Le Paléolithique ancien en Europe Occidentale et sa Chronologie

Breuil, Henri

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“…The term "Micoquian" established by Hauser (1916) for all assemblages at La Micoque hundred years ago, was later reduced by Breuil (1932a) and only used for layer N(6) of Peyrony's excavation from 1929 (Peyrony 1938).…”

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“…In France instead, the term "Micoquian" was connected, following the definition of Breuil (1932a;1932b) to particular late Acheulian industries (Bordes 1954;Blanchard 1963;Bordes 1984) because of the presence of bifaces similar to Micoquekeile as known from La Micoque N(6) of Peyrony's excavation.…”

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“…But it need to be noted that Bordes (1984: 54) pointed also out that with the exception of differences in bifacial forms there are almost no differences between the MTA and the Micoquian: "Il découlé de l'étude de ces quatre gisements micoquiens que l'outillage sur éclats ne se différencie de celui que nous verrons dans le Moustérien de tradition acheuléenne que par des nuances ...". The evolutionary line that has been supposed to connect the Acheulian with the "Micoquien" (Breuil 1932a) was reformulated some years ago (see e.g., Gouédo 1999). Rosendahl (2004;2006;2011) revived recently the strong similarities, as noted by Bosinski (1967;1970a), of the upper levels at la Micoque (N-P) with the Keilmessergruppen from central Europe, but objected that the missing chronological fixation of the upper levels of La Micoque makes it idle to question the connection.…”

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A Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblage containing Levallois and bifacial objects from Saône-et-Loire, France: GH 3 at Grotte de la Verpillière II à Germolles

Frick

2016

JLS

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The site of Grotte de la Verpillière II, a rock shelter and corresponding cave tunnel, is situated in a cliff face of an Oxfordian massive, around 10 km West of Chalon-sur-Saône in Eastern France. The excavation at this site has recovered Middle Palaeolithic assemblages in three stratified sedimentological units. The richest of these assemblages derives from Geological Horizon (GH) 3 and is discussed here. It is preliminarily attributed to a Late Middle Palaeolithic context of OIS 3 to 4 using radiometric-dating techniques.The assemblage combines Levallois reduction, bifacial objects and diverse 'opportunistic' reduction strategies. The Levallois reduction shows a high level of raw-material economy in the use of raw pieces and blanks whose morphology is close to the shape of desired configured cores. Other reduction strategies show a wider range of approaches to blank production. Bifacial objects include but are not limited to Keilmesser with tranchet blows. The condition of objects from GH 3 range from unused raw pieces, tested raw pieces, configured and exhausted cores, correction and central flakes, as well as some heated objects, frost shards, and debris. The majority of raw materials derive from sources nearby, but were clearly transported to the site. Only some pieces show evidence for transport of up to 100 km from source to site. The presence of specific reduction strategies on bifacial objects and the existence of tranchet-blow modification provide support for the attribution of the assemblage to the Keilmessergruppen assemblages from Central Europe.

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A Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblage containing Levallois and bifacial objects from Saône-et-Loire, France: GH 3 at Grotte de la Verpillière II à Germolles

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2016

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“…These conclusions regarding the coexistence of different technical traditions, replacing each other over time in the same rockshelters, echo Bordes' own conclusions regarding his Mousterian facies, which he saw as the products of different groups. Likewise, their explanation of chronological change resulting from human migrations recalls Breuil's use of population migrations to explain the succession of lithic industries in France (Breuil, 1932a).…”

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Another Mousterian Debate? Bordian facies, chaîne opératoire technocomplexes, and patterns of lithic variability in the western European Middle and Upper Pleistocene

Monnier

Missal

2014

Quaternary International

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“…At the Moulin-Quignon site, where Boucher de Perthes had made his first discoveries, he found an archaeological level with bifacial artifacts and ancient fauna in situ. It was mainly this level that would later lead Breuil to characterise the Abbevillien industry, associating it with the first interglacial period (Breuil 1932;Breuil and Kelly 1954: 5;Bourdier 1974). From some time before 1880, d'Ault also worked in the central area of the quarries of Menchecourt (Breuil and Kolowski 1932: 297-299;Aufrère 1936: 148-149), where he distinguished a transitional level between the Mousterian and the Solutrean marked by changes in the fauna and by various particularities of the lithic industry.…”

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Geology meets archaeology: rediscovering the life and work of Geoffroy d’Ault du Mesnil (1842–1921)

Lopez-Romero

2015

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

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NOTICE: this is the author's version of a work that was accepted for publication in Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be re ected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A de nitive version was subsequently published in Proceedings of the Geologists ' Association, 126, February 2015, 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 2 AbstractThe period between the middle of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century saw the birth and consolidation of prehistory and archaeology as scientific disciplines. Discussions of method and theory were posed; the antiquity of humankind was demonstrated; stratigraphic and chrono-typological sequences were settled. This process was initially linked to the natural and geological sciences. In France the names of J. Boucher de Perthes, E. Lartet, A. de Lapparent, E. Piette, E. Cartailhac, G. de Mortillet, L. Capitan and H. Breuil appeared; their role in the development of research frameworks at the national, European and international scales is well known, and they have been the subject of detailed studies in the historiography of geology and/or archaeology. However, the name of one of the most influential characters of the period seems to have been forgotten. This paper attempts to reassess the scientific standing and explore the personal life of Geoffroy d'Ault du Mesnil (1842-1921) through first-hand analysis of a variety of sources. The paper analyses the origins of his interdisciplinary approach to science, how he came to be a leading expert on the Quaternary terraces of the valley of the Somme and his key role in research on, and the preservation of, France's prehistoric heritage. This ultimately permits a renewed understanding of d'Ault du Mesnil's contribution to the scientific development of geology and prehistory, in addition to demonstrating how the wider social, economic and political context of the time shaped his own scientific personality.

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Le Paléolithique ancien en Europe Occidentale et sa Chronologie

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A Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblage containing Levallois and bifacial objects from Saône-et-Loire, France: GH 3 at Grotte de la Verpillière II à Germolles

A Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblage containing Levallois and bifacial objects from Saône-et-Loire, France: GH 3 at Grotte de la Verpillière II à Germolles

Another Mousterian Debate? Bordian facies, chaîne opératoire technocomplexes, and patterns of lithic variability in the western European Middle and Upper Pleistocene

Geology meets archaeology: rediscovering the life and work of Geoffroy d’Ault du Mesnil (1842–1921)

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