Le Rec de la Redouna 2: a site testifying to the “Second Mesolithic” of the North-Eastern piedmont of the Pyrenees
The site of Le Rec de la Redouna 2 is located in the eastern part of the Corbieres limestone massif, a karst landform in the southernmost part of France. The open air site was discovered in 2015, during fieldwalking on a flat terrace of a natural rock spur at the confluence of two creeks. Lithic raw...
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The site of Le Rec de la Redouna 2 is located in the eastern part of the Corbieres limestone massif, a karst landform in the southernmost part of France. The open air site was discovered in 2015, during fieldwalking on a flat terrace of a natural rock spur at the confluence of two creeks. Lithic raw materials used at Le Rec de la Redouna 2 site were flints from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in the the Bages-Sigean basin, located 41 km as the crow flies to the north-east. The knappers used punch percussion techniques to obtain thin rectilinear bladelets that were found in significant numbers. Despite a limited number of diagnostic pieces, the lithic industry of Le Rec de le Redouna 2 can be culturally connected with the “Second Mesolithic” as defined in the Corbieres mountains and more widely in Southern France. This temporal and cultural classification is based on the presence of geometrical microliths with abrupt truncations, mainly trapezes, which are markers of that period in the north-eastern part of the foothills of the Pyrenees. The remainder of the lithic artifacts are ubiquitous and are comprised of small end-scrapers and Montbani-type retouched bladelets. The site of Le Rec de la Redouna 2 increases our knowledge regarding the characteristics of human settlement during this period of the Holocene. It makes it possible to highlight anthropic choices. Thus, its localization at the confluence of two permanent creeks, in a flat zone with soft ground, (well exposed to sunshine and protected from the prevailing winds), provides us with many parameters that make it possible enhance our understanding of the living conditions and motivations of Late Mesolithic hunters with regard to their strategies of spatial occupation. Currently, the presence of a Late Mesolithic period evidenced in the Eastern Pyrenees provides a very important information for further research into how late hunters were systematically organised when it came to identifying these open-air sites with such singular topographical locations. |
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openedition-oai:revues.org:pm_3239 https://doi.org/10.4000/pm.3239 urn:doi:10.4000/pm.3239 en https://journals.openedition.org/pm/3239 2021-10-06T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/j3ph https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Le Rec de la Redouna 2: a site testifying to the “Second Mesolithic” of the North-Eastern piedmont of the Pyrenees Préhistoires méditerranéennes Association pour la promotion de la préhistoire et de l'anthropologie méditerranéennes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2105-2565 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2118-8211 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pm Baills, Henry France Mesolithic geometric microliths eastern pyrenees Castelnovian Mésolithique microlithes géométriques Pyrénées-Orientales The site of Le Rec de la Redouna 2 is located in the eastern part of the Corbieres limestone massif, a karst landform in the southernmost part of France. The open air site was discovered in 2015, during fieldwalking on a flat terrace of a natural rock spur at the confluence of two creeks. Lithic raw materials used at Le Rec de la Redouna 2 site were flints from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in the the Bages-Sigean basin, located 41 km as the crow flies to the north-east. The knappers used punch percussion techniques to obtain thin rectilinear bladelets that were found in significant numbers. Despite a limited number of diagnostic pieces, the lithic industry of Le Rec de le Redouna 2 can be culturally connected with the “Second Mesolithic” as defined in the Corbieres mountains and more widely in Southern France. This temporal and cultural classification is based on the presence of geometrical microliths with abrupt truncations, mainly trapezes, which are markers of that period in the north-eastern part of the foothills of the Pyrenees. The remainder of the lithic artifacts are ubiquitous and are comprised of small end-scrapers and Montbani-type retouched bladelets. The site of Le Rec de la Redouna 2 increases our knowledge regarding the characteristics of human settlement during this period of the Holocene. It makes it possible to highlight anthropic choices. Thus, its localization at the confluence of two permanent creeks, in a flat zone with soft ground, (well exposed to sunshine and protected from the prevailing winds), provides us with many parameters that make it possible enhance our understanding of the living conditions and motivations of Late Mesolithic hunters with regard to their strategies of spatial occupation. Currently, the presence of a Late Mesolithic period evidenced in the Eastern Pyrenees provides a very important information for further research into how late hunters were systematically organised when it came to identifying these open-air sites with such singular topographical locations. Le gisement du Rec de la Redouna 2 se situe dans la partie orientale du massif calcaire des Corbières, formation karstique dans l’extrême sud de la France. Il a été découvert en 2015, lors de prospections de surface. Sa position, en plein air sur la terrasse plane d’un éperon naturel est à l’interfluve de deux ruisseaux. L’économie des matières premières du site du Rec de la Redouna 2 indique un approvisionnement en silex oligo-miocènes du bassin de Bages-Sigean, situé à 41 km à vol d’oiseau en direction du nord-est. La technique de débitage mise en place par les tailleurs correspond à la percussion avec chasse lame interposé. Elle permet d’obtenir des lamelles rectilignes de faible épaisseur que l’on retrouve en nombre dans la série. Malgré un effectif numériquement faible, l’industrie lithique du Rec de la Redouna est à rattacher culturellement au " second Mésolithique " tel qu’il s’exprime dans le massif des Corbières et plus généralement dans le Sud de la France. Ce diagnostic chrono-culturel s’appuie sur la présence de microlithes géométriques à troncatures abruptes, essentiellement des trapèzes, qui sont des marqueurs de ces moments dans la zone nord orientale du piémont pyrénéen. Le reste des artéfacts lithiques est assez banal, il montre des grattoirs de petite taille et des lamelles retouchées de type Montbani. Le gisement du Rec de la Redouna 2 enrichit notre documentation concernant les caractéristiques des implantations humaines à ce moment de l’Holocène. Il met en évidence les choix anthropiques. Ainsi sa localisation, à la confluence de deux ruisseaux aux cours pérennes, sur une zone plane, au sol meuble, jouissant d’une bonne exposition (ensoleillement et protection au vent dominant) sont autant de paramètres qui permettent d’approcher les conditions de vie et les motivations des derniers chasseurs mésolithiques dans leurs stratégies d’occupation spatiale. La présence avérée d’un Mésolithique terminal dans les Pyrénées-Orientales est une information importante pour que des recherches futures sur les derniers chasseurs s’organisent systématiquement autour du repérage de ces sites de plein air aux positions topographiques singulières. |