Monthly Archives: April 2012

Gare de Couze Magdalenian Site

This is a simple end scraper and a burin from the Gare de Couze Magdalenian-site (Collection Paul Fitte). The Couze is one of the left bank tributaries of the Dordogne river, has its source in the region of Belvès flows generally west … Continue reading

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Enigmatic object from the Natufian at Kebara

The Natufian can be recognized through its combined archeological attributes, including dwellings, graves, lithic and bone industries, ground stone tools, ornamentation, and art objects (most famous: The Ain Sakhri lovers and the handle of a sickle-blade haft carved as a … Continue reading

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Ounan Points revisited

This is a classic Ounan point from northern Mali (8cm long). The Ounanian point was first recognized by Breuil in 1930 at Ounan to the south of Taodeni in northern Mali from a surface collection of tools made from quartzite, which he … Continue reading

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The Kostenki-Gravettian

These are two broken shouldered points from the Willendorf-Kostenki complex (max. 3 cm long). A Paleolithic entity can be defined by the presence of a common material culture, ideology and a common “lifestyle”, shared by the members of a group … Continue reading

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Misleading Typology

This is a paleolithic stray find from Chambonniere (Auvergne). If cordiform, triangular or small bifaces are found without a datable context, they are assumed being part of a “MTA”-ensemble, dated to OIS 3. Such assumptions represent a sort of circular reasoning and … Continue reading

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Abri Castanet and the Aurignacian I in S/W-France

This is a double end-scraper and a burin from the Aurignacian I at Abri Castanet (Castelmerle), already introduced during an earlier post The Vallon des Roches (also called Vallon de Castelmerle) in Sergeac is a side valley of the Vézère, … Continue reading

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