LE BOURDONNEC , François-Xavier

The authors present the results of new chemical characterizations of Early Neolithic obsidian artefacts yielded by the excavations carried out at Cave Pollera in 1971-1973. We analysed four artefacts from the Impresso-Cardial layer III, level XXII. The finds had already been analysed by neutron activation (INAA) at the end of the 1970s during...

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La caractérisation des obsidiennes et des sources via l'analyse des éléments traces permet de mieux appréhender la mobilité des hommes, des produits et/ou des savoir-faire durant le Néolithique. En Corse, ces analyses se font de plus en plus systématiques et complètes au sein des sites archéologiques. La démarche techno-économique suivie ici...

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Installation et réinstallation des Chasséens dans le vallon de Cazan (Vernègues, Bouches-du-Rhône)

Inventoried in 2002 during a themed survey of the municipality of Corte (department of Haute-Corse) and revealed by four archaeological campaigns (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012), the « Castelli » shelter, a block shelter located at 2 140 m above sea level on the northern ridge of the Restonica valley, was occupied by Neolithic people on several...

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The small coastal valley of Conca in Grossa (Southern Corsica) is known for a long time for its numerous prehistoric and protohistoric sites among which several megalithic monuments. This valley is, however, relatively neglected from the scientific point of view, at least since the beginning of the twentieth century. It has only been...

In 2013 excavations near Vernègues (Bouches-du Rhône), "Cazan-Le Clos du Moulin", revealed an important occupation site dating from the Middle Neolithic (late Chassey culture). The village of Vernègues is located just south of the Massif du Luberon, approximately 60 km north-west of Marseille and the Mediterranean. The area excavated, a little...

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Recent research into the European Neolithisation process and the development of farming communities reveals a diverse and complex cultural landscape. In the Western Mediterranean, it is now well known that the first agro-pastoral economy appears around 6000 BCE in south-eastern Italy and that part of these sites, often grouped under the generic...

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Started in 2019, the Research Group (GDR) "Silex" is a consortium of about fifty researchers from various institutions interested in the diagnosis and transfer of siliceous raw materials during Prehistory. The research is structured around three complementary axes:1. questioning the reliability of different analysis methods (axis 1);2....

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