Approche minéralogique de la poterie du Néolithique ancien de la Baume Fontbrégoua à Salernes (Var)

Abstract

For the first time, 113 neolithic potteries of the baume Fontbrégoua, from the Cardial and prechassean levels, have been studied by microscopic examination, and the results statistically processed and compared with samples of local clays. Groups of similar composition have been determined and their possible provenance studied. This study has shown important differences between the Cardial and the middle Neolithic concerning their supplying strategy. During the Cardial it seems that men had contacts with a large region, whereas during the middle Neolithic these contacts seem to have been reduced and limited to the Salernes area. At the technological level we can note differences as important as at the mineralogical level between these two periods, and the question arises of a possible radical change of population at this moment.

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