Identify the launched percussion use of lower palaeolithic tools: the case of shaped pieces in limestone and basalt

• Cyril Viallet ^[1] ; Laurence Bourguignon ^[2] ; Cyrielle Mathias ^[1] ; Pierre Magniez ^[3] ; Jérôme Ivorra ; Jean-Philip Brugal ^[3]
  1. [1] University of Perpignan

     University of Perpignan

     Arrondissement de Perpignan, Francia

     
  2. [2] Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives

     Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives

     Arrondissement de Metz-Ville, Francia

     
  3. [3] Aix-Marselle Université

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• Localización: Butlletí Arqueològic, ISSN 1695-5862, ISSN-e 2604-5818, Nº. 40, 2018 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Experimental archaeology : from research to society : Proceedings of the Vth International Congress of Experimental Archaeology), págs. 49-55
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In several Lower Palaeolithic sites of Southeastern France (i.e. Bois-de-Riquet, Terra Amata), Heavy-Duty-Tools bear use-wears on their cutting edges. The Techno-Morpho-Functional analysis of these pieces allows to propose a mode of action in launched percussion. This hypothesis was test with specific experimental baseline, dedicated to basalt and limestone. First results show a diagnostic of the launched percussive motion higher for limestone than basalt, for which further developments and experiments still need to be performed.