At the heart of the Last Glacial Maximum in Quercy region: the contribution of « Le Petit Cloup Barrat » layer 4 to the Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition debate

Ducasse, Sylvain; Castel, Jean-Christophe; Chauvière, François-Xavier; Langlais, Mathieu; Camus, Hubert; Morala, André; Turq, Alain

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“…6; Pétillon and Ducasse 2012 ; Bourdier et al 2014 ;Chauvière et al 2017 ;Ducasse et al 2019). Among them, several taphonomicallyquestionable and/or anciently excavated sites yield very specific lamelles à dos dextre marginal (LDDM) that we propose to link with a significant part of the lithic hunting equipment from Lascaux (Ducasse et al, 2011 Thus, we would not say here that the industries of Lascaux are Badegoulian, no more than we would argue for a Lower Magdalenian attribution since the classic typotechnological criteria defining these two technocomplexes are lacking. Given the current increasing complexity of the panorama for the 21.5-20.5 period, we will limit ourselves to underlining the now clearer links existing between Lascaux and the LDDM-yielding industries known across this chronologic interval, that are currently being defined (e.g.…”

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“…Conceived as the first phase of a wider dating program at Lascaux, the work presented here was carried out to test (1) the chronological homogeneity of the occupations, as already suggested by a high typo-technological coherence (Allain 1979 and ongoing work) but challenged by the state of the art recalled above and, if that was confirmed, (2) the hypothesis of an attribution to the "Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition" phase, fueled by several prior inter-site comparisons (Langlais 2010 ;Ducasse et al 2011; DEX_TER project 4 ). While benefiting from the most recent improvements in radiocarbon dating, we therefore set up, to the extent possible, a reproducible, transparent, and simple but robust sampling strategy that allows results to be compared, reviewed, and discussed in the framework of future research endeavors.…”

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“…Dans ce cadre, un nouveau programme de datation a été engagé afin de clarifier la chronologie des occupations humaines paléolithiques, occupations dont témoignent les nombreux vestiges découverts en stratigraphie. Ainsi, cinq restes de renne issus des principaux secteurs de la grotte (Diverticule axial, Passage, Nef, Puits) et montrant pour certains des indices évidents d'exploitation par l'Homme, ont été sélectionnés pour datation dans le but de tester (1) l'homogénéité chronologique des occupations, déjà suggérée par une forte cohérence typo-technologique, et, le cas échéant (2) l'hypothèse d'une attribution de ces assemblages à un intervalle temporel compatible avec la transition badegoulo-magdalénienne comme le laissent supposer certaines comparaisons inter-sites (Langlais 2010 ;Ducasse et al 2011; DEX_TER project: Ducasse and Langlais coord.). L'ensemble des échantillons a été confié au Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit d'Oxford (ORAU) qui, après un prétraitement par ultrafiltration, a réalisé les mesures via un MIni CArbon DAting System (MICADAS).…”

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Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

Ducasse¹,

Langlais²

2019

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Aside from the stylistic debates and quarrels fueled by the studies of its painted and engraved walls, the Lascaux Cave stands out by its very weak and contradictory radiometric framework (Delluc and Delluc 2012). In addition to this, no comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of the rich archaeological assemblages has been conducted for almost forty years (Leroi-Gourhan and Allain 1979). The LAsCO project (Langlais and Ducasse coord.) aims to fill this gap by proposing a global reassessment of the osseous and lithic artifacts, ornaments, ochres and lamps. As part of this work, a new effort has been made to clarify the Paleolithic chronology of the human activities documented by this stratified evidence. Five reindeer remains taken from the cave's main areas (Axial Gallery, Passageway, Nave, Shaft), some showing clear evidence of anthropic exploitation, were therefore selected to be dated in order to test (1) the chronological homogeneity of the occupations, as already suggested by a high typo-technological coherence and, if this was confirmed, (2) the hypothesis of an attribution to the Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition phase, as indicated by prior inter-site comparisons (Langlais 2010 ; Ducasse et al. 2011; DEX_TER project: Ducasse and Langlais coord.). All the selected samples were sent to the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) and run on a MIni CArbon DAting System (MICADAS) after an ultrafiltration pretreatment. While the sample from the Passageway area failed due to low collagen yield, the other four produced reliable and highly comparable measurements centered on a 14 C age of 17,600 uncal. BP (21.5-21 cal ka BP). These results confirm the two basic assumptions described above and contradict the diachronic framework defined by the 1948-2002 radiometric data, while restoring a certain degree of chronological consistency which fits well with the main typotechnological features of the lithic and osseous equipment (Allain 1979, Leroy-Prost 2008 and ongoing analysis). After a brief outline of the existing radiometric data and a detailed description of the sampling and dating strategy, the reliability of the results and their impact on our understanding of the cave's phase(s) of occupation(s) are discussed in depth. While the issue of the precise "cultural" attribution of the dated assemblages and the links between the latter and the parietal art are beyond the scope of this paper, these new data represent a first but significant step towards a global renewal of the highly controversial chronological framework of the Lascaux Cave.

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Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

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2019

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“…At the opposite chronological milestone, the Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition timespan, i.e. 21,5-20,5 cal ka BP (not illustrated in figure 2), is currently being much discussed through the ongoing characterization of the so-called LDDM industries (named after the presence of specific marginally retouched bladelets called "Lamelles à Dos Dextre Marginal": Langlais et al, 2010;Ducasse et al, 2011) in the framework of the DEX_TER project (S. Ducasse and M. Langlais dir. ; see below).…”

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Breaking bad? Discarding the solutrean norms: Chronology, evolution and geographical extent of the badegoulian phenomenon in Western Europe

Ducasse

Chauvière

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2021

Quaternary International

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The Badegoulian technocomplex holds a special place among the West European Upper Paleolithic (UP) cultural traditions. Often understated or even bypassed by the main prehistorical overviews, caught between the fascinating Solutrean and the "classic" Magdalenian technocomplexes, it nonetheless probably marks a turning point in the evolving trajectory of hunter-gatherers in present-day France. The deep typo-technological changes, traditionally noted through lithic equipment, have recently been examined in the framework of interdisciplinary programs centered on several key-stratigraphic sequences located in southwest France. The combined analyses of flint, bone and antler assemblages, ornaments and faunal remains, together with the implementation of systematic archaeostratigraphic reassessment and radiometric dating, serve to confirm the speed and the strength of these changes ca. 23 cal ka BP. Without going into detail into the Solutrean-Badegoulian transition issue, the present paper provides a synthetic overview of the main Badegoulian characteristics-and their known variability-on the basis of the lithic and osseous equipment that guided the original identification. Following a three-step structure successively exploring the "when", the "what" and the "where" questions, we will look at the current challenges in LGM chronocultural research, between (false) consensus and (true) sticking points.

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“…According to current knowledge, this chronological interval and typo-technological association correspond to both Late Badegoulian (e.g. Lassac, locus 1: 17,530 ± 100 BP: 21.5-20.8 cal ka BP, Pétillon and Ducasse 2012; La Contrée-Viallet, layer 3: 17,610 ± 70 BP: 21,5-21 cal ka BP, Lafarge 2014) and certain Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition assemblages containing lamelles à dos dextre marginal (LDDM; Langlais et al 2010;Ducasse et al 2011, 2019a, Langlais et al 2018Langlais et al 2019;Primault et al 2020). These transitional assemblages are currently the object of a chronological and typo-technological characterization program being conducted in the framework of the DEX_TER project (S. Ducasse and M. Langlais coord.).…”

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THE ABRI CASSEROLE (DORDOGNE, FRANCE): REASSESSING THE¹⁴C CHRONOLOGY OF A KEY UPPER PALEOLITHIC SEQUENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE

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ABSTRACT Discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Abri Casserole (Dordogne, France) was the subject of salvage excavations in the early nineties. The fieldwork revealed a sequence of 13 archaeological levels that document human occupations from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian, including very rare and poorly known assemblages (e.g. Early Badegoulian, Protosolutrean) that afford a particular importance to this sequence. Results of a previous dating program that focused on the Badegoulian levels were obtained in 1994 but were neither extensively published nor discussed. Five AMS 14C ages obtained for the Gravettian and Solutrean assemblages in the early 2010s served to complement the site’s chronology. However, since the beta counting ages for the Badegoulian levels were in conflict with the accepted AMS chronology for the region’s late Pleniglacial archaeological record, a new AMS dating program was implemented to renew the radiometric framework of this specific portion of the sequence. Compared to the previous beta counting measurements, the seven newly obtained AMS ages are about 1000 years older (23.3–20.5 cal ka BP) and congruent with other AMS-dated Badegoulian sequences. These results thereby restore the inter-site chronological coherence of the Solutrean–Badegoulian and Badegoulian–Magdalenian transitions.

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At the heart of the Last Glacial Maximum in Quercy region: the contribution of « Le Petit Cloup Barrat » layer 4 to the Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition debate

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References 5 publications

Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

Breaking bad? Discarding the solutrean norms: Chronology, evolution and geographical extent of the badegoulian phenomenon in Western Europe

THE ABRI CASSEROLE (DORDOGNE, FRANCE): REASSESSING THE¹⁴C CHRONOLOGY OF A KEY UPPER PALEOLITHIC SEQUENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE

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At the heart of the Last Glacial Maximum in Quercy region: the contribution of « Le Petit Cloup Barrat » layer 4 to the Badegoulian-to-Magdalenian transition debate

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Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

Twenty years on, a new date with Lascaux. Reassessing the chronology of the cave’s Paleolithic occupations through new 14C AMS dating

Breaking bad? Discarding the solutrean norms: Chronology, evolution and geographical extent of the badegoulian phenomenon in Western Europe

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