Rock procurement and use during the Middle Neolithic: The macrolithic tools of Dambach-la-Ville (Alsace, France)

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Florent Jodry, Marion Delloul, Christophe Croutsch, P. Duringer, G. Fronteau
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A preventive archaeological excavation carried out in 2012 at Dambach-la-Ville (Bas-Rhin, France) uncovered a large Middle Neolithic settlement (Upper Rhine West Bischheim group) dating from the second half of the 5th millennium BCE. The site comprised a very large assemblage of well-dated macrolithic tools (more than 600). Grinding stones, including about roughouts, make up the bulk of the assemblage. Morphological analyses indicate that certain types of use-wear are linked directly to specific types of rock. The variety of rock types is unusual for this period. In fact, contrary to other assemblages from the same period mainly made up of Lower Triassic sandstone (Vosges sandstone; 43%), the tools fashioned on this settlement are mostly made from sedimentary rocks of the Permian and Lower Triassic (possible sources at 15 km), and more rarely from plutonic and metamorphic rocks (possible sources between 5 and 15 km). The use of rough textured rocks such as arkosic sandstone or microconglomerate largely dominating the assemblage. This one also includes a large group of hammerstones from different rock types (sedimentary, plutonic, volcanic and metamorphic). More than half are silicified micritic limestones, a rock that is extremely rare and can be unambiguously traced to a single outcrop about 15 kilometres from the site. This systematic interdisciplinary study of the tools and their petrography offers the opportunity to explore questions regarding provenance and procurement networks in Alsace around 4150 BCE.
新石器时代中期岩石的获取和使用:Dambach-la-Ville(法国阿尔萨斯)的宏观石器
2012年在Dambach-la-Ville(下莱茵,法国)进行的一项预防性考古发掘发现了一个大型新石器时代中期的定居点(上莱茵西比施海姆群),其历史可以追溯到公元前5千年的下半叶。该遗址包含了大量年代久远的石器(超过600件)。磨石,包括粗石,构成了这个组合的大部分。形态分析表明,某些类型的使用磨损与特定类型的岩石直接相关。岩石类型的多样性在这个时期是不寻常的。事实上,与同一时期的其他组合相反,主要由下三叠统砂岩(孚日砂岩;43%),在这个聚落上制作的工具主要是由二叠纪和下三叠统的沉积岩(可能的来源在15公里)制成的,很少来自深成岩和变质岩(可能的来源在5到15公里之间)。粗糙纹理的岩石,如黑砂岩或微砾岩,在组合中占主导地位。它还包括来自不同岩石类型(沉积岩、深岩体、火山岩和变质岩)的一大批锤状石。其中一半以上是硅化泥晶灰岩,这种岩石极为罕见,可以明确地追溯到距离遗址约15公里的单一露头。对这些工具及其岩石学的系统跨学科研究为探索公元前4150年左右阿尔萨斯的来源和采购网络提供了机会。
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