Using the Technological Feature of Tranchet Blow on Keilmesser as a Connecting Element Between Similar Middle Paleolithic Assemblages from the Côte Chalonnaise (Saône-et-Loire, France)
Jens Axel Frick,
Klaus Herkert,
Christian Thomas Hoyer
et al.
Abstract:This article examines lithic artifacts which, because of a particular modification, may be considered a shared feature of late Middle Paleolithic assemblages from the Saône-et-Loire Department in eastern France. There, the modification of the cutting edges referred to as tranchet blow was first described in detail in the 1970s using the lithic material from Grotte de la Verpillière I, which was excavated in 1868. However, research carried out in recent years has shown that this tranchet blow modification on Ke… Show more
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