http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=184 Entrées d’index fr 0 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3445 Recent approaches on ancient artifacts collections and very recent discoveries enable a detailed discussion (repertory, typology, technology, radiocarbon dates etc.) on the relative rare evidence of portable art - decorated and so-called non utilitarian objects - in the Romanian Upper Paleolithic (Aurignacian and Eastern Gravettian, about 30-13 kyr BP). The artifacts were discovered in 10 open air and cave sites especially from Moldavia and Transylvania. Most of the pieces (15) are attributed to the Eastern Gravettian and 4 belong to the Aurignacian. The types identified are: spear points in bone and roe-deer antler; bâtons percés worked in wolf and horse long bones or in roe-deer antler; decorated horse metapod; lithic objects in quartzite and graphite as well as bone and antler pieces having linear engraved decoration or notches; decorated roe-deer antler harpoon; ivory mammoth tusk fragment; fossil mollusks of Congeria species. Some artifacts are of significant importance for the phenomenon of art and of prehistoric technology in these regions; in this point of view we have to mention the fragment of bone discovered in 1998 with the engraved image of an animal's foot from Piatra Neamt, Neamt County. Another exceptional artifact is the fragment of mammoth tusk from Lespezi, Bacau County, dated at around 18 kyr showing the debitage traces on the proximal part that prove the using of notching and grooving technique and probably of transverse sawing with fiber; this should be the oldest situation of use of such a technique solution in this part of Europe. Taking into account the extreme rarity of ivory artifacts in the Upper Paleolithic of Romania it is probably that the provenance of the objects can be found in the near territories of Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Ukraine, Republic of Moldavia, Russia) where the manufacture and use of such artifacts was common in that epoch. The study contributes essentially to the definition in actual terms of typology and technology of oldest portable art objects from Romania as material expression of first spiritual manifestations of hunter-gatherer communities and allowed to integrate the data of the phenomenon in the South-East and Central European context. Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:34:49 +0200 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:34:56 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3445 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3404 The paper propose an extensive approach (repertory, typology, technology, radiocarbon dates etc.) of 8 oldest pieces of adornment (pendants) dated to the Eastern Gravettian and Epigravettian from this part of Europe. The six objects attributed to the Eastern Gravettian are made in stone (3) and bone (3). The exhaustive systematic analysis of traces has allowed for the first time the restitution of "chaine opératoire" of manufacture of the bone pendant from Mitoc and the engraving sophisticated decoration of the bone pendant from Tibrinu. This last object is a unicum for this part of Europe. The two Epigravettian pendants (one simple in bone and other decorated in red-deer antler) were recuperated from the shelter Dubova - Cuina Turcului. The study contributes essentially to the definition in actual terms of typology and technology of oldest adornment from Romania as material expression of first spiritual manifestations of hunter-gatherer communities and allowed to integrate the data of the phenomenon in the European context. Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:57:40 +0200 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:57:49 +0200 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=3404 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=1826 In this paper we examine obsidian exploitation patterns by dividing the time between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Incipient Jomon periods into 10 distinct phases. This periodization is based on techno-morphological and raw material preference in the lithic assemblages from southern Kyushu, Japan. As a result, threemajor periods are configured as follows. Period 1 constitutes the beginning of obsidian use during phase 2 (approximately 30,000 BP) ; it is the time when all of the currently known obsidian sources in southern Kyushu start being used. During period 2, which corresponds with phase 5 (approximately 24,000-22,000 BP), we see the use of obsidian in northwestern Kyushu for the manufacture of Tanukidani and Imatoge-type knife shaped point. Finally, period 3 coincides with the micro blade industry, phase 8 (approximately 15,000 BP), and represents the peak of obsidian exploitation during the Upper Palaeolithic. Obsidian use predominates in almost all areas of southern Kyushu. With regard to the reasons behind these changes in obsidian use, it seems that they are related to lithic technology, behavioral patterns, and territorial boundaries of the groups that inhabited the area. Dans cet article nous examinons des modèles d’exploitation d’obsidienne en divisant la période comprise entre le Paléolithique supérieur et l’ère de la naissance de Jomon, en 10 phases distinctes. Cette périodisation est basée sur les préférences des matières premières et les techno-morphologies dans les ensembles lithiques de l’île de Kyushu, au Sud du Japon. En conséquence trois périodes importantes peuvent être distinguées comme suit. La période 1, correspond au début de l’utilisation de l’obsidienne durant la phase 2 (approximativement 30 000 B.P.) ; c’est le moment où l’homme préhistorique a commencé à utiliser toutes les sources d’obsidienne actuellement connues dans le Sud de l’île de Kyushu. Pendant la période 2, qui correspond à la phase 5 (approximativement 24 000 – 22 000 B.P.), nous constatons l’utilisation d’obsidienne provenant du Nord-Ouest de Kyushu pour la fabrication des couteaux du type de Tanukidai et d’Imagata taillés en pointe. Enfin, la période 3 qui correspond à l’industrie lithique à microlames, phase 8 (approximativement 15 000 B.P.), et qui représente l’apogée de l’exploitation de l’obsidienne au Paléolithique supérieur. Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:44:12 +0100 Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:44:18 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=1826 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=183 The results of petroarcheological research conducted by the authors based on materials sites of Ust-Menza I and II in the Western Transbaikalia are presented in the given work. A full analysis of these sites’ collections was made and proved that artifacts on jasper, chalcedony and flint (in total, 69%) dominate in the levels of Ust-Menza I site. Similar to the Ust-Menza I raw material data of flint, jasper and chalcedony also prevail (all together 59 %) among the Ust-Menza II artifacts. To find out the source of these high quality raw materials the data on the distribution of these rocks in the region were used. As a result, it was found out that the sources of raw materials were removed from the Ust-Menza sites at a minimum distance of 150 km. in a straight line. Thus, we believe that the absence of vitally necessary minerals and rocks in the significant part of the territory of Western Trans-Baikal region forced Paleolithic humans to move permanently in order to replenish stocks of these raw materials. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:09:06 +0100 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:09:15 +0100 http://popups.lib.uliege.be/3041-5527/index.php?id=183