Le Mésolithique moyen du Nord-Cotentin (Manche)

Ghesquière, Emmanuel; Lefèvre, Philippe; Rault, Hellen; Marcigny, Cyril; Dupret, Lionel

doi:10.3406/bspf.2003.12902

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“…Of the 23 microliths, 9 are scalene triangles, with the remainder obliquely blunted points and a single basally modified piece (figure 9). The basally modified piece is relatively elaborate and highly reminiscent of sites from the Cotentin, with examples known from Auderville and Flamanville (Ghesquière et al 2000). This high proportion of triangles suggests that at least some of the occupation at Col de la Rocque occurred during the second half of the Boreal.…”

Section: Grosnezmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The focus on small, single episode occupation sites and the favourable contexts for preservation in these northern French river valleys have permitted a well dated typological sequence to be constructed for the Mesolithic east of the Seine. New work has also been undertaken west of the Seine, in areas closer to the Channel Islands, in particular by Souffi (Ghesquière et al 2000, Souffi 2004 and Ghesquière (Ghesquière et al 2000, 20, 2011 in Normandy and by Marchand (2005Marchand ( , 2007Marchand ( , 2013 in Brittany. The contexts of many of these sites are less favourable for organic preservation and many appear to be palimpsests on sandy sediments lacking internal stratigraphy, making the construction of chronologies rather more difficult.…”

Section: The Mesolithic Of Northern Francementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Crescents are rare. These are exemplified by the dated sites of Flamanville-Centrale EDF (8990±190BP; Gif-89334) and Auderville, Roc de Gîte (8460±170BP; Gif-89337) (Ghesquière et al 2000). The latest Middle Mesolithic assemblages (though undated) in Basse-Normandy are considered to be Flamanville Le Coquet and Rozel Station 56.…”

Section: Middle Mesolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The latest Middle Mesolithic assemblages (though undated) in Basse-Normandy are considered to be Flamanville Le Coquet and Rozel Station 56. These are characterised by the presence of mainly symmetric basally modified points, simple obliquely truncated points, the increased presence of scalene triangles (≤40%) and diminished number of backed blades (not greater than 9%) (Ghesquière et al 2000). Feuilles de gui do not appear to the west of the Seine and the river seems to have formed an important cultural barrier towards the end of the Boreal.…”

Section: Middle Mesolithicmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These elongated stone artefacts are a common feature of the Middle Mesolithic of northern France and the Channel Islands (Ghesquière et al 2000). Some have ends that have been rubbed smooth through abrasion, others appear to have been used for percussion, probably as hammer stones.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands

Conneller¹,

Bates

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This work provides new insights into human responses to and perceptions of sea-level rise at a time when the landscapes of northwest Europe radically changing. These issues are investigated through a case study focused on the Channel Islands. We report on the excavation of two sites, Canal du Squez in Jersey and Lihou (GU582) in Guernsey, and the study of museum collections across the Channel Islands. We argue that people were drawn to this area as a result of the dynamic environmental processes occurring and the opportunities these created. The evidence suggests that the area was a particular focus during the Middle Mesolithic, when Guernsey and Alderney were already islands and while Jersey was a peninsula of Northern France. Insularisation does not appear to have created a barrier to occupation during either the Middle or Final Mesolithic, indicating the appearance of lifeways increasingly focused on maritime voyaging and marine resources from the second half of the 9 th millennium BC onwards.

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Section: The Mesolithic Of Northern Francementioning

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On the Road to Paradis: New Insights From Ams Dates and Stable Isotopes at Le Déhus, Guernsey, and the Channel Islands Middle Neolithic

Sebire

Robb

2010

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary We here report the results of a programme of AMS dating and stable isotope analysis on human remains from the chambered tomb of Le Déhus, Guernsey. An early use‐phase in the range 4100–3900 BC is indicated, confirming the monument's attribution to the Middle Neolithic II as defined in western France. Late Neolithic burial activity is also identified. Stable carbon isotope measurements provide little or no evidence for the consumption of marine foods, although stable nitrogen isotope values are unusually high. These results are situated in the wider context of Neolithic mortuary monuments of the Channel Islands and Normandy.

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Tous aux abris ! Les occupations du Paléolithique final et du Mésolithique dans les cavités naturelles du Massif armoricain

Marchand¹,

Naudinot²

2015

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Si elles sont communes et même emblématiques dans le domaine de la Préhistoire, les fouilles dans les grottes ou abris-sous-roche sont très rares sur le Massif armoricain pour le Paléolithique final et le Mésolithique. Les travaux de terrain menés depuis 2007 dans certaines cavités du Finistère (Pont-Glas à Plounéour-Ménez, Kerbizien à Huelgoat et le Rocher de l'Impératrice à Plougastel-Daoulas) offrent un nouvel éclairage sur les manières d'habiter des espaces restreints. Une nouvelle étude est également proposée du mobilier de la seule grotte continentale de Bretagne, Roc'h Toul à Guiclan (Finistère), fouillée de manière pour le moins expéditive en 1868. Une première typologie de ces cavités et de leur remplissage pu être ensuite établie pour certains substrats géologiques seulement (granites et quartzites). À l'exception notable de la grotte marine effondrée de Ménez Drégan à Plouhinec (Finistère) occupée au Paléolithique ancien, la modicité des remplissages sédimentaires des cavernes armoricaines ne donne pas prise à des modélisations chronologiques de grande ampleur. L'intérêt qu'on leur porte est davantage dans la complémentarité fonctionnelle que leurs contenus archéologiques nous offrent en regard des sites de plein air. Dans le mobilier lithique, les phases d'usage et de réfection de l'outillage sont clairement surreprésentées, au détriment des phases de production. Cela plaide pour des usages logistiques de courte durée, dans des systèmes de mobilité différents, plus amples au Paléolithique final qu'au Mésolithique. Malgré leurs limites que cet article s'emploie à bien définir, ces premières fouilles ont bel et bien livré des signatures fonctionnelles très originales dans l'outillage ou dans les manifestations symboliques, qui engagent à réfléchir au rôle de ces petites cavernes dans les réseaux d'habitats du Paléolithique final et du Mésolithique.

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Le Mésolithique moyen du Nord-Cotentin (Manche)

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands

Rethinking Human Responses to Sea-level Rise: The Mesolithic Occupation of the Channel Islands

On the Road to Paradis: New Insights From Ams Dates and Stable Isotopes at Le Déhus, Guernsey, and the Channel Islands Middle Neolithic

Tous aux abris ! Les occupations du Paléolithique final et du Mésolithique dans les cavités naturelles du Massif armoricain

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