Overview

The Bau de l'Aubesier is a multi-layer rock shelter site, with deposits mainly from the later Middle Pleistocene and the Late Pleistocene, very abundant faunal and lithic remains, intense and extensive use of fire in some levels, and hominin remains from Neandertals and their predecessors. This book provides the geographic and geologic context of the site, then describes each layer within the stratigraphy in detail, with emphasis on the hominins, how they used the site, and how they used the surrounding territory. Rigorous analysis is interspersed with stories of the excavations themselves, and abundant figures and tables. The final chapter addresses the ultimate question: what does the Bau de l'Aubesier tell us about the Middle Palaeolithic? Of interest to specialists, students and amateurs, this book unites all available published and previously unpublished data about this important Middle Palaeolithic site in southern France.

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Author:   Lucy Wilson
Publisher:   BAR Publishing
Imprint:   BAR Publishing
Weight:   0.849kg
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9781407358383

ISBN 10:   1407358383
Pages:   213
Publication Date:   30 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures List of Tables Abstract Résumé 1. Introduction and Context 1.1. Introduction 1.2. Why is the Bau a special place? What IS the Bau? 1.3. Geologic history of the region 1.4. Excavations at the Bau 1.5. From The Chest: Serge 1.6. The study of the lithic raw materials 1.7. The scientific team 1.8. Sommaire du chapitre 2. The first sedimentary deposits to layer K2 2.1. Introduction 2.2. The initial rock shelter 2.3. Layer K2 2.4. From the Chest: Is K2 real? 2.5. The test pit in G23/G24 2.6. From the Chest: Measuring distance ""as the crow flies"" 2.7. Sommaire du chapitre 3. Layers from J4-K1 to J 3.1. Introduction 3.2. The sediments, and evolution of the site from K2 to J 3.3. Pollen and faunal remains 3.4. Human remains 3.5. The lithic industry and raw materials 3.6. Sommaire du chapitre 4. Layer I 4.1. Introduction 4.2. The sediments, and evolution of the site in I 4.3. Pollen and faunal remains 4.4. Human remains 4.5. The lithic industry and raw materials 4.6. Sommaire du chapitre 5. Layer H 5.1. Introduction 5.2. The sediments, and evolution of the site in H 5.3. Pollen 5.4. From The Chest: How to ""un-lump"" an assemblage 5.5. Fauna 5.6. Lithics 5.7. Conclusion - or, Tying it all together 5.8. Sommaire du chapitre Appendix 5.1. H1 tranche divisions by zone 6. Layers G and F 6.1. Introduction 6.2. From The Chest: Dealing with breccia 6.3. The sediments, and evolution of the site in G and F 6.4. Pollen and Fauna 6.5. Lithics 6.6. Conclusion 6.7. Sommaire du chapitre 7. The Tranchée Moulin 7.1. Introductio 7.2. From the Chest: T or t? 7.3. Sediments and the evolution of the site 7.4. Pollen and fauna 7.5. Human remains 7.6. From the Chest: Early archaeologists 7.7. Lithics 7.8. Conclusion 7.9. Sommaire du chapitre 8. Introduction to the tranchée L, and layer 5 8.1. Introduction 8.2. From the Chest: Roman or Arabic? 8.3. The story of the tranchée L 8.5. Sediments and the evolution of the site to layer 5 8.6. Pollen and fauna 8.7. Lithics 8.8. Conclusion 8.9. Sommaire du chapitre 9. La couche 4 9.1. Introduction 9.2. Sediments, evolution of the site, and excavation of the couche 4 9.3. Pollen and fauna 9.4. From The Chest: The Notched Bone 9.5. Human remains 9.6. Lithics 9.7. Conclusion 9.8. Sommaire du chapitre 10. Layer 3 10.1. Introduction 10.2. Sediments, evolution of the site, and excavation of layer 3 10.3. Pollen and fauna 10.4. Lithics 10.5. Conclusion 10.6. Sommaire du chapitre 11. Layer 2 and (a little bit) Layer 1 11.1. Introduction 11.2. Sediments, evolution of the site, and excavation of the couche 4 11.3. Pollen and fauna 11.4. Human remains 11.5. From The Chest: The Layer 2 Tooth 11.6. Lithics 11.7. Conclusion: Layer 2 11.8. Layer 1 11.9. Sommaire du chapitre 12. ""Sounds of Laughter, Shades of Life"" 12.1. Introduction 12.2. Tranchée L vs. Tranchée Moulin 12.3. What the Bau teaches us about the Middle Palaeolithic 12.4. Words are flowing out . . . 12.5. Sommaire du chapitre Bibliography"

Reviews

'This book is excellent...It is a wonderful and rich archive of the fieldwork.' Dr Marie-Hélène Moncel, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle    

'This book is excellent...It is a wonderful and rich archive of the fieldwork.' Dr Marie-Helene Moncel, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

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Lucy Wilson (doctorate from the Université de Paris VI, 1986), teaches Geology and Geoarchaeology at the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, NB, Canada. She studies the raw materials used for stone tools, mainly in France and Israel, focussing especially on the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic.

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