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dc.contributor.authorDespriee, Jackie
dc.contributor.authorCourcimault, Gilles
dc.contributor.authorVoinchet, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorJouanneau, Jean-Claude
dc.contributor.authorPuaud, Simon
dc.contributor.authorAbdessadok, Salah
dc.contributor.authorDepont, Jean
dc.contributor.authorDuval, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorLebon, Matthieu
dc.contributor.authorIngicco, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorMoncel, Marie-Helene
dc.contributor.authorFalgueres, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorBahain, Jean-Jacques
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-07T23:43:09Z
dc.date.available2019-04-07T23:43:09Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1142-2904
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/344966
dc.description.abstractThe prehistoric site of “la Terre-des-Sablons” is located near by the palaeontological Site of Rosières at Lunery (Cher department, France). During 1980’s, about 50 prehistoric artifacts were discovered in a quarry at the base of a sandy fossil fluvial formation. The lithic assemblage show similar techno-typological characters as Early Palaeolithic European industries (Mode 1). Since 2003, multidisciplinary studies were coordinate in the prehistoric Site. Three stepped fossil fluvial formations were recognized and their dating by ESR method applied on fluvial grain quartz indicated that they were deposited at the end of Early Pleistocene since 1.1 to 0.8 Ma. During sampling for these geochronological studies, prehistoric artifacts were recovered again at the bottom of the oldest fluvial formation (1.166 ± 0.140 Ma), 12 m deep under the initial topographical surface.Between 2006 and 2012, excavations revealed presence of four archaeological levels with cores and flakes associated with a stratified layers of pebbles and cobbles (Unit a, layers 1 and 2) deposited on the incision floor and laid under this lower sandy formation. The technics used for flaking take place in the technics variability describe for the assemblages present in the European Early Pleistocene Sites. Geoarchaeological studies of this gravelly unit a permit to determine the source and phases of the deposits of raw materials gathered by Hominins, especially Jurassic silicifications (“chailles”) and millstone. The prehistoric artifacts were observed in secondary position in the polygons or in the stone clusters (level 3) and on the eroded surfaces of layers 1 and 2 (levels 1 and 2).
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageFrench
dc.language.isofre
dc.publisherAssociation Francaise pour l'Etude du Quaternaire
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/7891
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom5
dc.relation.ispartofpageto30
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalQuaternaire
dc.relation.ispartofvolume28
dc.subject.fieldofresearchGeochronology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370502
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode430104
dc.titleLe site du pléistocène inférieur de Lunery-Rosières, la Terre-des-Sablons
dc.title.alternativeThe early pleistocene site of la Terre-des-Sablons at Lunery-Rosi貥s (Cher department, Centre Region, France): Sedimentary units, ESR dating, geoarchaeological studies, prehistory
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
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gro.griffith.authorDuval, Mathieu


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