Tag Archives: Solutrian

Solutré: Stratigraphy and Technocomplexes

                                The  Paleolithic site of Solutré and the escarpment which protects it from the northwest winds are located a few miles west of the modern city of Mâcon, at the southern … Continue reading

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Aurignacian Scraper from the Laussel Rock Shelter

The Aurignacian is defined by specific and specialized operational sequences that were responsible for the production of bladelets with different forms of what we normally classify as cores. Some are “carinated scrapers” or “nosed scrapers” on thick flakes where the … Continue reading

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The Prehistory of the Bergerac region in the Dordogne.

Two bifaces from Corbiac (Commune de Lembras) The Bergerac flint outcrops represent one of the finest sources of high quality flint in France. Consequently there is an immense number of Paleolithic and Neolithic Workshops near Bergerac, exposed by plow or … Continue reading

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Solutean Shouldered Point from Fourneau du Diable

Fourneau du Diable is a Rock Shelter open to the south at the junction of the Moneries and Dronne valley (right bank) between Brantome and Bourdeilles. The site  consists of two terasses  in a line of cliffs, named upper and … Continue reading

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