Sauveterrian microliths:

Evidence of the Hunting Weapons
of the Last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps

Lorène CHESNAUX

Abstract

In this paper, I present interpretations of the stigmata of fabrication (observation of retouch methods) and use (observation of impact traces and hafting glue residues) of microliths and hyper-microliths (arrowheads) of the Middle Mesolithic Sauveterrian period. Based on the first results obtained from the sites of Grande Rivoire, Pas de la Charmate (Vercors, Isère) and Sinard (Trièves, Isère), a reconstruction of the hafting modes of these tools is proposed. The results of a first experimental test are also presented.

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Chesnaux L., 2009 – Sauveterrian Microliths: Evidence of the Hunting Weapons of the last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps, in Pétillon J.-M., Dias-Meirinho M.-H., Cattelain P., Honegger M., Normand C., Valdeyron N., Projectile Weapon Elements from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic, Proceedings of session C83, XV^th UISPP World Congress, Lisbon, September 4-9, 2006, P@lethnology, 1, 133-146.

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2009-06–CHESNAUX

Sauveterrian microliths:

Evidence of the Hunting Weapons
of the Last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps

Lorène CHESNAUX

Abstract

To cite this article

Archéologie et Sciences humaines

Sauveterrian microliths:

Evidence of the Hunting Weapons of the Last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps

Lorène CHESNAUX

Abstract

To cite this article

Archéologie et Sciences humaines

Evidence of the Hunting Weapons
of the Last Hunter-gatherers of the Northern Alps