This paper presents the first AMS radiocarbon dates done on the Protoaurignacian layer (SLC1 a+b) of Esquicho-Grapaou, a stratified site in Southeastern France. Previous conventional method radiocarbon dates at this site (mostly on charcoal) done in the 1970s produced too large standard deviations, making them difficult to place precisely in time, but already pointing to the antiquity of this layer. For AMS radiocarbon dating we selected taxon-identified faunal samples of the 1970s Bazile excavation collection. Of six samples attempted, two produced dates. These are the first AMS 14 C Protoaurignacian dates in Mediterranean France. In this paper they are placed within a larger context of recently-dated Protoaurignacian sites in western Mediterranean Europe. The Esquicho-Grapaou dates fall squarely in the middle of these, in the 38.7-41.9 ka cal BP range (95.4%), fully in-line with what is currently known about the timing of Protoaurignacian presence in western Mediterranean Europe.
Les auteurs présentent un premier bilan des travaux réalisés sur le site de Fontgrasse de 1983 à 1987. Premier habitat de plein air du Paléolithique supérieur fouillé en France méditerranéenne, Fontgrasse apparaît comme un gisement complexe à stratigraphie longue mais contractée dans le temps. En l'état, six niveaux d'habitat possédant chacun d'importantes structures ont pu être reconnus. L'âge du gisement encore indéterminé doit pouvoir se situer dans la première partie du Tardiglaciaire.
Revue d'archéologie préhistorique
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VariaUne carte et une base de données pour les formations à silex du sud de la France : un outil pour la pétroarchéologie A map and a database for flint bearing formations in Southern France: a tool for Petroarchaeology
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