The use of soft hammer (mineral and organic) ...
Document type :
Communication dans un congrès avec actes
Title :
The use of soft hammer (mineral and organic) in the Acheulean site of Cagny-l’Epinette (MIS 9-10, Somme valley, France)
Author(s) :
Vanuxem, Laura [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Lamotte, Agnes [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Auguste, Patrick [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Regnier, S [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Peudon, F. [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Lamotte, Agnes [Auteur]

Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Auguste, Patrick [Auteur]

Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Regnier, S [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Peudon, F. [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Conference title :
6ème Congrès international d'expérimentation archéologique
Conference organizers(s) :
HNHP Paris, AnTET, ARScan, TEMPS, ExArc
City :
Pezenas
Country :
France
Start date of the conference :
2022-10-25
Book title :
SidiSTONE
English keyword(s) :
soft hammers
shaping
knapping
Cagny-l’Epinette
Somme Valley
shaping
knapping
Cagny-l’Epinette
Somme Valley
English abstract : [en]
In the Acheulean period, while the use of hard and soft organic hammers at different stages of biface shaping is widely accepted, the use of soft sandstone type is not, or only to a limited extent. Located in the Somme ...
Show more >In the Acheulean period, while the use of hard and soft organic hammers at different stages of biface shaping is widely accepted, the use of soft sandstone type is not, or only to a limited extent. Located in the Somme valley near Amiens, the Acheulean open-air settlement of Cagny-l'Epinette (MIS 9-10) yielded many faunal remains associated with lithic industry. The interglacial fauna includes aurochs (adults and juveniles) and red deer. On site, shed red deer antlers and the skulls bearing the antlers suggest a close relationship between the exploitation of deer for various activities, including the shaping of bifaces. In addition, sandstone hammers are also present. In order to prove the use of these three hammers, two hundred flakes were studied in detail. Moreover, usewear analysis has been conducted on about twenty red deer antlers. Beforehand, a protocol regarding natural deer antlers was undertaken as well as the benefit of the study of four lithic experiments of biface shaping with different hammers (see poster session of the colloquium). At this stage of our analyses, we can presume the use of hard mineral hammers, soft mineral (sandstone) and soft organic (deer antler) hammers during the Lower Palaeolithic.Show less >
Show more >In the Acheulean period, while the use of hard and soft organic hammers at different stages of biface shaping is widely accepted, the use of soft sandstone type is not, or only to a limited extent. Located in the Somme valley near Amiens, the Acheulean open-air settlement of Cagny-l'Epinette (MIS 9-10) yielded many faunal remains associated with lithic industry. The interglacial fauna includes aurochs (adults and juveniles) and red deer. On site, shed red deer antlers and the skulls bearing the antlers suggest a close relationship between the exploitation of deer for various activities, including the shaping of bifaces. In addition, sandstone hammers are also present. In order to prove the use of these three hammers, two hundred flakes were studied in detail. Moreover, usewear analysis has been conducted on about twenty red deer antlers. Beforehand, a protocol regarding natural deer antlers was undertaken as well as the benefit of the study of four lithic experiments of biface shaping with different hammers (see poster session of the colloquium). At this stage of our analyses, we can presume the use of hard mineral hammers, soft mineral (sandstone) and soft organic (deer antler) hammers during the Lower Palaeolithic.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Peer reviewed article :
Oui
Audience :
Internationale
Popular science :
Non
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