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Jaccottey L & Brou L. (Commissariat scientifique). Publication de l'Association des Amis des ... more Jaccottey L & Brou L. (Commissariat scientifique). Publication de l'Association des Amis des musées du Jura, Dole
La relation particuliere entre l’homme et le chien a donne lieu a de nombreux travaux et publicat... more La relation particuliere entre l’homme et le chien a donne lieu a de nombreux travaux et publications. Les premiers temoins de cette relation apparaissent a la fin du Paleolithique superieur avec la sepulture de Bonn-Oberkassell (Allemagne) ou un chien a ete enterre avec un homme et une femme. L’abri sous roche d’Immendelt (G.-D. de Luxembourg) a livre les restes de deux chiens adultes. La datation radiocarbone de l’un des individus a permis de situer ce depot entre la fin du Neolithique final et le debut de l’âge du Bronze. Les squelettes, l’un entier et l’autre represente seulement par quelques elements, furent decouverts ensemble. Les traces de decoupes observees attestent un traitement particulier de ces chiens et permettent de s’interroger sur le statut de ce depot.
This paper reports the results of new malacological analyses from a thick tufa sequence at Dirend... more This paper reports the results of new malacological analyses from a thick tufa sequence at Direndall (Luxembourg). The study is temporally contextualised with radiocarbon dates and an age–depth model. The malacological study focuses on species associations to reconstruct palaeoenvironmental developments. The gradual appearance of several shade-demanding species reflects the expansion of forest environments during the early Holocene. After c. 7.5 cal. kyr BP, three phases of maximal expansion of shade-demanding species are interspersed with two phases of decline of these taxa dated between c. 7.1 and 6.5 cal. kyr BP and between c. 3.5 and 2.4 cal. kyr BP. Malacological data are discussed with previously published calcite stable isotope data from the same sequence. Strong correlations between malacological data and δ13C profile are highlighted over the whole sequence. Combined influences of local environmental conditions and regional climatic trends are emphasised. The sequence provid...
Dans cet article, nous reconsiderons la question des outils sur lames tronquees et amincies et en... more Dans cet article, nous reconsiderons la question des outils sur lames tronquees et amincies et en particulier les lames a double troncature et amincissement du Magdalenien moyen du Poitou. Ces objets ont ete d'abord consideres comme des outils (par exemple le type "couteau de Kostienki"), puis, dans les dernieres decennies, un renversement complet des conceptions a conduit a les assimiler a des nucleus a lamelles. Grâce a l'analyse de milliers d'objets (nucleus, lamelles et outils), nous montrons formellement que dans les industries du Magdalenien moyen du Poitou, il existe une incompatibilite radicale entre les caracteres propres des lamelles, support d'outils, et ceux des produits issus des lames tronquees a enlevements lamellaires. Par consequent, dans ce cas precis, l'hypothese d'une methode particuliere de debitage de lamelles est infondee.
Tufa deposits are proven to record high quality palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic informatio... more Tufa deposits are proven to record high quality palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic information. They also appear to be influenced by human activities as indicated by the ‘late Holocene tufa decline’ observed in Europe from the Atlantic optimum, when tufa should be well developed regarding climatic conditions. The studied tufa comes from the Mamer Valley in Luxembourg: Direndall. As it covers a broad part of the Holocene, this deposit offered a great opportunity to discuss modalities and timing of the tufa decline and the human impact on fluvial formations since the early Holocene. Recent fieldwork at Direndall allowed the collection of new stratigraphic data and samples for a geochemical study. We investigate calcite stable isotopes as records of past temperature and humidity conditions. Comparisons with the environmental reconstructions from a previous malacological study show strong consistency with the δ13C record and suggest humidity might have been the main factor controlli...
Radiocarbon (AMS) dates on two split-based point wings and a hominin molar from the site of Trou ... more Radiocarbon (AMS) dates on two split-based point wings and a hominin molar from the site of Trou de la Mère Clochette in the French Jura are presented in this paper. Dating split-based points has very rarely been undertaken. This is unfortunate given that these artefacts are critical to our definition and characterization of Early Upper Palaeolithic technocomplexes, as they are
The Alzette River rises within France, approximately 4 km south of the French-Luxembourg border, ... more The Alzette River rises within France, approximately 4 km south of the French-Luxembourg border, and has a total length of 73 kilometres before joining the Sauer which is a left-bank tributary of the Moselle River. During the construction of the" Nordstrooss" ...
Jaccottey L & Brou L. (Commissariat scientifique). Publication de l'Association des Amis des ... more Jaccottey L & Brou L. (Commissariat scientifique). Publication de l'Association des Amis des musées du Jura, Dole
La relation particuliere entre l’homme et le chien a donne lieu a de nombreux travaux et publicat... more La relation particuliere entre l’homme et le chien a donne lieu a de nombreux travaux et publications. Les premiers temoins de cette relation apparaissent a la fin du Paleolithique superieur avec la sepulture de Bonn-Oberkassell (Allemagne) ou un chien a ete enterre avec un homme et une femme. L’abri sous roche d’Immendelt (G.-D. de Luxembourg) a livre les restes de deux chiens adultes. La datation radiocarbone de l’un des individus a permis de situer ce depot entre la fin du Neolithique final et le debut de l’âge du Bronze. Les squelettes, l’un entier et l’autre represente seulement par quelques elements, furent decouverts ensemble. Les traces de decoupes observees attestent un traitement particulier de ces chiens et permettent de s’interroger sur le statut de ce depot.
This paper reports the results of new malacological analyses from a thick tufa sequence at Dirend... more This paper reports the results of new malacological analyses from a thick tufa sequence at Direndall (Luxembourg). The study is temporally contextualised with radiocarbon dates and an age–depth model. The malacological study focuses on species associations to reconstruct palaeoenvironmental developments. The gradual appearance of several shade-demanding species reflects the expansion of forest environments during the early Holocene. After c. 7.5 cal. kyr BP, three phases of maximal expansion of shade-demanding species are interspersed with two phases of decline of these taxa dated between c. 7.1 and 6.5 cal. kyr BP and between c. 3.5 and 2.4 cal. kyr BP. Malacological data are discussed with previously published calcite stable isotope data from the same sequence. Strong correlations between malacological data and δ13C profile are highlighted over the whole sequence. Combined influences of local environmental conditions and regional climatic trends are emphasised. The sequence provid...
Dans cet article, nous reconsiderons la question des outils sur lames tronquees et amincies et en... more Dans cet article, nous reconsiderons la question des outils sur lames tronquees et amincies et en particulier les lames a double troncature et amincissement du Magdalenien moyen du Poitou. Ces objets ont ete d'abord consideres comme des outils (par exemple le type "couteau de Kostienki"), puis, dans les dernieres decennies, un renversement complet des conceptions a conduit a les assimiler a des nucleus a lamelles. Grâce a l'analyse de milliers d'objets (nucleus, lamelles et outils), nous montrons formellement que dans les industries du Magdalenien moyen du Poitou, il existe une incompatibilite radicale entre les caracteres propres des lamelles, support d'outils, et ceux des produits issus des lames tronquees a enlevements lamellaires. Par consequent, dans ce cas precis, l'hypothese d'une methode particuliere de debitage de lamelles est infondee.
Tufa deposits are proven to record high quality palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic informatio... more Tufa deposits are proven to record high quality palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic information. They also appear to be influenced by human activities as indicated by the ‘late Holocene tufa decline’ observed in Europe from the Atlantic optimum, when tufa should be well developed regarding climatic conditions. The studied tufa comes from the Mamer Valley in Luxembourg: Direndall. As it covers a broad part of the Holocene, this deposit offered a great opportunity to discuss modalities and timing of the tufa decline and the human impact on fluvial formations since the early Holocene. Recent fieldwork at Direndall allowed the collection of new stratigraphic data and samples for a geochemical study. We investigate calcite stable isotopes as records of past temperature and humidity conditions. Comparisons with the environmental reconstructions from a previous malacological study show strong consistency with the δ13C record and suggest humidity might have been the main factor controlli...
Radiocarbon (AMS) dates on two split-based point wings and a hominin molar from the site of Trou ... more Radiocarbon (AMS) dates on two split-based point wings and a hominin molar from the site of Trou de la Mère Clochette in the French Jura are presented in this paper. Dating split-based points has very rarely been undertaken. This is unfortunate given that these artefacts are critical to our definition and characterization of Early Upper Palaeolithic technocomplexes, as they are
The Alzette River rises within France, approximately 4 km south of the French-Luxembourg border, ... more The Alzette River rises within France, approximately 4 km south of the French-Luxembourg border, and has a total length of 73 kilometres before joining the Sauer which is a left-bank tributary of the Moselle River. During the construction of the" Nordstrooss" ...
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