Groupes à Federmesser ou Aziliens dans le sud et l'ouest du Bassin parisien. Propositions pour un nouveau modèle d'évolution

Abstract

Researchs about "azilianisation" in this geographic area are recent. News evidences from Le Closeau at Rueil-Malmaison (Hauts-de-Seine) confirm and enrich the first patterns suggested for interpreting the rythm of this technological change. Three trends, probably successive, characterize this gradual contrast with the Magdalenian tradition. These trends precede a new transformation during the transition between Lateglacial and Holocene's times.

Divergence in the evolution of Paleolithic symbolic and technological systems: The shining bull and engraved tablets of Rocher de l'Impératrice

“…These results support other works conducted on EA assemblages suggesting a gradual dissolution of the Magdalenian concepts at the beginning of the EA [6, 11–12]. …”

The Late Upper Palaeolithic Lithic Collection from Gough's Cave, Cheddar, Somerset and Human Use of the cave

“…This is of interest in that for several French localities it has been observed that bi-points were amongst the earliest forms of curvebacked point (Pion et al 1990;Bodu & Valentin 1997; Celerier e* */. This is of interest in that for several French localities it has been observed that bi-points were amongst the earliest forms of curvebacked point (Pion et al 1990;Bodu & Valentin 1997; Celerier e* */.…”

Bois Laiterie revisited: functional, morphological and technological analysis of a Late Glacial hunting camp in north-western Europe

“…"Soft" means in this case relatively low scratch hardness, as it is the case for sandstone, limestone or flint nodules with a thick, chalky cortex (Pelegrin, 2000). The fact, that this kind of hammer is commonly used in the Late Palaeolithic led to the interpretation that the sites of the facies of Cepoy-Marsangy represent a stage of development from the Magdalenian to the Late Palaeolithic (Bodu and Valentin, 1997;Valentin, 1995Valentin, , 2000Valentin et al, 2004).…”

“…6: 3) is a typical example of a bipointe found in several assemblages of the early Federmesser groups (e.g. in the Paris Basin in Le Closeau (Bodu and Valentin, 1997;Bodu, 1998) and Hangest-sur-Somme (Coudret and Fagnart, 1997), but also in the Azilian assemblages of Bois-Ragot and Pont d'Ambon in southwestern France (Célérier et al, 1997)). …”