Flint blades and daggers from collective burials dated to the Final Neolithic and Chalcolithic in Southern France

Abstract

In Southern France, Late Neolithic collective burials have yielded a large number of retouched or unretouched flint blades which even occur in the form of dagger blades. Their intrinsic (petrographic, technological and typological) data have recently been clarified. In many cases, it is now possible to specify the origin of most of these pieces and to identify their primary (related to the process of manufacturing workshops) and secondary (use wear) characteristics. Out of the eight main raw material categories identified in Southern France only two are regional: Ludian flint from Collorgues in