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Lafille’s notes describe hearth-like combustion features near the base of the sequence, and our work has confirmed their existence. What is especially interesting about the burning at Roc de Marsal is that it is present as very thin horizons. In 2006 we were able to show that the products of several burning events exist as discrete entities rather than as multiple, super-imposed and overlapping features (such as occurred at Pech IV and Kebara, for example). In the case of those near the front of the cave, there are relatively thick (2-4 cm) layers of ash which have become brecciated and therefore extremely well-preserved. Their discrete nature of these features opens the possibility of analyzing the spatial distribution of lithics and faunal remains in relation to them, which is something that is extremely rare in European Middle Paleolithic contexts. |
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