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The meaning and biographies of collected objects
Two MTA Bifaces from Versigny (http://www.aggsbach.de/2012/03/versigny/) Not only persons, but also objects have biographies, as they are integrated into interactions across time and space and were embedded and later removed from their original context. As objects gather biographies for themselves … Continue reading
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Tagged Collections, Halle, Les Eyzies, MTA, Museum, Semiophore, Steinzeit, stone age, Versigny
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The Denticulated Mousterian in S/W-France
Three denticulated tools from the Middle Paleolithic of the Dordogne (the left one from Combe Capelle, 6-7cm long). The Backing of tools in the MTA-B and the Chatelperronian and a similar geographical distribution of both technocomplexes is highly suggestive that the … Continue reading
Versigny and the MTA of Northern France
When I visited “le nord” in the 1980ies, people of this part of France appeared to me alarmingly impoverished. At this time I could not imagine, that decreasing wealth would be a common phenomenon during the coming years for many … Continue reading
A Quina Handaxe from Saint- Maixent – l‘ École (Charente)
This is a handaxe from a assemblage of Quina Mousterian tools from Saint- Maixent – l‘ École (Charente). Bifacial tools (usually scrapers) are always present in small quantities in Quina-ensembles. Bifacial Quina scrapers and MTA bifaces offer a similar functional … Continue reading
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Tagged Biface, Chopping tool, Mousterian, MTA, OIS4, Quina
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Reworked MTA Biface from Indre-et-Loire
Stone tools are the most common and durable evidence of Middle Paleolithic behavior, but are also among the most enigmatic. They are, obviously, technological artifacts, produced by a set of mechanical processes beginning with raw material acquisition followed by its … Continue reading
Technique at Le Moustier
These are two elongated Levallois flake / knifes made from typical dark Senonian flint from Le Moustier G. The MTA assemblage from Le Moustier layer G (TL-Date: 50-55 k.a. BP) shows an ensemble that is characterized by a recurrent centripetal … Continue reading
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Tagged Dordogne, Le Moustier, Mousterian, MTA, Vezere
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Grand Pressigny Flint
A MTA triangular Biface, a Neolithic flint-axe and a”livre-de-beurre”core for the production of large blades. In addition: Two arrow-points and fragments of neolithic daggers from Azay-le-Ferron, 26 km west of Le Grand Pressigny (Indre-et-Loire). All artefacts were collected during the 1930 … Continue reading
MTA Bifaces from the Perigord Noir
The MTA of the Perigord during OIS3 is characterized by small (length: usually < 12 cm), finely retouched cordiform bifaces, by backed elongated flakes (knives) and by well developed “upper Paleolithic tools”, mainly end-scrapers and some burins. Typical assemblages in … Continue reading
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Tagged Biface, Handaxe, Middle Paleolithic, MTA, Neanderthal
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Reworked MTA “Biface-Support”
This is a relatively large (15cm) MTA-biface from Corbiac near Bergerac in the Dordogne. The point is broken and one side was reworked from a bifacial trimmed edge to a side-scraper with semi-abrupt retouches. There is also a small cortical … Continue reading
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Tagged Biface, Biface support, Handaxe, Moustian, MTA, Transformation
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Chatelperronian Points from the Pas-Estret site
Chatelperronian Points from the Pas-Estret site (Beune) near Les Eyzies excavated during a couple of days by Dr. Ampoullanges in 1911. Many questions about the Chatelperronian, a technocomplex which is found stratigraphically above the Mousterian and below the Protoaurignacian and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aurignacian, Backed piece, Chatelperronian, MTA, Vezere
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