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deep stratigraphic sequence and described more than 40 archaeological layers from Lower to Upper Palaeo-

lithic. Between 2007 and 2010, a team from Russia and Belgium undertook new excavations at this site. This

work yielded abundant new data and makes it possible to put the Kulbulak sequence in the larger frame of

the Palaeolithic of Central Asia. Our results lead us to question the reality of the Lower Palaeolithic occupa-

tions at this site and to highlight instead an early blade industry. It also enables us to discuss the issue of the

“Denticulate Mousterian” of these regions and to tackle the classication of the Early Upper Palaeolithic

with carinated pieces.

✉ (1) Post-doctoral researcher FNRS, University of Liège.

(2) Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences (Siberian branch), Novosibirsk.

Harald Floss, Ewa Dutkiewicz, Jens Frick & Christian Hoyer

The Grottes de la Verpillière in Germolles and the Palaeolithic record of the Côte Chalonnaise

(Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy)

Southern Burgundy’s Palaeolithic record is rst and foremost known for the famous Upper Palaeolithic kill-

site of Solutré, which was excavated since the end of the 19th century. Based on these discoveries in Solutré

(and Germolles) important cultural subdivisions of the Upper Palaeolithic (e. g. Aurignacian, Solutrean)

were introduced. Nevertheless no general conspectus of Southern Burgundy’s (Mâconnais and Chalonnais)

Palaeolithic has been established, yet. In spite of a long history of research, there was a lack of detailed

contemporary analyses until the 1990s.

Southern Burgundy holds a diachronic and regional key position for its human occupations and stratigra-

phies from the Middle to the Upper Palaeolithic, and its geographical position at the periphery of several

space-time units. In this area, for instance, we observe the eastern limits of Châtelperronian and Solutrean

distribution ranges. An increasing number of Protoaurignacian sites in regions north of the Rhône valley

(e.g. Arcy-sur-Cure, Trou de la Mère Clochette) is recently discussed.

Well known since the middle of the 19th century the Grotte de la Verpillière I at Germolles has been exca-

vated repeatedly by archaeologists and non-professionals. Since the year 2006 a Tübingen work-group inves-

tigates this cave-site with the help of modern archaeological methods. With its rich Middle to Upper Pal-

aeolithic assemblages this site represents the major archive for this period in the Chalonnais. The 2006

discovery of a new cave-site, Grotte de la Verpillière II, located about 50 m south of the cave I, is among

the most important results of our investigations. This discovery allows us to study the regional occupation

history through this pristine archive and to correlate it with the cave I record.

Beside the recent eldwork at the Grottes de la Verpillière, a comprehensive revision of the research his-

tory and the old collections has been realised. Particular attention was paid to techno-typological aspects.

These results yielded important information about the remaining archaeological potential of the cave I,

formerly considered as totally exploited.

The recent excavations focus on the retrieval of remaining intact deposits. During the last years, several

isolated spots have been identied and excavated. They display several zones of unconnected stratigraphical

sequences. One of our aims consists in the physical and virtual correlation of these different units.

The cave-sites in Germolles provide important contribution to the question of the chrono-cultural timing

of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition. In a regional occupation model, they play a major role as

central base camps. In the future, we pursue the contextualisation of the Grottes de la Verpillière with sur-

rounding Côte Chalonnais sites, as Saint-Martin-sous-Montaigu, Fontaines, Saint-Vallerin and others. Fur-

thermore, a supra-regional comparison relating to lithic and organic industries, absolute datings, raw materi-

als and elements of personal decoration is intended.

References:

Digan, M., Rué, M. & Floss, H. (2008): Le Gravettien entre Saône et Loire : Bilan et apports récents. In:

J.-Ph. Rigaud (Dir.), Le Gravettien: Entités régionales d’une Paléoculture européenne, July 2004,

Table ronde, Les Eyzies, PALEO 20, p. 291-303.

Dutkiewicz, E. (2011): Die Grotte de La Verpillière I – 150 Jahre Forschungsgeschichte. Die Aufarbeitung

und Auswertung der Altgrabungen des paläolithischen Fundplatzes Germolles (Commune de Mel-

lecey, Saône-et-Loire, Frankreich), Magister thesis, Tübingen university.

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