LAND-USE AND SITE FUNCTION IN ACHEULEAN COMPLEXES OF THE SOMME VALLEY

Study of the various Acheulean occupations at Cagny has demonstrated t he existence of different specialized activities linked with specific geomorphological/locational contexts. These are the collection of raw materials from a chalk talus at La Garenne 2; flake knapping processes and biface manufacture at La Garenne 1; exploitation of large herbivo re carcasses beside a channel at L'Epinette; flaking activities and bi face manufacture spread out over a large area on the high position of La Ferme de l'Epinette. There was systematic use of territory or lands cape, with certain attractive sites leading to the enactment of the sa me activities in the same places periodically over a time span of seve ral tens of thousand years.