Discoveries of quartzite artefacts on the highest terrace: Early or Middle Pleistocene occupation of the Rhône Valley?

Marie-Hélène Moncel (1) , Simon Puaud (1) , Ludovic Mocochain (2) , Evelyne Debard (3) , Bernard Gely (4)

1 HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique
2 iSTeP - Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris
3 Archéométrie et archéologie : Origine, Datation et Technologies des matériaux
4 SRA Rhône-Alpes - Service Régional de l'Archéologie Rhône-Alpes

We present the discovery of artefacts in quartzite found on the highest terrace of the Rhône Valley. This is the first time that such discoveries have been made on the right bank of the river.

Mots clés: Europe; France; Early Palaeolithic; quartzite; stone tools

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Archéologie et Préhistoire

Marie-Hélène Moncel, Simon Puaud, Ludovic Mocochain, Evelyne Debard, Bernard Gely. Discoveries of quartzite artefacts on the highest terrace: Early or Middle Pleistocene occupation of the Rhône Valley?. Antiquity, 2019, 93 (369), ⟨10.15184/aqy.2019.55⟩. ⟨hal-02992109⟩