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14 septembre 2015
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Early Mesolithic Rouffignac backed knives plant working techno-typological definition use-wear analysisSujets proches
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Davide Visentin et al., « Couteaux de Rouffignac : A new insight into an old tool », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.4av1tp
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At the entrance of Rouffignac cave (Dordogne, France) an important and complete Mesolithic sequence was identified during the excavations carried out by Claude Barrière in the middle of the last century. What was brought to light from the Early Mesolithic layers is a very peculiar assemblage characterized by the large dimensions of the blanks and a great variety and high percentage of domestic tools with respect to armatures. Among the other peculiarities of the site is the presence of the so-called 'couteaux de Rouffignac', backed knifes characterized by basal notches. A new techno-functional analysis has been carried out on this specific tool in order to understand its role in the lithic assemblage and verify its correlation with a specific activity as implied in the typological definition of the tool itself.