Lazaret Cave. Nice, Alpes-Maritimes. Deer, ibex, aurochs, and elephant hunters' camps on the Mediterranean coast between 190,000 and 120,000 years ago.
CNRS| N° d'inventaire | 23243 |
| Format | 16.5 x 23 |
| Détails | 118 p., 74 color figures, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782271135124 |
Deer, ibex, aurochs, and elephant hunters' camps on the Mediterranean coast between 190,000 and 120,000 years ago. In a cave overlooking the Mediterranean, in Nice, lie the miraculous archives of our very distant ancestors. Occupied at more or less regular intervals between 190,000 and 120,000 years ago, the Lazaret Cave is a historical treasure. Excavations, carried out tirelessly for over 50 years, have uncovered over 8 meters of stratigraphy, a colossal amount of information and clues that must be examined grain by grain. Thanks to this detective work, several generations of archaeologists have discovered forgotten fragments of the ordinary lives of prehistoric man. On one of the cleared areas, they unearthed the remains of a seasonal hunters' camp who, in the fall, came to butcher the remains of deer, elephants, and rhinoceroses, and smoke their meat with seagrass and grasses. But these are just a few of the details of an archaeological exploration that has unearthed tools, such as magnificent bifaces, as well as the fossil remains of 28 humans. This book, intended for a wide audience, provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the fundamental research undertaken tirelessly since 1961 on the Lazaret site. It gives everyone the keys to understanding the essentials of a major site in French prehistory.
Deer, ibex, aurochs, and elephant hunters' camps on the Mediterranean coast between 190,000 and 120,000 years ago. In a cave overlooking the Mediterranean, in Nice, lie the miraculous archives of our very distant ancestors. Occupied at more or less regular intervals between 190,000 and 120,000 years ago, the Lazaret Cave is a historical treasure. Excavations, carried out tirelessly for over 50 years, have uncovered over 8 meters of stratigraphy, a colossal amount of information and clues that must be examined grain by grain. Thanks to this detective work, several generations of archaeologists have discovered forgotten fragments of the ordinary lives of prehistoric man. On one of the cleared areas, they unearthed the remains of a seasonal hunters' camp who, in the fall, came to butcher the remains of deer, elephants, and rhinoceroses, and smoke their meat with seagrass and grasses. But these are just a few of the details of an archaeological exploration that has unearthed tools, such as magnificent bifaces, as well as the fossil remains of 28 humans. This book, intended for a wide audience, provides an up-to-date and accessible overview of the fundamental research undertaken tirelessly since 1961 on the Lazaret site. It gives everyone the keys to understanding the essentials of a major site in French prehistory.