L’habitat en grotte au Néolithique : vers une estimation de l’intensité des occupations

The Montclus rock shelter (Gard) and the continuity hypothesis between 1st and 2nd Mesolithic in Southern France

“…They allow in particular to diagnose the existence (or not) of on-the-spot flint knapping. With other criteria, they also allow estimation of the intensity of the occupations of an archaeological site (Perrin et al, 2002). As the excavation methodology was similar for all layers, this difference between layer 16 and the others could be due to functional changes or to a taphonomic bias.…”