Bois-de-Riquet (Lezignan-la-Cebe, Herault): A late Early Pleistocene archeological occurrence in southern France
Bois-de-Riquet (Lezignan-la-Cebe, Herault): A late Early Pleistocene archeological occurrence in southern France
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10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.037
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2016-01-30
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2.2
通讯作者：
De Weyer, Louis
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作者：
Bourguignon, Laurence;Crochet, Jean-Yves;De Weyer, Louis
Bois-de-Riquet考古遗址（Lezignan-la-Cebe，Herault，法国）提供了关于西欧第一次占领的重要古生物学和考古学数据。虽然只有部分发掘，但该遗址已经产生了异常丰富的古生物组合以及一些石制品。考古地层单位“US 2”被包裹在一个玄武岩流石辐射测年为1.57马。沉积充填物保存了大型和小型哺乳动物化石，以及粪化石。生物年代学解释表明，堆积的年龄约为1.3-1.1 Ma。一些玄武岩制品与骨骼化石一起被挖掘出来。对这些岩石的解释需要根据对当地玄武岩的广泛knapping实验制定严格的选择协议。本文介绍了从跨学科研究的结果Bois-de-Riquet网站的目的，这些发现的背景。矿床的显微地层学分析与最近的地质解释，以有助于更好地了解这个组合的主要特点，其显着的保存在玄武岩流石的基础和其entablature之间的热和纹理边界。(C)2015 Elsevier Ltd和INQUA。All rights reserved.
The Bois-de-Riquet archeological site (Lezignan-la-Cebe, Herault, France) provides significant paleontological and archeological data about the first occupations of Western Europe. Although only partially excavated, the site has already yielded an exceptionally rich paleontological assemblage as well as some stone artefacts. The archeostratigraphical unit "US2" is encased within a basalt flowstone radiometrically dated to 1.57 Ma. The sedimentary infill has preserved large and small mammal fossils, as well as coprolites. Biochronological interpretations suggest an age of around 1.3-1.1 Ma for the accumulation. A few basalt artefacts were exhumed alongside the fossil bones. Interpretation of the lithics has required the elaboration of a strict selection protocol based upon extensive knapping experiments with local basalt. This paper presents results from the interdisciplinary study of the Bois-de-Riquet site in the aim of contextualizing these discoveries. The microstratigraphical analysis of the deposits is presented with recent geological interpretations in order to contribute a better understanding of the main features of this assemblage, and its remarkable preservation within the thermal and textural boundary between a basalt flowstone's base and its entablature. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.