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Congrès Préhistorique de France, Bordeaux-Les Eyzies 31 mai-5 juin 2010. Vol. 2, Paléolithique et Mésolithique, Paris : Société Préhistorique Française, p. 487-503., 2014

Les années 1980 correspondent aux dernières études de synthèse sur l'Épipaléolithique dans les La... more Les années 1980 correspondent aux dernières études de synthèse sur l'Épipaléolithique dans les Landes et les Pyrénées occidentales. Depuis, de nouveaux sites ont été découverts tandis que nos conceptions sur la transition entre Paléolithique et Mésolithique ont beaucoup évolué. A la lumière d’un réexamen des données et des séries lithiques, un nouvel aperçu des sites épipaléolithiques des Pyrénées occidentales est présenté ici et les attributions chronoculturelles de chaque ensemble sont discutées sur la base de données pluridisciplinaires. Parce que la chaîne pyrénéenne n'a pas constitué une frontière étanche, nous abordons aussi les sites des provinces espagnoles de Navarre et du Guipúzcoa. Nous tentons de définir des critères pertinents permettant de caractériser l’Azilien et les autres techno-complexes épipaléolithiques. Nous proposons pour finir une vision plus complexe et plus nuancée des industries épipaléolithiques étudiées.
The last summary reports about the Epipalaeolithic period in the Landes and the western Pyrénées were brought during the 1980s. Since then, new archaeological sites and analysis methods have changed our conceptions about the transition between Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages. After reconsidering data and lithic series, a new outline on epipalaeolithic sites on the south of Aquitaine is proposed here and we discuss the chronological and cultural attributions of each group, based on multidisciplinary data. Because the Pyrénées have never been an impenetrable barreer, the sites of Navarre and Guipuzcoa from the Spanish area are also considered. This summary is also the opportunity to define relevant criteria allowing the characterization of Epipalaeolithic techno-complexes.
The series of the cliff of the Pastou (Duruthy, Dufaure and Grand Pastou) are first studied through a multidisciplinary analysis considering bone industry, lithic technology and symbolic evidences. This study shows occupations during Azilian period and the very final Magdalenian one.
A new study of the lithic series from the Landes, collected on outdoor sites and considered from the Epipalaeolithic age, suggest a human occupation during the Azilian period and maybe the Laborian one. Techniques of knapping and tools composition (full of polymorphic backed points and short or unguiform scrapers, without any Magdalenian tool) bring the evidence of such an occupation, raising the question of the link between these settlements and the neighbouring area loaded with silica resources.
Lithic technology, bone industry and symbolic evidences in Bourrouilla in Arancou, Isturitz and Leherreko-ziloa today complete the data about the Arudy valley. They show the complexity of assemblages after the upper Magdalenian. Therefore, the absence of bone industry, the extreme rarity of symbolic evidences, the general implementation of blade productions with hammerstones and the presence of polymorph and “fusiforme” backed points conclude to a final Magdalenian occupation in Bourrouilla. The Azilian seems undeniable in a site like the Arudy valley (Espalungue) and maybe in Isturitz where it could be mixed with Laborian.
The Navarre and the Guipuzcoa are mentioned through the bibliography. These works bring essentially a typological approach of lithic and bone industry technologies, often completed with stratigraphic data. Despite the obvious existence of local features (scraper numerous than burin), the application of the analytical grid built on the northern mountainside shows that it is undeniable that Azilian settlements existed (Abauntz d, Berroberria 6B, Anton Koba VIII and Atabo), that Laborian presence needs to be confirmed (Berroberria D sup.). A similar industry as the one found in the layer A in Arancou does seem to exist in Berroberia D inf., Zatoya II and IIb excavated in 1997. The discussions are more difficult with the other sites, or because data are incomplete or because a certain amount of signs reminds of crossings between Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic occupations.
The results confirm that it is a stage in human history whose perception is confused by several elements: from data often incomplete (Old excavations, studies partly done, not well-preserved levels, …), to different ways of thinking, with a lack of stratigraphic sequences on the whole period, and technology, economics and/or local variation in human behaviours. It is nonetheless not impossible to propose a more complex and subtle vision of Epipalaeolithic technologies studied.

Congrès Préhistorique de France, Bordeaux-Les Eyzies 31 mai-5 juin 2010. Vol. 2, Paléolithique et Mésolithique, Paris : Société Préhistorique Française, p. 487-503., 2014

Les années 1980 correspondent aux dernières études de synthèse sur l'Épipaléolithique dans les La... more Les années 1980 correspondent aux dernières études de synthèse sur l'Épipaléolithique dans les Landes et les Pyrénées occidentales. Depuis, de nouveaux sites ont été découverts tandis que nos conceptions sur la transition entre Paléolithique et Mésolithique ont beaucoup évolué. A la lumière d’un réexamen des données et des séries lithiques, un nouvel aperçu des sites épipaléolithiques des Pyrénées occidentales est présenté ici et les attributions chronoculturelles de chaque ensemble sont discutées sur la base de données pluridisciplinaires. Parce que la chaîne pyrénéenne n'a pas constitué une frontière étanche, nous abordons aussi les sites des provinces espagnoles de Navarre et du Guipúzcoa. Nous tentons de définir des critères pertinents permettant de caractériser l’Azilien et les autres techno-complexes épipaléolithiques. Nous proposons pour finir une vision plus complexe et plus nuancée des industries épipaléolithiques étudiées.
The last summary reports about the Epipalaeolithic period in the Landes and the western Pyrénées were brought during the 1980s. Since then, new archaeological sites and analysis methods have changed our conceptions about the transition between Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages. After reconsidering data and lithic series, a new outline on epipalaeolithic sites on the south of Aquitaine is proposed here and we discuss the chronological and cultural attributions of each group, based on multidisciplinary data. Because the Pyrénées have never been an impenetrable barreer, the sites of Navarre and Guipuzcoa from the Spanish area are also considered. This summary is also the opportunity to define relevant criteria allowing the characterization of Epipalaeolithic techno-complexes.
The series of the cliff of the Pastou (Duruthy, Dufaure and Grand Pastou) are first studied through a multidisciplinary analysis considering bone industry, lithic technology and symbolic evidences. This study shows occupations during Azilian period and the very final Magdalenian one.
A new study of the lithic series from the Landes, collected on outdoor sites and considered from the Epipalaeolithic age, suggest a human occupation during the Azilian period and maybe the Laborian one. Techniques of knapping and tools composition (full of polymorphic backed points and short or unguiform scrapers, without any Magdalenian tool) bring the evidence of such an occupation, raising the question of the link between these settlements and the neighbouring area loaded with silica resources.
Lithic technology, bone industry and symbolic evidences in Bourrouilla in Arancou, Isturitz and Leherreko-ziloa today complete the data about the Arudy valley. They show the complexity of assemblages after the upper Magdalenian. Therefore, the absence of bone industry, the extreme rarity of symbolic evidences, the general implementation of blade productions with hammerstones and the presence of polymorph and “fusiforme” backed points conclude to a final Magdalenian occupation in Bourrouilla. The Azilian seems undeniable in a site like the Arudy valley (Espalungue) and maybe in Isturitz where it could be mixed with Laborian.
The Navarre and the Guipuzcoa are mentioned through the bibliography. These works bring essentially a typological approach of lithic and bone industry technologies, often completed with stratigraphic data. Despite the obvious existence of local features (scraper numerous than burin), the application of the analytical grid built on the northern mountainside shows that it is undeniable that Azilian settlements existed (Abauntz d, Berroberria 6B, Anton Koba VIII and Atabo), that Laborian presence needs to be confirmed (Berroberria D sup.). A similar industry as the one found in the layer A in Arancou does seem to exist in Berroberia D inf., Zatoya II and IIb excavated in 1997. The discussions are more difficult with the other sites, or because data are incomplete or because a certain amount of signs reminds of crossings between Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic occupations.
The results confirm that it is a stage in human history whose perception is confused by several elements: from data often incomplete (Old excavations, studies partly done, not well-preserved levels, …), to different ways of thinking, with a lack of stratigraphic sequences on the whole period, and technology, economics and/or local variation in human behaviours. It is nonetheless not impossible to propose a more complex and subtle vision of Epipalaeolithic technologies studied.