The first human occupations in southwestern France: A revised summary twenty years after the Abbeville/Saint Riquier colloquium

Short-term Neandertal occupations in the late Middle Pleistocene of Arlanpe (Lemoa, northern Iberian Peninsula)

“…Similar dates have been proposed for other Acheulean assemblages in the Meseta and the region around Madrid (Santonja and Pérez-González, 2010). The situation in SW France is very similar with assemblages characterized by the use of Discoid and Levallois flaking methods, an independent production of large flakes, the abundance of cleavers and the presence of poorly standardized bifaces (Mourre and Cologne, 2007;Turq et al, 2010). These assemblages, attributed to EMP, are dated between ca.…”

The Lower/early Middle Pleistocene small débitage productions in Western Europe: New data from Isernia La Pineta t.3c (Upper Volturno Basin, Italy)

“…In this last case, the striking platforms were carefully prepared and the lateral convexities were maintained during d ebitage, as in the Levallois recurrent centripetal method. As the edges of all the pieces are damaged, no tools were identified (Turq et al, 2010).…”

Particle size distribution of lithic assemblages and taphonomy of Palaeolithic sites

“…16). They have yielded industries dated by TL and OSL to the penultimate interglacial (MIS 7) (M. Hernandez, unpublished data) and typified by dominantly discoid production, lack (AuriacDuclos) or subdued (Romentères) levallois production, biface and cleaver production, and overwhelming use of quartzite pebble gravel as raw material (Turq et al, 2010;Colonge et al, unpublished report). Auriac-Duclos industry is ascribed to Upper Acheulean whereas Romentères is considered as Old Mousterian.…”