Acheulean of the Somme basin (France): ...
Document type :
Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage
Title :
Acheulean of the Somme basin (France): Assessment of lithic changes during MIS 12 to 9
Author(s) :
Lamotte, Agnes [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Tuffreau, Alain [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Tuffreau, Alain [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Journal title :
Quaternary International
Pages :
54-72
Publisher :
Elsevier
Publication date :
2016-07
ISSN :
1040-6182
English keyword(s) :
Acheulian
Somme Valley
France
Handaxes
Cores
Flake-tools
Somme Valley
France
Handaxes
Cores
Flake-tools
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Archéologie et Préhistoire
English abstract : [en]
Several Acheulean sites dated between stages MIS 12 to 9 are located around the town of Amiens in the Somme Valley. These include: Cagny-la-Garenne I, Cagny-la-Garenne II, Cagny-la-Ferme de l'Epinette, Cagny-l'Epinette, ...
Show more >Several Acheulean sites dated between stages MIS 12 to 9 are located around the town of Amiens in the Somme Valley. These include: Cagny-la-Garenne I, Cagny-la-Garenne II, Cagny-la-Ferme de l'Epinette, Cagny-l'Epinette, Revelles and Gentelles. The aim of this paper is to present the chronological situation and context of each of these sites and to ascertain the continuity or the discontinuity of the main behavioral aspects of the raw material procurement patterns, the core types and the biface and tool-flake status. We also examine numerous aspects of shaping and knapping, such as the presence of hammerstones or specialized classes of lithics. A synthesis of data underlines changes in the main categories of lithic artifacts and variability or convergence in the production systems.Show less >
Show more >Several Acheulean sites dated between stages MIS 12 to 9 are located around the town of Amiens in the Somme Valley. These include: Cagny-la-Garenne I, Cagny-la-Garenne II, Cagny-la-Ferme de l'Epinette, Cagny-l'Epinette, Revelles and Gentelles. The aim of this paper is to present the chronological situation and context of each of these sites and to ascertain the continuity or the discontinuity of the main behavioral aspects of the raw material procurement patterns, the core types and the biface and tool-flake status. We also examine numerous aspects of shaping and knapping, such as the presence of hammerstones or specialized classes of lithics. A synthesis of data underlines changes in the main categories of lithic artifacts and variability or convergence in the production systems.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
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