas, Caroline [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Trajectoires - UMR 8215
Collet, Hélène [Auteur]
Delbey, Thomas [Auteur]
Cranfield University
Delye, Emmanuel [Auteur]
Golitko, Mark [Auteur]
University of Notre Dame [Indiana] [UND]
Jadin, Ivan [Auteur]
Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique = Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences [IRSNB / RBINS]
Jungels, Cécile [Auteur]
Leroy-Langelin, Emmanuelle [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Monchablon, Cécile [Auteur]
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]
Trajectoires - UMR 8215
Praud, Ivan [Auteur]
Trajectoires - UMR 8215
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives [Inrap]

Titre de la revue :

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Pagination :

103980

Éditeur :

Elsevier

Date de publication :

2023-06

ISSN :

2352-409X

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

Fluorite ornaments
Middle Neolithic
REE Sr isotopes
Northern France Belgium

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire
Chimie

Résumé en anglais : [en]

Ornaments and fragments of fluorite have been found at sixteen Neolithic sites in Belgium and Northern France, mainly Middle Neolithic sites associated with the Michelsberg culture and the Spiere and Chassean groups. These ...
Lire la suite >Ornaments and fragments of fluorite have been found at sixteen Neolithic sites in Belgium and Northern France, mainly Middle Neolithic sites associated with the Michelsberg culture and the Spiere and Chassean groups. These sites are located in a large geographical area representing different types of sites and various geological backgrounds. One of the aims of this study is to identify where this mineral could have been quarried in the Neolithic and compare the possible source(s) with those used during the Palaeolithic. A survey of some Neolithic fluorite occurrences in Belgium and Northern France was conducted and the origins of this mineral investigated by means of geochemical Rare Earth Elements and Sr-isotopic analysis. We also explore the limitations of isotopic 87Sr/86Sr and REE ratios for analysis of fluorite. Results show that Neolithic fluorite originates from different local and regional sources, mainly the Dinantian limestones/dolostones of the Ardennes Allochthon, in contrast to the use of silicified Givetian limestones of the Calestian Band near Givet (France) during the Magdalenian. The Neolithic fluorite that is studied in this paper is found exclusively at settlement sites whereas elsewhere, fluorite comes exclusively from funerary contexts.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

• Histoire Archéologie Littératures des Mondes Anciens (HALMA) - UMR 8164

Source :

Harvested from HAL