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The chronocultural position of industries with “La Bertonne pieces”

Abstract

In this article we present a overview of current knowledge regarding the chronocultural position of industries with La Bertonne pieces within the Western European Upper Paleolithic. Initially attributed to the Aurignacian (Leyssalles and Noone 1949) and then to the Proto-Solutrean (Arambourou 1970), these industries are now attributed to the Badegoulian due to the association of La Bertonne pieces with one of the most typical tools of this material culture, the raclette (Lenoir 2000a and b). This association has indeed been pointed out in several levels at the site of Laugerie-Haute. Est (France, Dordogne), one of which has been dated to 17040 ± 440 BP (Ly-973; Évin et al. 1976: 80). This is the only available radiocarbon date for these industries. In addition, the use of pressure flaking, recently identified for the detachment of bladelets from La Bertonne pieces and to create retouched tools on thin flakes, and the sporadic presence of foliate pieces, are, in our view, elements that these industries share with the Solutrean. They suggest the appearance of La Bertonne industries somewhat earlier than 17000 BP at the transition between the Solutrean and the Badegoulian.

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