L´axe Rhin-Rhône au Paléolithique supérieur récent: l´exemple des molusques utilisés comme objets de parure

Abstract

[EN] The Rhine-Rhone Axis in the Late Upper Palaeolithic: the Exemple of Molluscs used as Ornament Objects. Many of these are to be found in the Late Glacial archaeological sites which are located on the Rhine-Rhone axis. In this paper we mainly analyse the ones made of mollusc shells which are nowadays found on the Mediterranean or Atlantic coasts. Their presence on territories which are very far from the sea ( hundreds of kilometers) make think of contact nets between the human groups of this period through a natural corridor which allowed the communication between Atlantic and Mediterranean Europe.