The exploitation of quartzite in Layer 5 (Mousterian) of Scladina cave (Wallonia, Belgium): flexibility and dynamics of concepts of debitage in the Middle Palaeolithic

International audience ; This study concerns the management of the quartzite pebbles collected close to the site. Approximately fifty refits in a single series permit the reconstruction of the morphology of the core and the description of the technological treatment applied to it. The most complete refit series shows the coexistence of several methods of debitage on this raw material alone; but, also, their succession in the same block. The series provides evidence of a flexibility of concepts of debitage and evidence of dynamic relations between these concepts. Quartzite is the object of spec... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Di Modica, Kévin
Bonjean, Dominique
Dokumenttyp: conferenceObject
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Verlag/Hrsg.: HAL CCSD
Schlagwörter: Moustérien / Scladina / Belgique / galets / chaînes opératoires / Musteriense / Seixos / cadeias operatórias / Mousterian / Belgium / pebbles / chaîne opératoire / [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26966904
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00449513

International audience ; This study concerns the management of the quartzite pebbles collected close to the site. Approximately fifty refits in a single series permit the reconstruction of the morphology of the core and the description of the technological treatment applied to it. The most complete refit series shows the coexistence of several methods of debitage on this raw material alone; but, also, their succession in the same block. The series provides evidence of a flexibility of concepts of debitage and evidence of dynamic relations between these concepts. Quartzite is the object of special treatment according to several criteria: economic, since flint is not available in the local environment of the cave; morphometric, the production is conditioned by the precise choice in the selection of the blocks; petrology, the nature of the material does not allow the knapper the same important liberty in knapping as flint permits. Este estudo diz respeito à gestão de seixos de quartzito recolhidos na proximidade do sítio arqueológico. Cerca de 50 remontagens permitem reconstruir a morfologia dos blocos originais, bem como descrever o seu tratamento tecnológico. As remontagens mais completas testemunham a coexistência de vários métodos de debitagem aplicados a esta matéria – prima, mas também a sua sequência na exploração do mesmo bloco. Esta série evidencia a flexibilidade dos conceitos de debitagem e as suas relações dinâmicas, sendo o quartzito explorado especificamente de acordo com vários critérios: económicos, uma vez que o sílex não se encontra na proximidade da gruta; morfométricos, já que a produção é condicionada por uma escolha precisa do bloco; petrográficos, porque esta matéria-prima apresenta mais constrangimentos do que o sílex. ; Cette étude concerne la gestion des galets de quartzite récoltés à proximité du site. Une cinquantaine de remontages permettent de reconstituer la morphologie des blocs de départ et de décrypter le traitement technologique qui leur fut appliqué. Les remontages les plus ...