Contribution des mat??iaux lithiques dans la chronologie du N??lithique ancien et moyen en France et dans les r??ions limitrophes / Contribution of Li

Groupe th?matique II: Interpr?tation des donn?es

Actes de la X?me Session de L'EAA, Lyon Septembre 2004 / Acts of the Xth Session of the EAA Congress, Lyon September 2004

Seven papers from the session on Lithics and the Early and Middle Neolithic Chronology in France given at the EAA conference in Lyon in 2004. Work on lithic materials in the widest sense has developed considerably over the last two decades, leading to an almost complete renewal of methods and objectives. From the 1980s onwards there emerged methods which have become classic: investigation of raw materials, creation of reference collections (lithoth?ques), characterization of procurement modes, studies oftechnology and analyses of use-wear. Relative chronology, mainly established through study of decorated ceramics, is still an essential aspect of our discipline and new data have stimulated debate on the relations between various cultural groups defined on stylistic grounds. This volume aims to review the contribution of lithic studies in both France and neighbouring regions for establishing the cultural sequences of the early and middle Neolithic.