Étude de l'industrie lithique du site paléolithique moyen des Fendeux (Coulanges, Allier)
Jean­‐François Pasty|Sophie Liégard|Philippe Alix
The site of Les Fendeux (Coulanges) is in the north-east Allier département within 2 km Loire. This vast open-air (3 hectares — approximately 7 1/2 acres), located on southern slope a small plateau and was subject rescue excavations 1998-1999. There are several different occupation periods: Middle Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, late La Tène, Gallo-Roman Carolingian. lithic remains dating to Palaeolithic period (n = 1082) were found sandy sediments resulting from erosion upper slopes, few centimetres one metre thick, which cover more recent occupations. characterised by exploitation Jurassic flint nodules, according various systems flaking (discoid, Levallois, recurrent centripetal). three discoid flaking; two similar include majority cores. In first method cores partially exploited, second exploited face third faces. relationships between partial bifacial systems. very Levallois flakes (IL 6.9) only operational scheme seems present this site: that centripetal flaking. Centripetal (non-Levallois) lack preparation core before detachment or less parallel, at an angle intersection faces core. retouched tools 98) mainly composed side scrapers (mostly simple), notched tools, denticulates number bifaces. typology assemblage Acheulean-tradition Mousterian (MTA), widespread area.
Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France