Title :

Diffusion and exploitation of flint from the Oligocene basin of Mont-les-Etrelles (Eastern France) during the Palaeolithic by Neanderthals and Modern humans

Author(s) :

Lamotte, Agnes [Auteur correspondant]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]
Binias, Paul [Auteur]
Histoire, Archéologie et Littérature des Mondes Anciens - UMR 8164 [HALMA]

Conference title :

Lithic-based approaches to understand site formation processes, economy and technological behaviours during Palaeolithic

Conference organizers(s) :

UISPP, Timisoara (Roumanie)

City :

Timisoara

Country :

Roumanie

Start date of the conference :

2023-09-05

English keyword(s) :

raw materials
flint
non-flint ressources
acquisition
provisioning
circulation
Middle
Upper Palaeolithic
humans

English abstract : [en]

The North Franche-Comté region is a crossroads in France between the eastern part of the Paris Basin (sedimentary deposits), the southwestern Vosges (metamorphic deposits), the northeastern Massif Central (metamorphic ...
Show more >The North Franche-Comté region is a crossroads in France between the eastern part of the Paris Basin (sedimentary deposits), the southwestern Vosges (metamorphic deposits), the northeastern Massif Central (metamorphic deposits) and the northern Jura (sedimentary deposits). The Saône and the Ognon are the two major rivers that criss-cross a hilly landscape at around 200 to 1200 m. The mineral raw materials from these very different sedimentary formations are therefore varied (sandstone, limestone, quartzite, flint from the Jurassic, flint from the oligocene) and people have made there choices according to the daily activities and achievements they had to carry out. In this topographic and geological complex, in the heart of the Haute-Saône department, is the Mont-les-Etrelles tertiary basin, which is made up of a paleo lake that has yielded more than 7 types of flint with a cortex, matrix (biological content) that is different from the surrounding secondary formations. It has always been a major source of mineral resources for Neanderthals and modern humans. While the interest and diffusion of the materials has been demonstrated during the Neolithic period, studies concerning the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic only began in 2005. The aims are therefore to demonstrate the differential management of materials by Neanderthals and modern humans and to enhance the data by also comparing procurement, circulation and performance strategies between open-air and cave sites.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Collections :

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

Source :

Harvested from HAL