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- Title
Magdalenian pioneers in the northern French Alps, 17 000 cal BP.
- Authors
Mevel, Ludovic
- Abstract
Using the multi-disciplinary forces of the CNRS, the author defines an early group of colonisers in the northern Alps as the glaciers retreated. At the key site of La Fru, analysis of the lithics shows an assemblage characterised by microblades made from good quality flint supplied from sources a hundred or more kilometres away. Analogies with early assemblages in Beringia and in Britain suggest this may be identified as a pioneer phase. Later in the Magdalenian, the supply is more varied and regional, generating networks for the dissemination of new ideas.
- Subjects
ALPS, French (France); HUMAN settlements; FLINT; MAGDALENIAN culture; BLADES (Archaeology); UPPER Paleolithic Period
- Publication
Antiquity, 2013, Vol 87, Issue 336, p384
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00049012