Les restes humains badegouliens de la Grotte du Placard

Cannibalisme et guerre il y a 20,000 ans

By (author) Bruno Boulestin By (author) Dominique Henry-Gambier

Book cover: Les restes humains badegouliens de la Grotte du Placard

Extent: 150 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(October 2019)

ISBN: 9781789693690

8.07 x 11.42 inches

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This book presents a detailed study of the Badegoulian human remains from Placard, a major Upper Palaeolithic site in France. Despite the antiquity of the discovery, the remains still constitute a unique assemblage that contributes greatly to our knowledge of the behaviours of hunter-gatherer populations in European prehistory.

Connu depuis le milieu du 19e siecle, le site du Placard est un site majeur du Paleolithique superieur francais. Paradoxalement, en raison de l’anciennete des premieres fouilles, mal documentees, les dizaines de milliers de vestiges qui y ont ete decouverts sont pour la plupart inedits ou n’ont fait l’objet que d’etudes ponctuelles et souvent obsoletes. C’est le cas en particulier des restes humains, dont l’attribution culturelle etait par ailleurs jusqu’a recemment discutee. Leur datation montre qu’ils appartiennent a plusieurs epoques, mais la plus grande partie d’entre eux constitue un lot homogene qui se distingue par les traces d’un traitement specifique. Grace au radiocarbone et aux donnees provenant de nouvelles fouilles menees il y a une trentaine d’annees, ce lot peut etre date du Badegoulien.

Les auteurs livrent ici l’etude detaillee de ces restes humains badegouliens. A partir de l’analyse quantitative et de celle des modifications osseuses, ils decrivent et identifient les traitements des morts. L’un, general, renvoie a la pratique du cannibalisme, tandis que d’autres, particuliers a la tete, peuvent s’expliquer par la fabrication de trophees. Globalement, ces traitements peuvent etre interpretes de facon coherente par un ou plusieurs episodes de conflits armes, ce qui conduit a s’interroger sur la possible existence de la guerre au Paleolithique superieur. Ainsi, malgre l’anciennete de leur decouverte, les restes humains badegouliens du Placard forment un ensemble exceptionnel qui apporte une contribution importante a notre connaissance des comportements des populations de chasseurs-cueilleurs de la Prehistoire europeenne.

Avant-propos ;

INTRODUCTION ;

LES VESTIGES HUMAINS ET LEUR CONTEXTE ;

Le site du Placard ;

Les vestiges humains ;

L’ASSEMBLAGE BADEGOULIEN ;

Caractéristiques générales ;

Dénombrement, biologie, démographie ;

Analyse quantitative ;

Étude des modifications anthropiques ;

Étude anatomique ;

DISCUSSION ET INTERPRÉTATIONS ;

Résumé des faits : acquis et incertitudes ;

Interprétations antérieures et démarche interprétative ;

Identification des traitements ;

Interprétations des traitements ;

Contexte général : discussion ;

CONCLUSION ;

BIBLIOGRAPHIE

By (author) Bruno Boulestin
By (author) Dominique Henry-Gambier

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