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Fusiform axes and geochemical analyses: two new avenues of research for the study of Neolithic axes in dolerite

Gallia Préhistoire, 2018
This paper reassesses polished spindle-shaped or long axes with round cross-sections, found between the end of the 19th century and the present time, following the discovery of axe fragments in a dated Middle Neolithic II context in Lower Normandy.
Antoine Chancerel, Jean Le Gall, Nicolas Le Maux, Charles-Tanguy Le Roux, Laure Dédouit   +4 more
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Interpreting transfers of rocks during the Mesolithic in the West of France

Journal of Lithic Studies, 2020
The crystalline geological substratum of the Armorican Massif, in the West of France, is devoid of flint nodules in primary position. As a result, during Prehistory, humans developed different strategies for making their toolkits, either by adapting ...
Gregor Marchand
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Haches fusiformes et analyses géochimiques : deux nouvelles pistes pour l’étude des haches néolithiques en dolérite

Gallia Préhistoire, 2018
This paper reassesses polished spindle-shaped or long axes with round cross-sections, found between the end of the 19th century and the present time, following the discovery of axe fragments in a dated Middle Neolithic II context in Lower Normandy.
Antoine Chancerel, Jean Le Gall, Nicolas Le Maux, Charles-Tanguy Le Roux, Laure Dédouit   +4 more
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Axe Production and Exchange in the Seine Valley (France)

Internet Archaeology, 2009
The particular aim of this article is to examine territories and the role of lithic raw material extraction and production sites in the Seine basin during the Neolithic.
François Giligny, Françoise Bostyn, Jérémie Couderc, Nicolas le Maux, Harold Lethrosne, Adrienne Lo Carmine , Cécile Riquier   +6 more
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Aux prémices de l’archéologie préventive du Massif armoricain : la Protohistoire ancienne sur le tracé de l’A84 Caen-Rennes

Archéopages, 2016
The construction of the A84 between Caen and Rennes was the occasion for a vast archaeological programme between 1995 and 1998. The numerous excavations, in particular those concerning the Early Protohistory, between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age ...
Stéphane Blanchet, Cyril Marcigny
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Pressure-temperature conditions and significance of Upper Devonian eclogite and amphibolite facies metamorphisms in southern French Massif central

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020
The southwestern French Massif central in western Rouergue displays an inverted metamorphic sequence with eclogite and amphibolite facies units forming the top of the nappe stack.
Benmammar Anissa, Berger Julien, Triantafyllou Antoine, Duchene Stéphanie, Bendaoud Abderrahmane, Baele Jean-Marc, Bruguier Olivier, Diot Hervé   +7 more
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A decade of seismicity in metropolitan France (2010–2019): the CEA/LDG methodologies and observations

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2021
We summarize ten years of the French seismicity recorded by the Geophysical and Detection Laboratory (LDG) of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) network from 2010 to 2019.
Duverger Clara, Mazet-Roux Gilles, Bollinger Laurent, Guilhem Trilla Aurélie, Vallage Amaury, Hernandez Bruno, Cansi Yves   +6 more
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Another Loire: The armorican Loire

, 2014
International audienceOver part of its course, the river Loire today presents an archetypal landscape. This is the royal river, with vineyards and châteaux listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000.
Carcaud, Nathalie, N., Davodeau, Hervé
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First report of an Ediacarian basement in the Western Alps: the Serre Chevalier crystalline unit (Briançonnais domain, France)

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2023
We report new LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon ages of varied crystalline rocks occurring in the Serre Chevalier crystalline terrain, an allochtonous basement unit located at the top of the Briançonnais nappes stack ∼5 km west of Briançon city.
Thiéblemont Denis, Jacob Jean-Baptiste, Lach Philippe, Guerrot Catherine, Leguérinel Mathieu   +4 more
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Kinematics, deformation partitioning and late Variscan magmatism in the Agly massif, Eastern Pyrenees, France

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin, 2020
In order to constrain the finite deformation pattern of the Variscan basement of the Agly massif, a detailed structural analysis over the whole Agly massif was performed.
Vanardois Jonas, Trap Pierre, Goncalves Philippe, Marquer Didier, Gremmel Josselin, Siron Guillaume, Baudin Thierry   +6 more
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