Le site du Ranc-Pointu no 2 à Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche : une occupation du Paléolithique moyen ancien dans le Sud-Est de la France

Moncel, Marie‐Hélène; Puaud, Simon; Daujeard, Camille; Lateur, Nicolas; Lartigot‐Campin, Anne‐Sophie; Débard, Evelyne; Crégut-Bonnoure, Évelyne; Raynal, Jean‐Paul

doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2013.08.004

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“…Such processes might have impacted the bleaching rates of the sampled quartz sand 51 , 52 , but contamination by unbleached quartz grains coming from in situ weathered granite cobbles remains also possible. Most of the Ti-Li ages from the T3 level are comparable with the Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) age (142.5 ±9.2 ka) obtained on fluvial deposits located at 30 m RH in the Ranc Pointu 2 cave 53 , (Fig. 2 ).…”

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Dating the landscape evolution around the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave

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The Chauvet cave (UNESCO World Heritage site, France) is located in the Ardèche Gorge, a unique physical and cultural landscape. Its setting within the gorge—overlooking a meander cutoff containing a natural arch called the Pont d’Arc—is also remarkable. Investigating possible associations between sites’ physical and cultural settings, chronologies of human occupation, and access conditions has become a major theme in archeological research. The present study aims to reconstruct the landscape of the Pont d'Arc meander cutoff during the Upper Paleolithic, when humans were present in the Chauvet Cave. We used uranium-series and electron spin resonance analyses to date the formation of the Pont d’Arc natural arch in the Combe d’Arc meander cutoff, near the Chauvet Cave. Results show that the meander became totally cutoff between 108 and 138 ka (95%). Hence, the natural arch formed before the Upper Paleolithic and the first known human presence in the Chauvet Cave, dated to 37 ka cal BP. These results allowed us to reconstruct a key part of the landscape surrounding the Chauvet Cave when it was being used by Upper-Paleolithic societies.

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Dating the landscape evolution around the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc cave

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“…Flakes were obtained using the unipolar Levallois core reduction method. The assemblage is dominated by sidescrapers (50%), mainly made of flint, with a few pieces in quartz and limestone (Moncel et al, 2014b). The different steps of the "chaîne opératoire" can be identified on site, and flakes with cortex were recovered, suggesting that knapping activities took place in the cave.…”

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“…In layer c1, the presence of Dama dama could be related to a temperate climate. However, this taxon may be found in association with species from cold biotopes; therefore a tolerance to colder conditions cannot be excluded (Moncel et al, 2014b).…”

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confidence: 99%