Un bâton orné du Magdalénien final  de Loubressac, commune de Mazerolles (Vienne)

Leclerc, Jean; Pradel, Louis

doi:10.3406/bspf.1948.2432

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“…The (possibly Magdalenian) bone baton SOL AA.5 from La Roche de Solutré (Bourgogne, France; Joconde database) has a single perforation and is therefore more similar to Gough's Cave batons than the ones from Swabian Jura, though the curved incisions on the edge of the perforation of SOL AA.5 are generally thinner and more numerous. A slightly different screw thread like pattern (with circular grooves orientated along the perforation edges) has been noted on T-shaped antler batons from the Aurignacian of Dordogne (Blanchard I, La Souquette, Castanet, Le Poisson;Peyrony 1932Peyrony , 1935 and the Upper Magdalenian antler baton from Loubressac Cave in the same area (Leclerc and Pradel 1948). Additionally, we have identified parallel dashes engraved on the lower edge of the perforation of the Magdalenian antler baton MAN PL 55064 from Le Placard Cave (Charente, France; Fig.…”

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Investigating the use of Paleolithic perforated batons: new evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Lucas

Galway‐Witham

Stringer

et al. 2019

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Perforated batons, usually made from a segment of antler and formed of a sub-cylindrical shaft and at least one perforation, have been documented across Europe from sites throughout the Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic. The function of perforated batons is still debated. We present here three Magdalenian perforated batons from the site of Gough's Cave (Somerset, UK); these are unique to Britain and represent an important northern example of this artifact type. Our technological analysis revealed that the Gough's Cave perforated batons did not have a purely symbolic purpose, but were clearly used as tools as demonstrated by extensive use-wear on the perforations' edges and ancient fractures across both the distal parts and the shafts. The reconstruction of the chaîne opératoire suggests that the engraving of the deep curved lines within the perforation of each baton was a functional readjustment following the significant distortion of the perforation by use. Additionally, oblique bands of incisions were engraved on two of the batons' shafts possibly to provide grip on the smooth antler surface. Altogether, the modifications of the perforations and shafts of the three batons support the hypothesis that the Gough's Cave batons were used in a task associated with ropes and subjected to considerable forces. Their extensive use may be due to the rarity of the raw material (reindeer antler) in the Cheddar Gorge area during the Magdalenian. Extensive usage aside, the Gough's Cave batons fit typologically and share a number of features with other Magdalenian perforated batons. They can, therefore, add significant insight to the debate about the use of perforated batons.

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Investigating the use of Paleolithic perforated batons: new evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Lucas

Galway‐Witham

Stringer

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“…Perforated batons have been documented in the Aurignacian and Gravettian periods dating in Central Europe to before the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), but they are particularly numerous during the Magdalenian, which postdates the LGM (18,19). In general, the insides of the holes are smooth, but some specimens include spiral grooves inside or adjacent to the holes similar to that seen on the ivory artifacts from the Swabian Aurignacian (20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28). Some researchers have suggested that the grooves may originate from reworking the holes rather than their serving a function in their own right (19).…”

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Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago

Conard,

Rots

2024

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Evidence for the manufacture and use of fiber technology such as rope and twine is rare in the Paleolithic, despite the widely held view that such artifacts were in regular use during the Pleistocene. On the basis of the discovery of a more than 35,000-year-old perforated baton made from mammoth ivory at Hohle Fels Cave in Ach Valley of southwestern Germany together with experimental studies, we are now able to demonstrate one way people of the early Upper Paleolithic manufactured rope. This work contributes to our understanding of the evolution of technology, cooperative work, and Paleolithic social organization.

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Antler working by the last European Pleistocene hunter-gatherers of Santimamiñe cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula): technological implications of osseous equipment during the Magdalenian

Erostarbe-Tome

2023

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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This paper assesses the exploitation of osseous raw materials, namely antler, used by hunter-gatherer populations in the Late Upper Palaeolithic of Santimamiñe cave. The different categories of products (waste products, blanks, and finished objects) are analysed from a technological perspective to identify the fabrication methods employed by Magdalenian groups. A predominant operational scheme is identified, extraction by the double grooving procedure, related to the production of highly standardised rods. This study will allow us to explore possible cultural variations in the application of this procedure. It also addresses other aspects in relation to the circulation of osseous implements, the mobility of hunter-gatherer groups, and the useful life of the weapons, as regard maintenance and discard behaviour.

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Un bâton orné du Magdalénien final de Loubressac, commune de Mazerolles (Vienne)

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Investigating the use of Paleolithic perforated batons: new evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Investigating the use of Paleolithic perforated batons: new evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Rope making in the Aurignacian of Central Europe more than 35,000 years ago

Antler working by the last European Pleistocene hunter-gatherers of Santimamiñe cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula): technological implications of osseous equipment during the Magdalenian

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