Retouchoirs en silex

Cheynier, André

doi:10.3406/bspf.1944.1879

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“…Among scarcely elaborated bone tools, according to Mozota (2012:22), are the objects known as retouchers (Armand & Delagnes, 1998; Barandiarán, 1987; Hutson et al, 2018; Valensi, 2002). The term appears firstly as a denomination for certain objects on bone, found by Cotte (1917) in the Aldouste Cave (Asturias, Spain). Bone retouchers are bone fragments (shaft fragments mainly) that were used to strike a stone flake and transform it in a retouched tool (Alonso‐García et al, 2020; Mallye et al, 2012).…”

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Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

Romero,

Yravedra,

Grandal‐d'Anglade

et al. 2023

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Bone retouchers are a technological appliance used to perfect lithic tools efficiently. They are most frequently found in Middle Palaeolithic contexts. In this paper, we present a group of bone retouchers from the Mousterian Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, Spain). The bone part preferred was the middle part of the shaft of long bones: Most of them are on metacarpals, followed by metatarsals, femurs, and tibias. The most used animal species is adult red deer. These retouchers have either one, two, or three active areas, with a central disposition. The impact marks are close together; oval pits are common, as well as straight, sinuous, and irregular grooves. The surfaces on these marks appear pitted and scaled. There are indications that the bones employed were relatively fresh. The length, width, and thickness of those bone fragments seem to be the determining factor when choosing them to be used as retouchers in the process of finishing lithic tools. The formats documented in Sopeña Level XV are similar to those found in other Mousterian sites in Iberia, although there is a certain variability regarding their width. The Neanderthals of Sopeña acquired the raw material for these retouchers from the faunal remains generated in the process of butchering and eating the animals. These retouchers were used as implements to perfect lithic tools made mainly on quartzite, and they were used repeatedly and maybe for a long time.

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Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

Romero,

Yravedra,

Grandal‐d'Anglade

et al. 2023

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Diversité des techniques employées lors de la confection des encoches et des denticulés moustériens de Mauran (Haute-Garonne, France)

Thiébaut

Jaubert

Mourre

et al. 2010

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Localisation du site et historique des fouillesLe gisement de plein air de Mauran est adossé à une barre rocheuse calcaire qui appartient à l'un des chaînons prépyrénéens : le massif oriental des Petites Pyrénées. Situé à une soixantaine de kilomètres au sud de Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), il domine la vallée de la Garonne sur sa rive droite (fig. 1). Cette implantation privilégiée autorise notamment :-le contrôle d'une voie de passage, donc la possibilité d'être près du parcours de grands herbivores caractérisés par des migrations saisonnières et un comportement grégaire ; -une disponibilité locale de matières premières lithiques ; -une proximité avec un point d'eau douce (Geneste et Jaubert 1999 ;Rendu 2007).

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Retouchoirs en silex

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Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

Neanderthal use of animal bones as retouchers at the Level XV of the Sopeña rock shelter (Asturias, northern Spain)

Diversité des techniques employées lors de la confection des encoches et des denticulés moustériens de Mauran (Haute-Garonne, France)

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