Preliminary results from new Palaeolithic open-air sites near Bayonne (south-western France)

Late Middle Palaeolithic assemblages with flake cleavers in the western Pyrenees: The Vasconian reconsidered

“…3; see tables 2 and 3 in Colonge et al, 2015). Unifacial cores are most abundant, with the maintenance of surface convexities sometimes producing a bipyramidal structure.…”

“…These sites, separated by only a few hundred metres, share identical sedimentary contexts on the Saint-Pierred'Irube plateau and consist of one or several late Middle Palaeolithic occupations in similar stratigraphic positions. Both Jupiter and Priss e have been directly dated by OSL and TL, respectively (see below; Colonge et al, 2015). The archeological levels of Bast e, Priss e, and Chemin de Jupiter are all preserved in either hydrographic (paleo-channels) or crypto-karstic (dolines) depressions on the Saint-Pierre-d'Irube plateau (see Colonge et al, 2015; for more details).…”

“…Both Jupiter and Priss e have been directly dated by OSL and TL, respectively (see below; Colonge et al, 2015). The archeological levels of Bast e, Priss e, and Chemin de Jupiter are all preserved in either hydrographic (paleo-channels) or crypto-karstic (dolines) depressions on the Saint-Pierre-d'Irube plateau (see Colonge et al, 2015; for more details). Surface alterations of the lithic material (Claud in Colonge et al, 2015), its distribution, as well as the numerous refits (for more details see Deschamps, 2014;Clark, 2015) 2 cm, a phenomenon connected to diffuse slope-wash across relatively gentle inclines (Colonge, pers.…”

“…Recent absolute dates using different methods (Allard, 1993;Cabrera Valdes et al, 1996;Fortea, 1998Fortea, , 2001Utrilla, 2000;Saenz de Buruaga and Ebrard, 2004;Mourre et al, 2005Mourre et al, , 2006Bernaldo de Quir os et al, 2006;BarshaySzmidt et al, 2012;Santamaria, 2012;Bernard-Guelle et al, 2014;Colonge et al, 2015) demonstrate these industries to be present during both MIS 5 and 3 (Fig. 7).…”

Time and space in the middle paleolithic: Spatial structure and occupation dynamics of seven open‐air sites

“…La Folie, outside of Poitiers, is arguably the best preserved site in this sample, with evidence of a hearth, a nonpedogenic organic horizon (likely bedding), and postholes that may have been used for a windbreak (they enclose an area thought to be too large for a covered structure) . Le Prissé is located on a plateau outside of the city of Bayonne . While this site has two distinct concentrations of material, like La Folie, the majority of the site's area is made up of very low‐density scatter.…”