The Gravettian of the Pyrenees

Abstract

Il fait donc état de la recherche sur le Gravettien pyrénéen jusqu'à cette date et ne tient pas compte de l'ensemble des données récentes. Seules certaines références bibliographiques postérieures, faisant des synthèses sur des points précis, ont été ajoutées au moment de la correction des épreuves.

An application of hierarchical Bayesian modeling to better constrain the chronologies of Upper Paleolithic archaeological cultures in France between ca. 32,000–21,000 calibrated years before present

“…As mentioned above, the Middle Gravettian archaeological record of the Pyrenees does not contain Raysse bladelet cores but is instead defined solely by the presence of Noailles burins (Foucher et al, 2008). Furthermore, coarse comparisons of radiocarbon data indicate that some Pyrenees Noaillian contexts are broadly contemporaneous with the Rayssian assemblages documented to the north (Klaric, 2008(Klaric, , 2007Touzé, 2013).…”

Investigating relationships between technological variability and ecology in the Middle Gravettian (ca. 32–28 ky cal. BP) in France

“…Siddall et al, 2003;Glaciers cover: Ehlers & Gibbard, 2004; Periglacial cold deserts: Bertran et al, 2013;Bosq et al, 2018 Taking into account these limitations, we constrain our analysis to the comparison of two adjacent regions that are thought to represent coherent territories during the Middle Gravettian: 1) the Pyrenees piedmont and plateau, based on assemblages that are regionally coherent with respect of lithic typo-technology (i.e. contexts that contain Noailles burins and in which the Raysse method is absent) and raw material circulation for the entirety of the Middle Gravettian (Foucher et al, 2008;Foucher, 2013;Simonet, 2009aSimonet, , 2017Banks et al, 2019), and 2) the area constrained to the south by the Garonne River Valley and by the most northerly sites where the "Raysse method" has been observed (Klaric, 2017). The latter territory is characterized by both the Noaillian and the Rayssian faciès, and the lack of precision, at present, concerning their chronological relationship required that we group them together, which mirrors the approach employed by Banks et al (2019).…”

The Gravettian on the Basque Crossroads:a glimpse of Palaeolithic territoriality

“…In the latter case, it should be noted that the record in the inner area of Aitzbitarte III was in a secondary position [?]. Gravettian levels in the open air are still being studied at Irikaitz (Arrizabalaga & Iriarte-Chiapusso 2003, 2008, 2011b and Ametzagaina (Tapia et al 2009;Calvo et al 2013;Arrizabalaga et al 2014). Research at Aldatxarren Cave is equally still in progress (Sáenz de Buruaga 2007) and some open-air deposits in the Jaizkibel area may also be attributed to the Gravettian (Iriarte-Chiapusso 2004).…”

“…-Several recent publications (Rasilla & Straus 2004;Rasilla & Santamaría 2006, Foucher et al 2008, Foucher 2013 2013) have encouraged a collective reflection on the necessary revitalisation of research on the Cantabrian Gravettian. In fact, we have been able to summarise the main advances in research on the period in the geographic area that we know best, without having to refer to the end of the Aurignacian or the origin of the Solutrean.…”