Tephrofacts and the first human occupation of the French Massif central
BINDON, Peter
Départment of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, Western Australia
Départment of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, Western Australia
BINDON, Peter
Départment of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, Western Australia
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Départment of Anthropology, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth 6000, Western Australia
Language
en
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This item was published in
The Earliest Occupation of Europe. Proceedings of the European Science Foundation, Workshop at tautavel, France, 1993, edited by Wil ROEBROEKS and Thus Van KOLFSCHOTEN, The Earliest Occupation of Europe. Proceedings of the European Science Foundation, Workshop at tautavel, France, 1993, edited by Wil ROEBROEKS and Thus Van KOLFSCHOTEN, 1995, Leiden. 1995p. 129-146
University of Leiden
Abstract
Les auteurs examinent la production par le volcanisme de pseudo-artéfacts. L'existence de ces téphrofacts doit être prise en compte pour l'analyse des outillages réputés très anciens. Dans l'état actuel des recherches, ...Read more >
Les auteurs examinent la production par le volcanisme de pseudo-artéfacts. L'existence de ces téphrofacts doit être prise en compte pour l'analyse des outillages réputés très anciens. Dans l'état actuel des recherches, seul le site de Soleilhac offre les meilleures garanties d'une présence humaine très ancienne (0,5-0,6 Ma ?) dans le Massif Central françaisRead less <
English Abstract
Claims for Early Pleistocene occupation of the Franch Massif central are examined within the context of the geological setting of the sites. The Massif central is an area where volcanic processes repeatedly fractured stones, ...Read more >
Claims for Early Pleistocene occupation of the Franch Massif central are examined within the context of the geological setting of the sites. The Massif central is an area where volcanic processes repeatedly fractured stones, thus producing froms that look like humanly modified objects: tephrofacts. The analysis of raw material diversity proves to be an important tool to discriminate between occurences of such tephrofacts and archaeological sites, the earlist of which date from the Middle Pleistocene.Read less <
Keywords
volcanisme
cailloux éclatés
premiers peuplements
matières premières
pétrographie
Paléolithique ancien
Pleistocène
English Keywords
Massif central
volcanism
fractured stones
tephrofacts
earliest human occupation
raw material
Petrography
Lower Pleistocene
Middle Pleistocene
Origin
Hal importedCollections