Archaeological Fieldwork

A Radiocarbon Chronology for the Complete Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transitional Sequence of Les Cottés (France)

by Morgan Roussel

Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012, 39 (1), p. 175-183.
Co-authored with Talamo S., Soressi M., Richards M. and Hublin J.-J.

The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is the key period for our understanding of Neanderthal and modern human... more The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is the key period for our understanding of Neanderthal and modern human interactions in Europe. The site of Les Cottés in south-west France is one of the rare sites with a complete and well defined sequence covering this transition period. We undertook an extensive radiocarbon dating program on mammal bone which allows us to propose a chronological framework of five distinct phases dating from the Mousterian to the Early Aurignacian at this site. We found that the Mousterian and Châtelperronian industries are separated from the overlying Protoaurignacian by a gap of approximately 1000 calendar years. Based on a comparison with Upper Paleolithic sites in Europe we see an overlap in the ages of Châtelperronian industries and Aurignacian lithic assemblages, which are usually associated with Anatomical Modern Humans, which is consistent with an acculturation at distance model for these late Neanderthals. The Proto and Early Aurignacian appear contemporaneous indicating that this transition was rapid in this region. Anatomically Modern Humans are present at the site of Les Cottés at least at 39,500 cal BP roughly coincident with the onset of the cold phase Heinrich 4.

Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé: Les Cottés

by Morgan Roussel

In: Bilan scientifique de la région Poitou-Charentes 2008, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (Ed.), Service Régional de l'Archéologie, 2009, p. 155-157.
Co-athored with Soressi M.

Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé: Les Cottés

by Morgan Roussel

In: Bilan scientifique de la région Poitou-Charentes 2009, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (Ed.), Service Régional de l'Archéologie, 2010, p.160-163.
Co-authored with Soressi M., Liard M., Rendu W., Pasquini A., Rigaud S., Royer A., Jeannet M., McPherron S., Talamo S. and Hublin J.-J.

Remote sensing for archaeology and heritage management – site discovery, interpretation and registration

by DAVE COWLEY

Published by Archaeolingua

Understanding the impact of factors such as past and present land use and the interests of archaeologists on what we... more Understanding the impact of factors such as past and present land use and the interests of archaeologists on what we know is vital to creating reliable knowledge that supports effective management. This paper explores these issues, drawing on examples from Scotland to identify the challenges of understanding particular landscapes and highlighting the importance of broadbrush characterisation in providing a framework for matching survey methodology to local contexts.

Von der Unterwelt ins Himmelreich. Neues von der ICE-Trasse Erfurt-Halle/Leipzig www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/fund_des_monats/2010/dezember

by Eric Müller

H. Jarecki/E. Müller, Alte Wege unter neuen Gleisen. In: Archäologie in Deutschland 4/2011, 54.

by Eric Müller

K. Lehmann/ E. Müller/ K. Richter, Neue Ausgrabungen in der Altstadt von Döbeln. Die Archäologischen Untersuchungen auf dem Nieder- und Obermarkt, im Bereich des Bürger- und Kulturhauses sowie um die Nicolaikirche zwischen 2005 und 2007.

by Eric Müller

„…Die Erde bewahrt die Leiber auf, die unterirdischen Kammern die Seelen". Der Erdstall und das slawische Gräberfeld von Niederwünsch (Saalekreis/Sachsen Anhalt). Der Erdstall 38/2012.

by Eric Müller

Bemerkungen zu einigen Buntmetallfunden aus dem ehemaligen Zisterzienserkloster Buch, Lkr. Döbeln, Sachsen. In: C. Theune/F. Biermann/R. Struwe/G. Jeute (Hg.), Zwischen Fjorden und Steppe. Festschr. Johan Callmer (Rahden/Westf. 2010), 509-514.

by Eric Müller

Follow the cut, follow the rhythm, follow the material

by Matt Edgeworth

2012 Norwegian Archaeological Review 45:1, 76-92

in the latest issue of Norwegian Archaeological Review, accompanied by comments from Åsa Berggren, Alfredo González-Ruibal, Tim Ingold, Gavin Lucas, Robin Skeates and Christopher Witmore, and a response by the author.

Archaeologists do not have to look to external theory to kick-start the interpretation of material remains. Greater... more Archaeologists do not have to look to external theory to kick-start the interpretation of material remains. Greater confidence can be placed in the meanings which emerge from our most basic encounters with archaeological evidence, which impart a direction and trajectory to research from the very outset– realigning applied ideas and giving impetus to new intellectual currents. Such emergent meanings already have intrinsic movement and vibrancy, deriving from a strong grounding in an unfolding material world opened up through excavation and direct contact with things. This paper explores the ways in which
archaeologists follow the rhythms and flows of cuts, artefacts and other material entities.

Chapple, R. M. 2011 'Review: Past Times, Changing Fortunes: Proceedings of a Public Seminar on Archaeological Discoveries on National Road Schemes, August 2010' Blogspot post

by Robert M Chapple

I ‘saggi preventivi', in: Suburbium II - Il suburbio di Roma dalla fine dell’età monarchica alla nascita del sistema delle ville (V-II secolo a.C.), Collection de l’École Française de Rome, 419 (a cura di Vincent Jolivet, Carlo Pavolini, Maria Antonietta Tomei, Rita Volpe), Roma 2009, pp. 93-104

by Francesco di Gennaro

Individuazione, formulazione e percezione comune di caratteri significativi degli insediamenti protostorici, in: Studi di Protostoria in onore di Renato Peroni, Firenze 2006, pp. 485-494

by Francesco di Gennaro

Le ricerche di topografia protostorica nel Lazio, in Il Bronzo Finale in Italia (Archeologia, Materiali e Problemi, 1), Manduria-Bari 1980, pp. 91-103

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with A. Cardarelli, A. Guidi and M. Pacciarelli

Contributo alla conoscenza del territorio etrusco meridionale alla fine dell'età del bronzo, in: Atti della XXI Riunione Scientifica dell'Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria (Firenze 1977), 1979, pp. 267-274

by Francesco di Gennaro

Rinvenimenti d'età pre- e protostorica a Grottaferrata e a Monte Cavo, in: Quaderni del centro di studio per l'archeologia etrusco-italica 1 (Archeologia Laziale I), 1978, pp. 84-86

by Francesco di Gennaro

Co-authored with M. Pacciarelli and A. Guidi

Aspetti delle ricerche sull'assetto territoriale dell'area mediotirrenica in età protostorica, in: Gedenkschrift fur Jürgen Driehaus (a cura di F.M. Andraschko e W.-R. Teegen), Mainz am Rhein 1990, pp. 203-224.

by Francesco di Gennaro

Aspetti delle ricerche sull'assetto territoriale dell'area mediotirrenica in età protostorica, in: Gedenkschrift fur Jürgen Driehaus (a cura di F.M. Andraschko e W.-R. Teegen), Mainz am Rhein 1990, pp. 203-224.

by Francesco di Gennaro

Problems of chronology and function in survey assemblages: the 1999 Hidden Landscape debate reviewed

by John Bintliff

Chapple, R. M. 2011 'Review: Of Troughs and Tuyères: The archaeology of the N5 Charlestown Bypass' Blogspot post

by Robert M Chapple