Magdalenian: chronology, evolution, osseous tech by Claire Bellier
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, Jan 1, 2010
Les fouilles menées par R. et S. de Saint-Périer dans les années 1920 à la grotte des Scilles (Le... more Les fouilles menées par R. et S. de Saint-Périer dans les années 1920 à la grotte des Scilles (Lespugue, Haute-Garonne) ont livré un ensemble de vestiges attribués au Magdalénien. L'étude de cette collection ancienne offre désormais la possibilité de préciser cette caractérisation à la lumière de travaux récents sur cette période. La présentation des différentes catégories de vestiges (industries lithique et osseuse, faune, parure, art mobilier et lampe) permet d'appréhender l'ensemble des registres d'activités documentés sur le site. En particulier, cet article présente les éléments typotechnologiques qui fournissent des arguments pour rattacher l'occupation de cette cavité au Magdalénien inférieur. Une date 14 C par SMA situe cette période autour de 16000 BP (19400 cal. BP) à la grotte des Scilles. La mise en évidence de ce premier jalon pyrénéen conduit ensuite les auteurs à discuter du peuplement magdalénien à la fin du Dernier Maximum glaciaire dans le Sud-Ouest de la France et le Nord de l'Espagne. Abstract The excavations by R. and S. de Saint-Périer at the Grotte des Scilles (Lespugue, Haute-Garonne, France) in 1923-1924 yielded archaeological material attributed to the Magdalenian. The re-examination of this old collection now allows a more precise characterization of it, in the light of recent research on this period. This article presents the different artefact types found (lithic and bone tools, faunal remains, personal ornaments, portable art items and one sandstone lamp) in order to consider all activities documented on the site. Particular attention is given to typological and technological data, the analyses of which point to a Lower Magdalenian chronological attribution. An SMA 14C date shows that occupation of the Grotte des Scilles took place around 16000 BP (19400 cal. BP). The identification, for the first time, of a Lower Magdalenian presence in the Pyrenees raises new questions concerning Magdalenian occupation at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum in southwestern France and northern Spain.
Upper Palaeolithic by Claire Bellier
Jaarboek Weste-Vlaamse Gidsenkring, 2004
Archéologie en Wallonie 1980-1985, 1987
Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française, 1989
Bulletin de la société préhistorique française, 107-1 : 5-51., 2010
The excavations by R. and S. de Saint-Périer at the Grotte des Scilles (Lespugue, Haute-Garonne, ... more The excavations by R. and S. de Saint-Périer at the Grotte des Scilles (Lespugue, Haute-Garonne, France) in 1923-1924 yielded archaeological material attributed to the Magdalenian. The re-examination of this old collection now allows a more precise characterization of it, in the light of recent research on this period. This article presents the different artefact types found (lithic and bone tools, faunal remains, personal ornaments, portable art items and one sandstone lamp) in order to consider all activi-ties documented on the site. Particular attention is given to typological and technological data, the analyses of which point to a Lower Magdalenian chronological attribution. An SMA 14C date shows that occupation of the Grotte des Scilles took place around 16000 BP (19400 cal. BP). The iden-tification, for the first time, of a Lower Magdalenian presence in the Pyre-nees raises new questions concerning Magdalenian occupation at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum in southwestern France and northern Spain.
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Préhistoire d'Os. Recueil d'études sur l' …, 1999
Le moulage récent d'une rondelle en iooire prooenant du Trou de Chaleux (Hulsonniaux, proa. de Na... more Le moulage récent d'une rondelle en iooire prooenant du Trou de Chaleux (Hulsonniaux, proa. de Namur, Belgique) a permis de découorir une graaure de mammouth sur une de ses faces. Ce fut I'occasion de mener une étude complète de cet objet exhumé au siècle dernier pour constater que, dans un contexte plus général, iI occupe une position excentrique, tant du point de r:ue géographique et chronologique que du point de uue morphologique.
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 2010
HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific re... more HAL is a multidisciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.
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Prehistoric science is no exception to this biased vision: we talk about prehistoric men, cavemen, Palaeolithic hunters, etc., and prehistoric women appear strangely absent in all the works, except for the few monographs, articles or chapters devoted to their representations in prehistoric art.
The aim of this exhibition is to draw up an objective assessment of our current knowledge of prehistoric women: as visitors will see for themselves, this assessment is sometimes rather meagre, due to the relatively recent interest shown by researchers in this particular theme. If all the data collected by prehistorians over the last century had been collected in this spirit, the results would probably be much richer.
In the absence of texts - we are talking about prehistory here - the only sources of information available on prehistoric women are their bone remains, which tell us about certain aspects of their physique, their burials, which lift part of the veil covering their social position and their "clothing" habits, and, last but not least, the image of femininity as transmitted to us through prehistoric art.
This exhibition, created in 1991, presents an exceptional collection of more than 100 statuettes and engraved blocks, dating from between 35,000 and 10,000 years ago, from the greatest museums in Europe. In addition, there are casts of fossil women's bones, ornaments, and information provided by ethnographic comparisons with more or less modern populations living according to the same economic mode, i.e. hunting, fishing and gathering.
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In French, as in most Latin languages and in English, the same word designates both the human being and the adult male of the human species: homme, man... This ambiguous designation, which in a way makes the human adult male a universal model, has been, until recently, amplified by the tendency to study human societies, past or contemporary, essentially from the male point of view, and to present them through male models, objects and discourse. Finally, sociology and ethnology were for a very long time the almost exclusive preserve of men.
Prehistoric science is no exception to this biased vision: we talk about prehistoric men, cavemen, Palaeolithic hunters, etc., and prehistoric women appear strangely absent in all the works, except for the few monographs, articles or chapters devoted to their representations in prehistoric art.
The aim of this exhibition is to draw up an objective assessment of our current knowledge of prehistoric women: as visitors will see for themselves, this assessment is sometimes rather meagre, due to the relatively recent interest shown by researchers in this particular theme. If all the data collected by prehistorians over the last century had been collected in this spirit, the results would probably be much richer.
In the absence of texts - we are talking about prehistory here - the only sources of information available on prehistoric women are their bone remains, which tell us about certain aspects of their physique, their burials, which lift part of the veil covering their social position and their "clothing" habits, and, last but not least, the image of femininity as transmitted to us through prehistoric art.
This exhibition, created in 1991, presents an exceptional collection of more than 100 statuettes and engraved blocks, dating from between 35,000 and 10,000 years ago, from the greatest museums in Europe. In addition, there are casts of fossil women's bones, ornaments, and information provided by ethnographic comparisons with more or less modern populations living according to the same economic mode, i.e. hunting, fishing and gathering.
"La femme est l’avenir de l’homme" wrote Louis Aragon. She is also its past, not to mention the present...
The cat, whose domestication came later, took longer to slip into the intimacy of humans. Moreover, the remains of the domestic cat are not always easy to distinguish from those of the wild cat... Here, the context is essential.
It is in fact only at the dawn of the history of each region, when texts appear and when explicit representations multiply, that dogs and domestic cats appear with varying degrees of success. Dogs are largely better represented, except perhaps in Egypt, with regard to the cult of Bastet, which was however quite late, where cats are found in their millions, mainly in the form of mummies.
Both useful animals and faithful companions, dogs and cats have often occupied a place of choice among domestic animals, a place where affection and utility are combined. At the crossroads of nature and culture, they are in a way cultural animals.
From the home to the grave, via the temple or the banquet From the home to the tomb, via the temple or the banquet, the most humanised animals of the animal kingdom and their representations are indeed everywhere.
Through the archaeological traces they have left us in prehistoric and ancient societies, this book bears witness to the exceptional relationship that exists
between Man and these animals, which are definitely different.
Résumé : Le chien est le premier animal à avoir été domestiqué dans l'Histoire et il a acquis une place prépondérante dans les sociétés humaines. Clairement attestés à la fin du Paléolithique supérieur, il y a environ 15 000 ans, les débuts de sa domestication remontent vraisemblablement bien plus tôt, comme le suggèrent divers restes fossiles, tels ceux de Goyet. Dans l'art paléolithique, les éventuelles différences de représentations entre chien et loup sont plus floues.
Le chat, dont la domestication est plus tardive, a mis plus de temps à se glisser dans l'intimité de l'Homme. En outre, les restes du chat domestique ne sont pas toujours faciles à distinguer de ceux du chat sauvage... Ici, le contexte est primordial.
Ce n'est en fait qu'à l'aube de l'histoire de chaque région, lorsque les textes apparaissent et quand les représentations explicites se multiplient, que chiens et chats domestiques se manifestent avec des bonheurs divers. Les chiens sont largement mieux représentés, sauf peut-être en Égypte, au regard du culte de Bastet, cependant assez tardif, où les chats se retrouvent par millions, principalement sous forme de momies.
À la fois animaux utiles et compagnons fidèles, chiens et chats ont souvent occupé une place de choix parmi les animaux domestiques, une place où se mêlent affectif et utilitaire. Au croisement de la nature et de la culture, ce sont en quelque sorte des animaux culturels.
Du foyer à la tombe, en passant par le temple ou le banquet, les bêtes les plus humanisées du règne animal et leurs représentations sont en effet partout.
À travers les traces archéologiques qu’ils nous ont laissées dans les sociétés préhistoriques et antiques, ce livre témoigne de la relation exceptionnelle qui existe
entre l’Homme et ces animaux, décidément à part.