MOUSTERIAN FIRES FROM GROTTE-XVI (DORDOGNE, FRANCE)

Authors
RIGAUD JP SIMEK JF GE T
Citation
Jp. Rigaud et al., MOUSTERIAN FIRES FROM GROTTE-XVI (DORDOGNE, FRANCE), Antiquity, 69(266), 1995, pp. 902-912
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
0003598X
Volume
69
Issue
266
Year of publication
1995
Pages
902 - 912
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-598X(1995)69:266<902:MFFG(F>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A new study from the Dordogne decisively identifies and confirms the n se of fires in a Mousterian context; and She thick ashy deposit, ident ified as the remains of burnt lichen, clarifies the real nature of tho se distinctive deposits, known from other sites of the era.