New Research at Enval: A Middle Magdalenian Site in the Massif Central of France

Author(s): Lauren Christensen; Frédéric Surmely; Jay Franklin; Sandrine Costamagno; Maureen Hays

Year: 2019

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

We present new research at Enval, a Middle Magdalenian rock shelter site in the Massif Central of France. Lithic materials previously recovered indicate far ranging contacts in multiple directions. Artifacts from our 2018 excavations reflect intensive use of local raw materials, suggesting that use of allochthonous materials was not simply a response to insufficient local resources. We discovered new activity areas, confirming that the site’s extent is much larger than previously believed. We have recovered numerous faunal elements in anatomical position, most recently lion and wolf/dog remains. We are pursuing DNA analysis of the wolf/dog remains.

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New Research at Enval: A Middle Magdalenian Site in the Massif Central of France. Lauren Christensen, Frédéric Surmely, Jay Franklin, Sandrine Costamagno, Maureen Hays. Presented at The 84th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Albuquerque, NM. 2019 ( tDAR id: 450080)

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Keywords

General
Lithic Analysis • Material Culture and Technology • Paleolithic • Upper Paleolithic

Geographic Keywords
Europe: Western Europe

Spatial Coverage

min long: -13.711; min lat: 35.747 ; max long: 8.965; max lat: 59.086 ;

Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 25846