19 research outputs found

    Débitages expérimentaux par pression à la béquille pectorale, nouvelles perspectives

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    L’étude des dĂ©bitages par pression, prĂ©sents dans de nombreuses cultures prĂ©historiques, a trĂšs largement bĂ©nĂ©ficiĂ© d’approches expĂ©rimentales. En effet, la trĂšs grande rĂ©gularitĂ© et d’hyper-standardisation de ces industries ne peut ĂȘtre obtenue par percussion et les vestiges archĂ©ologiques d’outils pour la taille par pression sont trĂšs rares (David 2019, Clark 2012). Comment alors reproduire ces dĂ©bitages ? Les travaux de l’amĂ©ricain Don Crabtree, au cours des annĂ©es 1960, sur les techniq..

    Archéologie des sites du Paléolithique inférieur de Baia-Farta (Angola)

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    L’objet du mĂ©moire est l’étude et la comparaison, du point de vue technologique et expĂ©rimental, d’un corpus constituĂ© des industries sur quartz de deux sites, Dungo IV et Dungo V. Ces sites se trouvent au sud de Baia-Farta, Ă  environ 30 km de Benguela, au sud de l’Angola. Ils sont Ă©tudiĂ©s par une Ă©quipe franco-angolaise depuis le dĂ©but des annĂ©es 1990. L’étude technologique, appuyĂ©e par une approche expĂ©rimentale a pour but d’obtenir un maximum d’informations des piĂšces lithiques, pour tent..

    Approche expĂ©rimentale de la technologie des pointes flĂ»tĂ©es du sud de l’Arabie

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    Le flĂ»tage est une mĂ©thode de taille de la pierre qui intervient dans la fabrication d’un certain type de pointes de projectiles prĂ©historiques. Cette mĂ©thode consiste Ă  affiner une piĂšce bifaciale en enlevant un Ă©clat long et plat le long de l’axe central du biface Ă  partir d’une de ses extrĂ©mitĂ©s. Cet Ă©clat particulier est appelĂ© « chute de flĂ»tage » (channel-flake en anglais). Le terme de « pointes flĂ»tĂ©es » a Ă©tĂ© employĂ© pour dĂ©signer des pointes palĂ©o-indiennes bifaciales d’AmĂ©rique du N..

    Projet expĂ©rimental « Arcs Oise ». ArchĂ©ologie expĂ©rimentale sur les processus de fabrication d’arcs nĂ©olithiques 3/3

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    Le projet « Arcs Oise » est un projet expĂ©rimental collectif et multidisciplinaire regroupant plusieurs chercheurs de diffĂ©rentes institutions (SDAO, UMR ArchĂ©orient et SRA Hauts-de-France) qui a pour objectif d’apprĂ©hender les processus techniques nĂ©cessaires Ă  la confection d’arcs nĂ©olithiques identiques Ă  ceux dĂ©couverts sur l’enceinte du NĂ©olithique moyen II (4200-3800 avant J.-C.) de Passel dans l’Oise en 2014 (Cayol, 2017). Une premiĂšre session expĂ©rimentale s’est tenue en 2020 afin d..

    Approche expĂ©rimentale de la technologie des pointes flĂ»tĂ©es du sud de l’Arabie

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    Le flĂ»tage est une mĂ©thode de taille de la pierre qui intervient dans la fabrication d’un certain type de pointes de projectiles prĂ©historiques. Cette mĂ©thode consiste Ă  affiner une piĂšce bifaciale en enlevant un Ă©clat long et plat le long de l’axe central du biface Ă  partir d’une de ses extrĂ©mitĂ©s. Cet Ă©clat particulier est appelĂ© « chute de flĂ»tage » (channel-flake en anglais). Le terme de « pointes flĂ»tĂ©es » a Ă©tĂ© employĂ© pour dĂ©signer des pointes palĂ©o-indiennes bifaciales d’AmĂ©rique du N..

    Guerriers et artisans en EgĂ©e Ă  l’ñge du Bronze, un projet expĂ©rimental Ă  JalĂšs

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    Challenging the Late Neolithic cultural horizon of Southern Arabia: The case of Sharbithat 10 (Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman)

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    International audienceThe Neolithic in Southern Arabia has always shown unique traits that followed an autonomous path, different from the Northern Arabian region and the Levant. Its chronological framework is still under construction, but the systematic research occurring in Oman unveils a complex picture of moving populations developing specific solutions to various environmental conditions. This paper shows the results of an intensive survey carried out on the coastal trait around the village of Sharbithat (Sharbithāt), which refines the cultural chronology of the vastly unexplored area at the turn of Al-Wusta/Dhofar Governorate in southern Oman. Characterised by 14 km of shoreline enclosed in a limestone massif, Sharbithat is dotted by vast mesas surrounded by wadi deltaic branches and abundant flint sources. Most terraces are inhabited today and covered up with flint scatters, dwellings, and cairns. A sequence of preliminary test trenches to assess the stratigraphy of Sharbithat SHA-10B indicated a precise chronological frame. Indeed, the sites on this mesa show a single period stratification sequence, a rich marine faunal composition and intense flintknapping activity. A peculiar lithic industry consisting of lunates, backed pieces, and tanged points characterise this Late Neolithic site (4th mill. BCE), in contrast with the Middle Neolithic sites (as SHA-4, 6th mill. BCE), which are fully dedicated to the production of bifacial foliates and trihedral projectile points. Based on the study of the technological processes that led to the manufacture of such artefacts, new hypotheses on coastal subsistence strategies and chronological issues have risen. With the present article, we introduce the first study of this area, the chrono-typological implications, and their relevance in the framework of South Arabian prehistory

    Fluted-point technology in Neolithic Arabia: An independent invention far from the Americas

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    International audienceNew World archaeologists have amply demonstrated that fluted point technology is specific to Terminal Pleistocene American cultures. Base-fluted, and rarer tip-fluted, projectile points from the Americas have been well-documented by archaeologists for nearly a century. Fluting is an iconic stone tool manufacturing method and a specific action that involves the extraction of a channel flake along the longitudinal axis of a bifacial piece. Here we report and synthesize information from Neolithic sites in southern Arabia, demonstrating the presence of fluting on a variety of stone tool types including projectile points. Fluted projectile points are known from both surface sites and stratified contexts in southern Arabia. Fluting technology has been clearly identified at the Manayzah site (Yemen) dating to 8000–7700 cal. BP. Examination of fluted points and channel flakes from southern Arabia enable a reconstruction of stone tool manufacturing techniques and reduction sequences (chaines opĂ©ratoires). To illustrate the technological similarities and contrasts of fluting methods in Arabia and the Americas, comparative studies and experiments were conducted. Similarities in manufacturing approaches were observed on the fluting scars of bifacial pieces, whereas technological differences are apparent in the nature and localization of the flute and, most probably, the functional objective of fluting in economic, social and cultural contexts. Arabian and American fluted point technologies provide an excellent example of convergence of highly specialized stone tool production methods. Our description of Arabian and American fluting technology demonstrates that similar innovations and inventions were developed under different circumstances, and that highly-skilled and convergent production methods can have different anthropological implications
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