Analyse fonctionnelle des galets biseautés du Mésolithique à la fin du Néolithique dans l'Ouest de la France, la Grande-Bretagne et l'Irlande

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ID9395873
AuthorsYvan Pailler (0000-0002-4782-1389, corresponding author), Christian Dupont (0000-0003-2323-3926), Yohann Sparfel, Aude Leroy
Year2007
Volume104
Issue1
Pages31-54
Publication date2007-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin de la Société préhistorique française (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0249-7638 • E-ISSN: 1760-7361
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/bspf.2007.13646
OpenAlexW2065166009
LanguageFR
Citations received5
References cited2

This study aims to understand the function of a simple tool, the bevelled pebble. Finds of this kind of implement are recurrent in the coastal sites of the later Mesolithic and Neolithic in north-western Europe. After reviewing the proposals made for their use, we look at the contexts of the finds and the associations of artefacts. We take particular interest in the finds of bevelled pebbles in shell middens rich in limpets (Patella). A short ethnographic investigation made in north Finistère on the practice of limpetgathering encouraged us to make an experimental collection with the help of pebbles. The marks left on both the implements and the limpet shells collected were the subject of technological analysis. Lastly, the marks most frequently observed on the experimental series were compared with batches of limpets discovered during excavations

Archaeology · Geography · Lithic technology · Pebble · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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