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Le Petit Cloup Barrat cave (Cabrerets, Lot, France) is located on the hill of Pech Merle, 800 metres from the famous Palaeolithic art cave. It opens onto the edge of a collapsed doline of 500 m2. Since 2003, the different excavations (by Castel and Chauvière, then by Castel) have revealed an important Upper Palaeolithic stratigraphy, with several archaeological assemblages. More than ten millennia have been recorded discontinuously in the various sedimentary complexes, with occupations dating from the end of the Gravettian to the Middle Magdalenian. Layer 4 of the deposit yielded an ‘ arciform object’ rough-out (so-called ‘ omega-like shape open ring’) made in antler. Until now, this morphotype was known only through the ten specimens discovered at the end of the 19th century in Le Placard cave (Vilhonneur Charente, France) and that of the so-called ‘ Cave à Endives’ archaeological collection (André David collection, Cabrerets, Lot). The direct dating of this rough-out using the AMS radiocarbon method (17720 ± 90 BP or 21770– 21122 cal. BP) was carried out in the Oxford laboratory. According to the chronological frameworks now available for south-western France, it seems to refer to the Badegoulian technical traditions. The implications of the absolute chronological positioning of this original object are important, first on the scale of Le Petit Cloup Barrat, but also for the Upper Palaeolithic ‘ arciform objects’. At Le Petit Cloup Barrat, Badegoulian occupations have been identified since 2003 inside the cave, following the discovery of lithic and osseous remains (respectively raclettes and antler flakes). They were discovered in layer c8a1. This layer has a remarkable sedimentary signature and was dated by the AMS radiocarbon method from a faunal remain (18595 ± 150 BP or 22876– 22101 cal. BP). The direct 14C dating of the open ring fills a gap in the radiometric chronology of the outer area of the main excavation sector, confirming the presence of the Badegoulian, already suspected through the recurrent demonstration of lithic “ markers” on the heart and bottom of layer 4. Moreover, the direct 14C dating of the ‘ omega-like shape open ring’ is consistent with another AMS date, in layer 4, from an antler flake produced by knapping (17800 ± 80 BP or 21838– 21292 cal. BP), technical waste characteristic of the Badegoulian. These two dates are older than one of a splinter fragment from the same layer, and produced by grooving (16,100 ± 70 BP or 19629– 19208 cal. BP). Taken together, they refer to the anteriority of the use of knapping in comparison to the groove and splinter technique, according to the general evolutionary model proposed elsewhere, without excluding, for the moment, the possible coexistence of other elements resulting from these two modes of blank production, at least on the scale of the sedimentary unit which contains them. The bone industry data are added here to other observations about typo-technological analysis of the lithic industry and radiometric data to confirm the diachrony in layer 4. The direct radiocarbon date of the ‘ omega-like shape open ring’ rough-out from Le Petit Cloup Barrat and its technical examination also provide a substantial complement to the study of this rare and original object. The results can be extended to the other ‘ arciform objects’, previously considered as Magdalenian, and constitute a first step towards their chronocultural re-contextualization. Firstly, if the attribution to the Badegoulian of the ‘ arciform object’ type were to be confirmed, it would increase a corpus constituted of elements which, for most of the currently available series, suffer from the disconnection between the production of blanks and the different typo-functional categories (eye needles, awls, chisels and projectile points). Secondly, the direct dating of the ‘ omega-like shape open ring’” rough-out from Le Petit Cloup Barrat encourages a critical re-reading of the typological assemblages yielded by Le Placard cave, according to the radiometric framework from the Badegoulian assemblages of this famous Palaeolithic site. As these assemblages served to seriate the Magdalenian periods, they need reassessment, using the AMS radiocarbon method, in addition to ‘ arciform objects’ with other morphotypes such as ‘ spiked single bevelled points’ and ‘ Lussac-Angles points’., La couche 4 du Petit Cloup Barrat (Cabrerets, Lot) a livré une probable ébauche d’objet arciforme (ou «anneau ouvert » ) en bois de cervidé. Ce morphotype n’était jusqu’à présent connu qu’au travers des dix exemplaires mis au jour dans la grotte du Placard (Vilhonneur, Charente) et de celui de la série dite de la «Cave à Endives » (collection André-David, Cabrerets, Lot). Sa datation directe par SMA (17720 ± 90 BP, soit 21770-21122 cal. BP), réalisée au laboratoire d’Oxford, semble renvoyer, selon les cadres chronologiques aujourd’hui disponibles pour le Sud-Ouest français, aux traditions techniques badegouliennes. Cette datation est par ailleurs cohérente avec la mesure d’âge obtenue au sein du même ensemble à partir d’un éclat de bois de renne débité par percussion lancée, déchet technique caractéristique de la méthode de production des supports au Badegoulien. Au-delà d’un nécessaire travail de critique archéostratigraphique de la couche 4 qui semble, d’après les données typotechnologiques et radiométriques, témoigner d’une diachronie insoupçonnée jusqu’ici (Magdalénien moyen, inférieur, Badegoulien et Solutréen), la datation directe de l’ébauche d’anneau ouvert du Petit Cloup Barrat et son examen technique apportent un complément important à l’étude de ce type d’objet. Ces résultats, étendus aux autres objets arciformes considérés jusqu’alors comme magdaléniens, constituent une première étape vers la re-contextualisation chronoculturelle d’un morphotype aussi rare qu’original., Chauvière François-Xavier, Castel Jean-Christophe, Ducasse Sylvain, Langlais Mathieu, Renard Caroline. L’attribution chronoculturelle des «objets arciformes» du Paléolithique supérieur. Apports de la datation directe de l’ébauche du Petit Cloup Barrat (Cabrerets, Lot, France) et discussion autour de l’hypothèse badegoulienne. In: Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, tome 114, n°4, 2017. pp. 619-635.

International audience; Le Petit Cloup Barrat cave (Cabrerets, Lot, France) is located on the hill of Pech Merle, 800 meters from the famous palaeolithic cave art. It is opened on the edge of a collapse doline of 500 m2. Since 2003, the different excavations (Castel and Chauvière's excavations, then Castel's excavations) have revealed an important Upper Palaeolithic stratigraphy, with several archeological assemblages. More than ten millennia have been recorded discontinuously in the various sedimentary complexes, with occupations dating from the end of the Gravettian to the Middle Magdalenian.The layer 4 of the deposit yielded an “arciform object” prefom (so-called "omega-like shape open ring”) made in antler. Until now, this morphotype was known only through the ten specimens discovered at the end of the 19th century in Le Placard cave (Vilhonneur Charente, France) and that of the so-called "Cave à Endives" archaeological collection (André David'collection, Cabrerets, Lot). The direct dating of this preform using AMS radiocarbon method (17,720 ± 90 BP or 21,770-21,122 cal BP) was carried out in the Oxford laboratory. According to the chronological frameworks now available for the French south-west, it seems to refer to the Badegoulian technical traditions. The implications of the absolute chronological positioning of this original object are important, first on the scale of the Petit Cloup Barrat and as well as the Upper Palaeolithic “arciform objects”.At Le Petit Cloup Barrat, Badegoulian occupations have been identified since 2003 inside the cave, following the discovery of lithic (raclettes) and osseous remains (antler flakes). They were discovered in the layer c8a1. This layer is constituted by a remarkable sedimentary signature and was dated by AMS radiocarbon method from a faunal remain (18,595 ± 150 BP or 22,876-22,101 cal BP). The direct 14C dating of the open ring prefers to fill a gap in the radiometric chronology of the outer area of the main excavation sector, confirming the presence of Badegoulian, already suspected through the recurrent demonstration of lithic "markers" on the heart and the bottom of the layer 4. Moreover, the direct 14C dating of the "omega-like shape open ring” is consistent with another AMS date, in layer 4, from an antler flake produced by knapping (17,800 ± 80 BP or 21,838-21,292 cal BP), a technical waste characteristic of the Badegoulian. These two dates are older than one of a splinter fragment from the same layer, and produced by grooving (16,100 ±70 BP or 19,629-19,208 cal BP). Both, they refer to the anteriority of the use of knapping in comparison to the groove and splinter technique, according to the general evolutionary model proposed elsewhere, without excluding, for the moment, the possible of coexistence of other elements resulting from these two modes of blank production, at least on the scale of the sedimentary unit which contains them. The bone industry data are added here to other observations about typo-technological analysis of lithic industry and radiometric data to confirm the diachrony in the layer 4.The direct radiocarbon date of the "omega-like shape open ring” preform from Le Petit Cloup Barrat and its technical examination also provide a substantial complement to the study of this rare and original object. The results can be extended to the other “arciform objects”, considered until then as Magdalenian, and constitute a first step towards their chrono-cultural re-contextualization. First, if the allocation to Badegoulian of the "arciform object" type would be to confirme, it would increase a corpus constituted by elements which, for most of the currently available series, are suffering from the disconnection between the blank production and the different typo-functional categories (eye needles, awls, chisels and projectile points). Then, the direct dating of "omega-like shape open ring” prefom of Le Petit Cloup Barrat encourages a critical re-reading of the typological assemblages yielded by Le Placard cave, according to the radiometric framework from the Badegoulian assemblages of this famous palaeolithic site. As these assemblages served to seriate the Magdalenian times, they need a reassessment, using AMS radiocarbon method, in addition to “arciform objects” with others morphotypes such as “spiked single bevelled points” and “Lussac-Angles points”.; La couche 4 du Petit Cloup Barrat (Cabrerets, Lot) a livré l’ébauche d’un objet arciforme (ou « anneau ouvert ») en bois de cervidé. Ce morphotype n’était jusqu’à présent connu qu’au travers des dix exemplaires mis au jour dans la grotte du Placard (Vilhonneur, Charente) et de celui de la série dite de la « Cave à Endives » (Collection André David, Cabrerets, Lot). Sa datation directe par SMA (17720 ± 90 BP, soit 21770-21122 cal. BP), réalisée au laboratoire d’Oxford, semble renvoyer, selon les cadres chronologiques aujourd’hui disponibles pour le sud-ouest français, aux traditions techniques badegouliennes. Cette datation est par ailleurs cohérente avec la mesure d’âge obtenue au sein du même ensemble à partir d’un éclat de bois de renne débité par percussion lancée, déchet technique caractéristique de la méthode de production des supports au Badegoulien. Au-delà d’un nécessaire travail de critique archéo-stratigraphique de la couche 4 qui semble, d’après les données typo-technologiques et radiométriques, témoigner d’une diachronie insoupçonnée jusqu’ici (Magdalénien moyen, inférieur, Badegoulien et Solutréen), la datation directe de l’ébauche d’anneau ouvert du Petit Cloup Barrat et son examen technique apportent un complément important à l’étude de ce type d’objet. Ces résultats, étendus aux autres objets arciformes considérés jusqu’alors comme magdaléniens, constituent une première étape vers la re-contextualisation chrono-culturelle d’un morphotype aussi rare qu’original.

The petroarchaeology of flint tries to define the origin of flints found in archaeological sites. In view of the recentmethodological advances (definition of the facies always more precise, dynamic vision of the route of the flint inher environment - “evolutionary chain” concept -, precise mapping of the siliceous mineral domains) it isnowadays possible to distinguish not only the formation place of the flint (primary outcrop) but also its retrievalplace (primary or secondary outrcrop).The exhaustive study of archaeological flint collections from the South of the Massif Central of France at varioustimes of the Upper Palaeolithic (recent and final Gravettian: Le Blot and Le Rond-de-Saint-Arcons; Badegoulian:Le Rond-du-Barry and La Roche-à-Tavernat; and Upper Magdalenian: Sainte-Anne II) have permitted thehighlighting of an unexpected diversity of material representative of a huge litho-espace (geographical spaceincluding all the regarded materials). In this respect, we developed a new figuration model of the origin of the rawmaterial discovered in the archaeological site, either in a sito-centred form (like a star), but like a network ofplaces, more in agreement with the ethnographic and geographic data. The presence of different types of flint inthe lithic industries correlated to their introducing pattern on site, allow to distinguish the choices made by theancient men versus the natural constraints they undergone, authorizing consequently the semantic inscription ofthe litho-espace in an attempt of reconstruction of the palaeo-social-space., La pétroarchéologie du silex s’attache à définir les origines des silex retrouvés dans les sites archéologiques. Auvu des avancées méthodologiques récentes (définition toujours plus précise des faciès, vision dynamique duparcours du silex dans son environnement - chaîne évolutive -, mise en place d’une cartographie précise desdomaines minéraux siliceux) il est aujourd’hui possible de préciser non seulement le lieu de formation du silex(gîte primaire) mais également son lieu de collecte (gîte primaire ou secondaire).L’étude exhaustive des silex de collections archéologiques du sud du Massif central à plusieurs moments-clés duPaléolithique supérieur (Gravettien récent et final : Le Blot et Le Rond-de-Saint-Arcons ; Badegoulien : Le Ronddu-Barry et La Roche-à-Tavernat ; et Magdalénien supérieur : Sainte-Anne II) a permis la mise en évidence d’unediversité insoupçonnée de matériaux représentatifs d’un vaste litho-espace (espace géographique comprenantl’ensemble des matériaux considérés). Nous proposons donc un modèle de représentation de l’origine et del’acquisition des matières premières retrouvées sur un site archéologique, non plus sous une forme sito-centrée(en étoile), mais sous la forme d’un réseau de lieux, plus en accord avec les données issues des observationsethnographiques et géographiques. La représentation des différents types de matériaux au sein des industrieslithiques, ainsi que leurs modes d’introduction sur le site, permettent de distinguer les choix opérés par leshommes et les contraintes naturelles subies, autorisant dès lors l’inscription sémantique du litho-espace dans unessai de reconstruction du paléo-espace social.

National audience; Pointes de projectile, têtes de harpon, préhampes, crochets de propulseur... Au Paléolithique récent, les armes en matières osseuses sont une part essentielle de l'équipement des chasseurs-collecteurs ouest-européens. Il est aujourd'hui possible de proposer, pour la seconde moitié du Paléolithique récent (de -23000 à -11000), une histoire continue de cette lignée technique. Évolution des procédés de fabrication, des modes d'emmanchement, des techniques de lancer : cette conférence propose un panorama des connaissances actuelles sur le sujet. Elle montre comment la technologie de l'armement osseux évolue vers une diversité et une complexité croissantes, qui culmine vers -16000 ; puis comment elle se spécialise ensuite dans la production d'un seul type d'objet, les pointes barbelées, accompagnant le changement de mode de vie qui marque alors les populations européennes.

International audience; A series of 36 radiocarbon AMS ages produced from separate bone fragments has prompted a new appraisal of the archaeological sequence of the Rond-du-Barry Cave (Polignac, Haute-Loire). A huge rock-fall of unknown age underlies Unit H, which which contains evidence of the oldest human occupation of the site consisting of a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage dated to between 40 and 33 kyr. The first Upper Palaeolithic occupation of the Cave occurred later. In Unit F, three Badegoulian occupation sectors can be identified that are dated to between 20 and 17.5 kyr. The uppermost units, E and D yielded Middle and Upper Magdalenian dates of between 15.4 and 12.4 kyr. Within Unit E, a tephra related layer (E6) is likely to belong to a distal southern lobe of an eruptive event that was centred in the Chaîne des Puys, 100km to the North. Unit D shows evidence of being re-worked at least during Mesolithic/Neolithic times, circa 6.5/4.9 kyr. The sum of this new evidence demonstrates the existence of a previouly unrecognised stratigraphic and spatial complexity within the Rond-du-barry archaeological deposits, which demands that new investigations be made in the cave.; Trente-six dates radiocarbone par spectrométrie de masse par accélérateur, réalisées sur des restes fauniques appartenant chaque fois à un seul individu, précisent le découpage chrono-culturel de l’archéo-séquence de la grotte du Rond-du-Barry (Polignac, Haute-Loire). Reposant sur un complexe effondré dont la base n’a jamais été atteinte, l’unité archéo-stratigraphique H contenait du Paléolithique moyen récent, daté entre 40 et 33 ka BP. Le Paléolithique supérieur est représenté par l’unité archéo-stratigraphique F –avec trois secteurs d’occupation rapportés au Badegoulien et datés entre 20 etb17,5 ka BP – et par les unités archéo-stratigraphiques E et D, dont le Magdalénien moyen et supérieur est daté entre 15,4 et 12,4 ka BP. Dans l’unité E, un téphra (E6) appartient au lobe distal d’un nuage éruptif issu de la Chaîne des Puys, à plus de 100 km au sud de son origine. L’unité archéo-stratigraphique D a subi des perturbations au Mésolithique/Néolithique ancien, entre 6,5 et 4,9 ka BP. Ces résultats révèlent une complexité stratigraphique et spatiale du remplissage que les fouilles anciennes ont ignorée et renforcent l’intérêt d’entreprendre de nouveaux travaux.

Technological analysis of paleolithic bone industries is a still relatively young discipline. Weapplied this method to the material from two sites: the Rond-du-Barry (Haute-Loire) whichdelivered a long sequence from ancient Badegoulian to upper Magdalenian ; and Rochereil(Dordogne) which delivered an assemblage attributed to upper Magdalenian.In a synchronic perspective, the technological analysis allowed to defi ne the modalitiesof exploitation of antler in these sites for every period, from ancient Badegoulien to upperMagdalenian, and then to replace them in the general context of these chrono-cultural groupssuch as they are known at the moment.In a diachronic perspective, we analyze, in their technological aspect, the changes thatoccurred in antlerworking between the Badegoulian and the Magdalenian, which are aboveall characterized by the abandonment of the debitage by direct percussion and the groove andsplinter technique. Finally we discuss the role and the status of these two sites in their localand regional context., L’analyse technologique des industries osseuses paléolithiques est une discipline encorerelativement jeune. Nous avons appliqué cette méthode d’analyse à deux assemblages : celuide la grotte du Rond-du-Barry (Haute-Loire) qui a livré une longue séquence allant duBadegoulien ancien au Magdalénien supérieur ; et celui de la grotte de Rochereil (Dordogne)qui a livré un ensemble attribué au Magdalénien supérieur.Dans une perspective synchronique, l’analyse technologique a permis de défi nir les modalitésd’exploitation des bois de cervidés dans ces gisements pour chaque période envisagée duBadegoulien ancien jusqu’au Magdalénien supérieur, pour les replacer dans le contexte généralde ces groupes chrono-culturels tels qu’ils sont connus à l’heure actuelle.Dans une perspective diachronique, nous analysons dans leur aspect technologique leschangements qui sont intervenus dans le travail des bois de cervidés entre le Badegoulien etle Magdalénien, changements qui se caractérisent avant tout par l’abandon du débitage parpercussion directe et le retour au débitage par double rainurage. Enfi n nous discutons du rôleet du statut qu’ont pu détenir ces deux gisements dans leur contexte local et régional.

The authors present the results of a systematic prospection on a higher Paleolithic workshop, situated in the slope basin of the middle Creuse. Its industry is to compare with this of numerous sites in Touraine area actually known and in the Paris basin. Its chronological attribution is probably late magdalenian., Les auteurs présentent les résultats d'une prospection systématique sur un atelier de taille du Paléolithique supérieur, situé dans le bassin versant de la Creuse moyenne. Son industrie est à rapprocher de celle des nombreux sites tourangeaux actuellement connus ainsi que des sites du Bassin parisien. Son attribution chronologique ne peut être définitivement tranchée bien qu'une attribution au Magdalénien évolué soit la plus probable., Foucher Pascal, San Juan Cristina, Chambord Emmanuel. Le site de Verlet (La Roche-Posay, Vienne) et les ateliers du Paléolithique supérieur de la rive gauche de la Creuse. In: Paléo, n°8,1996. pp. 299-321.

National audience; The re-examination of the rock sculptures in Reverdit shelter showed the presence of two successive graphic compositions (Bourdier, 2008). This raised the question of the chronology of the human occupation, for which only one phase had been identified. In order to test this single-phase model, the archaeological material was analyzed and six 14C dates were carried out. Reverdit (fig. 1) was discovered in 1878 ; the early excavations are poorly documented. In 1911-1914, Delage (1935) excavated two trenches before the shelter and found two " Magdalénien III " layers (fig. 2). In 1985-1987, excavations by Robin and Roussot in the south of the shelter yielded 3 layers with " Magdalénien II-III ". The low-relief parietal composition includes an herbivore (horse ?), a horse and 2 bison (fig. 3). The carving technique is close to that of Cap-Blanc, and the hypertrophic square hump of the bison (fig. 4) is found on other rock art sites of the Middle Magdalenian (MM). One horse was probably sculpted on an earlier bison sculpture (fig. 5). Engraved rocks, probably collapsed from the wall, were found at Reverdit ; one of them shows a bison very similar to those of Roc-aux-Sorciers (fig. 6). Thus the Reverdit cave art seems to date to the MM, but its position relative to the occupation layers is uncertain ; it might be related to the uppermost levels. Among the 3387 flint artifacts of the Delage collection (tab. 1), burins and endscrapers, usually made on blades, are the dominant tools. The blades are knapped by organic soft hammer percussion, sometimes with a spur preparation. The specific tools of the Upper Magdalenian (UM) are not documented, but there are 39 ogival endscrapers, usually dated to the MM. Curved bladelets with a marginal side retouch (fig. 7b) were made on flake cores which, when exhausted, appear as carinated burins and endscrapers (fig. 8). This specific bladelet production is known in sites dated to the Lower Magdalenian (LM), but also bears resemblance with Badegoulian products (" Bertonne " cores). Some 90% of the armatures are simple, straight retouched bladelets (fig. 9) dating to the MM or the UM. Ten scalene bladelets attest to a MM presence and one shouldered point is likely UM. Among the osseous industry of the Delage collection (table 2), the 146 bone artifacts include mostly eyed needles and their blanks and manufacturing waste. Among the 340 antler artifacts, manufacturing waste show the different stages of blank production by groove-and-splinter technique ; knapping (debitage by percussion) is attested but marginal. Antler tools (fig. 10-11) include three perforated batons, 14 blunt tools, 9 wedges and one large eyed needle. Most of the collection is made of projectile points (fig. 11) with a simple, massive base (except one selfbarbed point). The tool and point types specific of the MM and the UM are absent. Decorated objects are few (fig. 12) and the personal ornaments described by Delage have been lost. An attribution to the LM is suggested for most of the osseous material, although some artifacts hint at the Badegoulian and two decorated objects have parallels in the MM. Six 14C dates on antler artifacts (table 3) attest an occupation phase ca. 21-20 kyr cal. BP and older occurrences of human presence ca 21.1-23.5 kyr cal. BP. These dates fit into the chronology of the LM and the Badegoulian. This study yielded evidence of several chronocultural entities. Rock art, decorated objects and part of the flint tools attest an occupation during the MM, probably related to the upper, early excavated levels. The osseous industry, another part of the lithic artifacts and the 14C dates highlight a significant previous occupation phase during the LM and/or the Badegoulian.; Nous présentons ici une confrontation des résultats issus des récentes études menées sur le mobilier et l'art pariétal de l'abri Reverdit. L'ensemble des graphismes pariétaux (frise et blocs ornés), de l'industrie lithique et osseuse, de l'art mobilier et des parures a été examiné dans le but de préciser pour chacun les attributions chronoculturelles. L'analyse des graphismes pariétaux et mobiliers confirme l'attribution classique selon laquelle l'abri a vraisemblablement été orné au Magdalénien moyen ; pour autant, celle du mobilier lithique et osseux ainsi que les premières datations radiocarbone révèlent que le site a probablement été fréquenté dès l'époque badegoulienne et peut-être jusqu'au Magdalénien supérieur.

International audience; Der Fundort Le Petit Cloup Barrat öffnet sich zum Rande einer kleinen Doline hin, in 800 m Entfernung vom Eingang der berühmten Bilderhöhle von Pech Merle. Bei den seit 2003 laufenden Ausgrabungen wurden zahlreiche lithische und organische Siedlungsreste zu Tage gefördert, die dem mittleren und frühen Magdalénien, dem Badegoulien und dem Solutréen zugeordnet werden können. Die ältesten Schichten der Stratigraphie sind noch zu ergraben.; The site of Le Petit Cloup Barrat opens on the edge of a small doline, 800 meters from the entrance of the famous decorated cave, Pech Merle. Though partially excavated at the beginning of the 20th century, this site has never been published. A test pit was opened in 2003, followed by excavations since 2004. The stratigraphic sequence, the base of which is still unknown, has yielded abundant lithic and organic remains attributed to the Middle and Lower Magdalenian, Badegoulian and Solutrean. In the upper ensemble attributed to the Magdalenian, numerous flint blade tools (end scrapers, burins, borers and retouched blades) coexist with backed bladelets. The Badegoulian is identified based on flake tools, including raclettes and transverse burins. An original industry, characterized by the production of twisted bladelets backed on the right side made from carinate cores, can be attributed to a Lower Magdalenian distinct from the Badegoulian. Finally, the Solutrean, still little excavated, is characterised by fragmented shouldered points and one fragment of a willow leaf point. The organic industry includes eyed needles, retouchers on medium-sized ungulate diaphyses and antler projectile points. The body ornaments consist of grooved and/or pierced shells, especially Dentalium, and herbivore incisors (reindeer, ibex). A few fossils, some with distant origins, were also recovered. Archaeozoological analysis shows a strong presence of reindeer, while horse is also present in various levels. The osseous material preserved in the cave will allow precise analyses of the seasons of occupation, hunting strategies, and alimentary and technical priorities.

International audience; Der Fundort Le Petit Cloup Barrat öffnet sich zum Rande einer kleinen Doline hin, in 800 m Entfernung vom Eingang der berühmten Bilderhöhle von Pech Merle. Bei den seit 2003 laufenden Ausgrabungen wurden zahlreiche lithische und organische Siedlungsreste zu Tage gefördert, die dem mittleren und frühen Magdalénien, dem Badegoulien und dem Solutréen zugeordnet werden können. Die ältesten Schichten der Stratigraphie sind noch zu ergraben.; The site of Le Petit Cloup Barrat opens on the edge of a small doline, 800 meters from the entrance of the famous decorated cave, Pech Merle. Though partially excavated at the beginning of the 20th century, this site has never been published. A test pit was opened in 2003, followed by excavations since 2004. The stratigraphic sequence, the base of which is still unknown, has yielded abundant lithic and organic remains attributed to the Middle and Lower Magdalenian, Badegoulian and Solutrean. In the upper ensemble attributed to the Magdalenian, numerous flint blade tools (end scrapers, burins, borers and retouched blades) coexist with backed bladelets. The Badegoulian is identified based on flake tools, including raclettes and transverse burins. An original industry, characterized by the production of twisted bladelets backed on the right side made from carinate cores, can be attributed to a Lower Magdalenian distinct from the Badegoulian. Finally, the Solutrean, still little excavated, is characterised by fragmented shouldered points and one fragment of a willow leaf point. The organic industry includes eyed needles, retouchers on medium-sized ungulate diaphyses and antler projectile points. The body ornaments consist of grooved and/or pierced shells, especially Dentalium, and herbivore incisors (reindeer, ibex). A few fossils, some with distant origins, were also recovered. Archaeozoological analysis shows a strong presence of reindeer, while horse is also present in various levels. The osseous material preserved in the cave will allow precise analyses of the seasons of occupation, hunting strategies, and alimentary and technical priorities.

The authors present the results of an excavation of rescue an Upper Palaeolithic flint workshop, situated on the slope basin of the middle Creuse. Its material is compared to those of many Touraine sites, presently known, and of the Paris basin sites. The chronological attribution of these sites is difficult because of the lack of bone industry. The present and different hypothesis (Badegoulian, Early Magdalenian, Late Magdalenian) are studied., Les auteurs présentent les résultats d'une fouille de sauvetage sur un atelier de taille du Paléolithique supérieur, situé dans le bassin versant de la Creuse moyenne. Son industrie est comparée à celles des nombreux sites tourangeaux actuellement connus ainsi qu'aux sites du Bassin parisien. L'attribution chronologique de ces gisements pose problème étant donnée l'absence de toute industrie osseuse qui n'a pas été conservée. Les différentes hypothèses actuelles (Badegoulien, Magdalénien ancien, Magdalénien évolué) sont discutées., Foucher Pascal, San Juan Cristina. L'atelier de taille paléolithique des Marineaux (Leigné-les-Bois, Vienne) et le problème d'attribution chronologique des sites de plein air du Bassin de la Creuse. In: Paléo, n°6,1994. pp. 175-196.

This article presents the rescue excavation of a Magdalenian workshop in the Grand-Pressigny area and places it within the Magdalenian context of the region. The former attribution of certain open-air sites to the Badegoulian is discussed and their allocation to a more advanced Magdalenian is proposed., Les auteurs présentent les résultats d'une fouille de sauvetage sur un atelier de taille magdalénien, situé dans la région du Grand-Pressigny. Ce gisement est replacé dans le contexte magdalénien régional. L'attribution ancienne de certains sites de plein-air au badegoulien est discutée. Une datation plus récente (Magdalénien évolué) est proposée., Foucher Pascal, San Juan Cristina. Les Genêts (Leigné-les-Bois, Vienne), atelier de taille magdalénien dans son contexte régional. / Les Genêts (Leigné-les-Bois, Vienne) a magdalenian workshop in its regional context. In: Revue archéologique du Centre de la France, tome 30, 1991. pp. 7-29.