LEA , Vanessa

La diffusione della cultura della Lagozza, che in Lombardia segna la fine del Neolitico, è stata a più riprese e da diversi autori messa in relazione con la spinta esercitata dalla propagazione degli influssi dello Chassey della Francia meridionale verso le aree centro-orientali della regione padano-alpina. Solo raramente però, e quasi sempre...

Cet article se propose de faire une synthèse sur les armatures de projectiles durant le «plein Néolithique » , à un moment où les études pluridisciplinaires montrent une baisse significative de la prédation. La fourchette chronologique considérée étant large et l'aire géographique envisagée relativement vaste, plusieurs axes de recherche...

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Bien qu'abondamment datés, les contextes du Néolithique moyen et supérieur méditerranéens, restent trop souvent mal calés chronologiquement, et leur sériation interne pose de nombreux problèmes. En contexte chasséen, les styles de débitage lithiques, qui ont mené à une périodisation de référence (Binder, 1991), ne sont pas encore bien situés en...

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In southern France, for the Chassey culture, our knowledge of land use dynamics was until then mainly restricted to cave occupations, massive enclosures and, in alluvial plains only, large open-air sites without any compelling trace of habitat. For this period, the only known buildings were then unconvincing and scattered on the territory. A...

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Is the opposition between specialized and non specialized productions a key to characterizethe lithic assemblages from the southern Chassey Culture ? The former have been used to define the culture itself and to build up theories based on craft specialization to approach the social organization of these Neolithic groups. Our first studies about...

The integrated technological approach of the lithic industries in Southern France Chassey culture and neighbouring cultures is a way to highlight a complex organisation of space. The development of long distance diffusion networks of lithic products from western Provence creates interdependence between producing-exporting sites and...

Understanding details of stone tool procurement and transfers is for a major research avenue in improving our knowledge about prehistoric societies. The accuracy of the provisioning sources identifications is based on the establishment of large regional repositories. Recent studies show that specific investigations on the evolution of cherts...

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The lithic industries of the end of the fifth and beginning of the fourth millennium B.C. in south of France and Catalogne (Chasseen, Montbolo, Molinot, Sepulcros de Fosa cultures) rely for the most part on the importation of blades, and bladelet cores knapped by pressure after thermal treatment, on bedoulien flint from Vaucluse. The study of...

The Neolithic period Chassey culture in southern France from 4200 to 3500 Cal. BC developed a specialized lithic technology for flint bladelets that used a heating process as an essential part of the production. Experimental archaeology demonstrated that the heating should take place at low temperature somewhere around 250°C. To identify and...

Craft specialization and exchanges during the Southern Chassey Culture: an integrated archaeological and material sciences approach

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

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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...

La fouille entreprise au 12, chemin de la Flambère à Toulouse nous permet de préciser la chronologie et l'organisation spatiale du village chasséen de Saint-Michel-du-Touch. Un nouveau tronçon de fossé vient compléter le plan de l'enceinte extérieure du village. Une interruption à son extrémité ouest matérialise une des entrées de l'enceinte....