Some basalt millstones from the protohistoric oppidum of la Ramasse (middle Hérault valley, central Languedoc ) were carefully analysed petrographically in order to determine their place of origin. Comparison of the microtexture of the stones with that of the basalts of the coastal area and the Hérault valley allowed to characterize the sites of production. Thus, the to-and-fro moving millstones are all hewn out of the same local basalt (Lacoste flow). On the contrary, the rotating millstones are imported. Against all expectations their material does not come from the Cap d'Agde but from the volcano of Saint Thibéry, where we may imagine the existence of a heretofore unsuspected local production centre. A global study of the spatial distri...
In Roman times, rotary querns and different types of millstones, driven either by horse-capstan or w...
International audienceThe ypresian Tertiary levels located in the centre of the Paris Basin present ...
Resuming the characterization of the mineral "dégraissant" added to the clay of the so-called "lonio...
Some basalt millstones from the protohistoric oppidum of la Ramasse (middle Hérault valley, central ...
Basalt querns from two famous protohistoric sites of southern France (Pech Maho, near Narbonne, and ...
Petrographic analysis was applied to 4th century BC millstones from the Protohistoric lagoonal harbo...
The micro-textural petrographie study of the sources of lithic material is applied to the analysis o...
The microtextural petrographiC analysis of protohistoric and gallo-roman millstones from Ambrussum s...
Micro-textural pétrographie analysis of the basalt millstones of La Cloche village, near Marseilles ...
The raw materials used by the Magdalenian groups in Le Rocher de la Caille site belong to the great ...
International audienceThe only alpine rocks found among the Neolithic polished tools of the French M...
The only alpine rocks found among the Neolithic polished tools of the French Mediterranean zone and ...
The authors have studied a corpus of 920 polished axes from public and private collections in the th...
The goal of this work is to understand the management of heavy stone tools, first from supply of the...
In Roman times, rotary querns and different types of millstones, driven either by horse-capstan or w...
International audienceThe ypresian Tertiary levels located in the centre of the Paris Basin present ...
Resuming the characterization of the mineral "dégraissant" added to the clay of the so-called "lonio...
Some basalt millstones from the protohistoric oppidum of la Ramasse (middle Hérault valley, central ...
Basalt querns from two famous protohistoric sites of southern France (Pech Maho, near Narbonne, and ...
Petrographic analysis was applied to 4th century BC millstones from the Protohistoric lagoonal harbo...
The micro-textural petrographie study of the sources of lithic material is applied to the analysis o...
The microtextural petrographiC analysis of protohistoric and gallo-roman millstones from Ambrussum s...
Micro-textural pétrographie analysis of the basalt millstones of La Cloche village, near Marseilles ...
The raw materials used by the Magdalenian groups in Le Rocher de la Caille site belong to the great ...
International audienceThe only alpine rocks found among the Neolithic polished tools of the French M...
The only alpine rocks found among the Neolithic polished tools of the French Mediterranean zone and ...
The authors have studied a corpus of 920 polished axes from public and private collections in the th...
The goal of this work is to understand the management of heavy stone tools, first from supply of the...
In Roman times, rotary querns and different types of millstones, driven either by horse-capstan or w...
International audienceThe ypresian Tertiary levels located in the centre of the Paris Basin present ...
Resuming the characterization of the mineral "dégraissant" added to the clay of the so-called "lonio...