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Introduction du volume : « La percussion lancée au Paléolithique : identification de son usage, types d’outils associés et étendue chronologique »

Cyril VIALLET, Laurence BOURGUIGNON, Cristina LEMORINI & Iluminada ORTEGA

fr Comptes Rendus Palevol 20 (10) - Pages 165-173

Published on 15 March 2021

This article is a part of the thematic issue The thrusting percussion during Palaeolithic: indentifying its use, related tools, timespan

Introduction of the volume: “The thrusting percussion during Palaeolithic: indentifying its use, related tools, chronological length”

The following article presents a summary of the research undertaken on percussion tools in the ­Palaeolithic. It reports on current work, presented during the XVIIIth Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques (UISPP) World Congress (Paris, 2018). Finally, possible research topics are proposed and the importance of this gesture record in human evolution is emphasized.


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