2009–REVIEW

Cover 2009

CONTENTS


Jean-Marc PÉTILLON, Marie-Hélène DIAS-MEIRINHO, Pierre CATTELAIN,
Matthieu HONEGGER, Christian NORMAND, Nicolas VALDEYRON

NEW LIGHT ON PALAEOLITHIC, MESOLITHIC
AND NEOLITHIC PROJECTILE WEAPON ELEMENTS


PART 1
FUNCTIONAL PROSPECTS


Christian NORMAND, Magen O’FARRELL, Joseba RIOS GARAIZAR

THE FUNCTION(S) OF ARCHAIC AURIGNACIAN BLADELETS:
Data and Thoughts Based on Examples from Isturitz Cave (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)


Valentina BORGIA

ANCIENT GRAVETTIAN IN THE SOUTH OF ITALY:
Functional Analysis of Backed Points from Grotta Plagicci (Foggia) and Grotta della Cala (Salerno)


Jean-Marc PÉTILLON

WHAT ARE THESE BARBS FOR?
Preliminary Study on the Function of the Upper Magdalenian Barbed Weapon Tips


Mara-Julia WEBER

FABRICATION AND USE OF HAMBURGIAN SHOULDERED POINTS:
New Data from Poggenwisch and Teltwisch 1 (Ahrensbourg Valley, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)


Lorène CHESNAUX

SAUVETERRIAN MICROLITHS:
Evidence of the hunting Weapons of the Last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps


Stefano GRIMALDI

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS OF EARLY MESOLITHIC POINTS IN NORTH-EAST ITALY


Matthieu HONEGGER

LUNATE MICROLITHS IN THE HOLOCENE INDUSTRIES OF NUBIA:
Multifunctional Tools, Sickle Blades or Weapon Elements?


Marie-Hélène DIAS-MEIRINHO

ON THE NOTION OF WAR WEAPONRY IN THE NEOLITHIC


PART 2
DIACHRONIC PROSPECTS


Aurélien SIMONET

A GRAVETTIAN KNAPPING WORKSHOP AT TERCIS (LANDES):
a Probable Case of Apprenticeship in the Fabrication of Lithic Weapon Tips


Mathieu LANGLAIS

CHRONOLOGY AND TERRITORIES IN THE MAGDALENIAN
BETWEEN THE RHÔNE AND EBRO RIVERS:
the Exemple of Lithics Points


Nicolas NAUDINOT

LITHIC WEAPON ELEMENTS IN WESTERN FRANCE
(BRITTANY AND PAYS DE LA LOIRE) DURING THE LATE GLACIAL PERIOD:
a Proposed Chrono-cultural Organization and Reduction Sequence


Nicolas VALDEYRON, Bruno BOSC-ZANARDO, Thomas BRIAND

THE EVOLUTION OF STONE WEAPON ELEMENTS AND CULTURAL DYNAMICS
DURING THE MESOLITHIC IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE:
the Case of the Haut Quercy (Lot, France)


Anne HAUZEUR, Hartwig LÖHR

ARROWHEAD LATERALIZATION:
Recent Data from the Mosel Region in the Context of the North-West Linear Pottery Culture


Georgia STRATOULI, Odysseas METAXAS

PROJECTILE TIPS FROM NEOLITHIC LAYERS OF DRAKAINA CAVE
ON KEPHALONIA,IONAN ISLAND, W. GREECE:
Technological “Conservatism” and Social Identity


Javier FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ DE PABLO, Juan Francisco GIBAJA BAO, Antoni PALOMO

GEOMETRIC WEAPON ELEMENTS DURING THE NEOLITHIC IN THE EASTERN IBERIAN PENINSULA:
Typological, Technological and Functional Aspects


Bruno BOSC-ZANARDO, François BON, François-Xavier FAUVELLE-AYMAR

BUSHMEN ARROWS AND THEIR RECENT HISTORY:
Crossed Outlooks of Historical, Ethnological and Archaeological Sources