Où sont passés les Mésolithiques côtiers bretons? Bilan 1985-1995 des prospections de surface dans le Finistère

Abstract

Since 10 years, the development of field-walking prospecting in the department àf Finistère gives more and more sites of the middle and late Mesolithic periods and the idea of « costal Mesolithic » is contested. The main sites, which are recognized through density and nature of artefacts seem to settle on a line situated at about 20 km from the present coast. The neighbourhood of materials concurrencing flint seems to be determinant in this localization. Those materials are excellent tracers of populations movements, either to the interior, or to the sea- side, and permit to draw migratory saisonal deplacements. During the late Mesolithic, using the ultramylonite of Mikaël, and the calcedoines of Le Clos, the ensemble of Mikaël-Le Clos is a good example of such a territory. It is precisely bounded and one can trace the echelonnement of flaking operations during the deplacements.

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