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Artifacts from Layers F1 - F4 |
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| 1-2, 5 – Levallois flakes; 3 – Convex transverse scraper;
4 – Core; 6-7 – Backed knives; 8 – convergent scraper; 9 – Biface. All from Level F4 except 4 (Level F2).
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Levallois production drops considerably in these levels
and is at its lowest for the entire sequence. Typologically, the F levels look somewhat like the J3a-c levels,
except for the bifaces in the former and the elevated numbers of
truncated-faceted pieces in the latter. Interestingly, there is a clear and steady increase in Upper
Paleolithic types (especially backed knives). This is especially significant given that Bordes considered the MTA-B
to be transitional to the Châtelperronian. A closer look at the
technology and good dates for these levels may be of some importance in
understanding the development of the Châtelperronian, as there are
virtually no sites published that have good sequences containing both MTA-A
and MTA-B -- the only other assemblages that Bordes characterized as being
MTA-B are from Le Moustier (Level H), the série
lustrée from Goderville, and Pech I (Couche 7). There does not seem to be a concomitant increase in blade
technology, but blade technologies are a well recognized aspect of
Mousterian variability throughout its duration , and temporal developments
of this technology and its relationship to the later Châtelperonnian
remain unclear.
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