En torno a los conceptos de Protoauriñaciense, de Auriñaciense arcaico, inicial y antiguo

Bon, François; Fernández, José Manuel Maíllo; Cobos, David Ortega i

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“…Since the discovery of the eponymous site, Abri d'Aurignac, by Édouard Lartet in the middle of the 19th century (see Bon, 2002a), the Aurignacian has been the subject of an increasing number of studies (Bon, 2002a;de Sonneville-Bordes, 1960, 1983Delporte, 1991;Demars, 1992;Peyrony, 1933). These studies have allowed scholars to propose a chrono-cultural division of the technocomplex into four main phases (see Bordes, 2005;Teyssandier and Zilhão, 2018).…”

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Unravelling technological behaviors through core reduction intensity. The case of the early Protoaurignacian assemblage from Fumane Cave.

Lombao,

Falcucci,

Moos

et al. 2023

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This paper investigates core reduction intensity in the early Protoaurignacian lithic assemblage from Fumane Cave in northeastern Italy. Here, reduction intensity was used as a means to characterize blank selection strategies and raw material management, explore the variability of knapping strategies throughout the reduction sequence by reconstructing the operatory field of core assemblages, and finally address the relationship between blades and bladelets. The latter aspect was particularly important to gain insights into the behavioral and chrono-cultural significance of laminar productions in the framework of the Aurignacian technocomplex. To meet these goals, experimental work was conducted thanks to 3D scanning technology to compare different methods and variables for measuring reduction intensity, including the percentage of non-cortical surface, the Scar Density Index (SDI), and a novel adaptation of the Volumetric Reconstruction Method (VRM). Results demonstrate the effectiveness and potential of adapting VRM for studying reduction intensity in Upper Paleolithic laminar cores, and the provided R scripts and datasets will enable this method to be applied to other contexts with little or no modification of the workflow. The reduction intensity measures applied to the Protoaurignacian assemblage from Fumane Cave reveal slight variations depending on the abundance and proximity of available raw materials selected for blank production. Not surprisingly, the most abundant raw material variety – the Maiolica – has the largest number of less reduced cores, although reduction is fairly high across all cores discarded at the site. The observed variability in the operatory field and the interrelation between blade and bladelet productions underscore the complexity and flexibility of Protoaurignacian human behavior, which also complicate a definitive separation between the operatory fields of blade and bladelet productions. These findings are particularly important to emphasize the importance of considering reduction intensity when examining technological variability and human behavior in Aurignacian studies. We hope that the proposed adaptation of the VRM and the effective combination with other measures of reduction will allow future studies to rightfully incorporate reduction intensity as a temporal component in studies on stone tool production to enhance our understanding of the adaptive behaviors of Homo sapiens in diverse ecological settings and better frame the development of the Upper Paleolithic.

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Unravelling technological behaviors through core reduction intensity. The case of the early Protoaurignacian assemblage from Fumane Cave.

Lombao,

Falcucci,

Moos

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“…Il nous semble donc opportun de présenter ici les données des études menées actuellement sur un important lot de lamelles provenant des campagnes 2002 à 2005 de la fouille des ensembles de l'Aurignacien archaïque de la grotte d'Isturitz. À la différence de ce qui a été réalisé jusqu'à présent, ces études portent sur toutes les catégories de pièces, qu'elles soient retouchées ou non, et mettent en oeuvre l'analyse des macro et des micro-traces, le bon état général de conservation 1 -Plutôt que celle de « Protoaurignacien », nous avons choisi cette dénomination en accord avec les arguments développés récemment par F. Bon (Bon, 2006). Il est bien évident, ainsi que le souligne cet auteur, qu'il ne faut y voir en aucun cas un jugement de valeur sur la qualité des productions matérielles et encore moins sur leurs auteurs.…”

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Quelle(s) utilisation(s) pour les productions lamellaires de l’aurignacien archaïque ? Quelques données et réflexions à partir des exemplaires de la grotte d’Isturitz (Pyrénées‑Atlantiques, France)

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En torno a los conceptos de Protoauriñaciense, de Auriñaciense arcaico, inicial y antiguo

Cited by 2 publications

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Unravelling technological behaviors through core reduction intensity. The case of the early Protoaurignacian assemblage from Fumane Cave.

Unravelling technological behaviors through core reduction intensity. The case of the early Protoaurignacian assemblage from Fumane Cave.

Quelle(s) utilisation(s) pour les productions lamellaires de l’aurignacien archaïque ? Quelques données et réflexions à partir des exemplaires de la grotte d’Isturitz (Pyrénées‑Atlantiques, France)

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