Les ensembles lithiques d'Achenheim d'après la collection de Paul Wernert

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ID9380684
AuthorsJürgen Junkmanns (corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume92
Issue1
Pages26-36
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin de la Société préhistorique française (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0249-7638 • E-ISSN: 1760-7361
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/bspf.1995.9971
OpenAlexW1997650317
LanguageFR
Citations received8
References cited1

Achenheim (Bas-Rhin, France) is a palaeolithic site with numerous find- layers. Most important are six archaeological horizons dating from the third glacial period (approx. 300000 to 200000 years BP). From layer 20a (beginning of the 3rd glacial period) to layer 20 (last third of this glaciation) a non-abrupt, gradual transition from Lower Palaeolithic pebble industry to Early Middle Palaeolithic Mousterian of Ferrassie type is observable. This gradual change can be traced in technology (increase in efficiency and frequency of Levallois technique), typology (appearance and increasing number of typical Middle Palaeolithic flake tools) and the raw material supply (growing importance of better-quality raw materials like silicious schist and silex). In the last third of the 3rd glaciation the transition Lower/Middle Palaeolithic seems to be finished

Archaeology · Art · Cave · Debitage · Flake · Geography · Glacial period · Middle Paleolithic · Mousterian · Pebble · Period (music · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Materials Science · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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