A new key-site for the end of Lower Palaeolithic and the onset of Middle Palaeolithic at Etricourt-Manancourt (Somme, France)

Hérisson, David; Coutard, Sylvie; Goval, Emilie; Locht, Jean‐luc; Antoine, Pierre; Chantreau, Yoann; Debenham, Nick

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.055

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“…During MIS 8/7 in the Lower and Middle Thames Terraces, other open‐air sites have been documented to apply Levallois modalities: unidirectional, bidirectional and convergent (Scott et al ., ). In northern France, the lithic assemblage of the Etricourt‐Manancourt level HUD (late MIS 9) indicates the use of simply prepared technologies and the presence of Levallois recurrent unidirectional and preferential flakes (Hérisson et al ., ). At Mesvin IV in Belgium (MIS 9/8), the lithic assemblage is characterized by Levallois, discoid, uni‐ and bidirectional artefacts (Ryssaert, ).…”

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Technological adaptation and the emergence of Levallois in Central Europe: new insight from the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany

Picin

2017

J Quaternary Science

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The introduction of the Levallois method in Europe is considered the technological innovation that marked the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic. In North‐Central Europe, early evidence of this new concept of flake production is dated at the junction between Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 9 and MIS 8, a period that showed a deterioration of climatic conditions, i.e. a change from forested to cold tundra–steppe vegetation and dispersal of the Mammuthus–Coelodonta faunal complex from artic territories. This study aims to contribute new data to the current debate by exploring the lithic assemblages of the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany. Technological analysis reveals the introduction of the Levallois method in association with the development of the local unidirectional core technology. This pattern is common in other sites of North‐Central Europe. This modification in the technical behaviour of hunter‐gatherers is interpreted as a technological adaptation in response to the new faunal complex composed of seasonal migratory animals.

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Technological adaptation and the emergence of Levallois in Central Europe: new insight from the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany

Picin

2017

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“…It is apparent, therefore, that different LFB Acheulean assemblages were being simultaneously exploited by different geographic populations of SW Europe during the late Middle Pleistocene. Adding to this technological complexity is the fact that the age of Porto Maior level PM4 also overlaps with sites displaying Early Middle Paleolithic (EMP) industries, which are technologically different and not directly related to the LFB Acheulean 2 , 3 , 69 – 71 . Broadly contemporaneous EMP sites in Iberia include the middle stratigraphic unit of Ambrona, Level TD10.1–2 at Gran Dolina (Atapuerca), Bolomor Cave and Cuesta de la Bajada 3 , 72 , 73 .…”

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First evidence of an extensive Acheulean large cutting tool accumulation in Europe from Porto Maior (Galicia, Spain)

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Santonja

Pérez‐González

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We describe a European Acheulean site characterised by an extensive accumulation of large cutting tools (LCT). This type of Lower Paleolithic assemblage, with dense LCT accumulations, has only been found on the African continent and in the Near East until now. The identification of a site with large accumulations of LCTs favours the hypothesis of an African origin for the Acheulean of Southwest Europe. The lithic tool-bearing deposits date back to 293–205 thousand years ago. Our chronological findings confirm temporal overlap between sites with clear “African” Acheulean affinities and Early Middle Paleolithic sites found elsewhere in the region. These complex technological patterns could be consistent with the potential coexistence of different human species in south-western Europe during the Middle Pleistocene.

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“…The chronological context of the sequences and occupations is reinforced by radiometric dates, namely thermoluminescence on heated flint, IRSL on loess and ESR on bones. The overall regional summary for the Saalian is rather crude in comparison to that of the Weichselian (Locht et al, 2016), but is continuously refined by new discoveries, at times with considerable headway, like for the recent discovery of Etricourt-Manancourt (Herisson et al, 2016 ).…”

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The emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic in north-western Europe and its southern fringes

Hérisson

Brenet

Cliquet

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Quaternary International

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A new key-site for the end of Lower Palaeolithic and the onset of Middle Palaeolithic at Etricourt-Manancourt (Somme, France)

Cited by 31 publications

References 17 publications

Technological adaptation and the emergence of Levallois in Central Europe: new insight from the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany

Technological adaptation and the emergence of Levallois in Central Europe: new insight from the Markkleeberg and Zwochau open‐air sites in Germany

First evidence of an extensive Acheulean large cutting tool accumulation in Europe from Porto Maior (Galicia, Spain)

The emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic in north-western Europe and its southern fringes

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