Publication Date:
2024-04-04
Description:
Situated in South-Western Provence in the massif of Sainte-Baume, some thirty kilometres from Marseille, the Grotte des Cèdres (Var) was first excavated during the 1950s. In 1987 re-excavation took place and comprised the reexamination of conserved standing stratification. This re-examination permitted the identification of two human occupation levels, both of short periods, situated in a cool environment at the end of the Middle Pleistocene. With the identification of a new lithic industry. the discovery of the largest quantity of Tahr Rissien remains in Europe belonging to a new species, and the determination of new sub-species of Rodents and Rabbit, this site is now to be placed amongst those of major importance for the Mediterranean Europe, which is further increased by the presence of a human remain.
Keywords:
paléontologie
;
oiseau
;
industrie lithique
;
reste humain
;
Pléistocène moyen
;
Sud-Est de la France
;
grotte des Cèdres
;
trace de boucherie
;
grand mammifère
;
Ursus thibetanus
;
Hemitragus cedrensis
;
rongeur
;
Microtus brecciensis
;
Plionys gr. episcopalis
;
cenog
;
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
Language:
French
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