Variabilités techniques, évolutions et aires d’infuence des centres de productions laminaires au sein de la culturede Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain
| Title in English | Technical variability, evolutions and areas of influence of the blade production centers within the Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain culture |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Préhistoire de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest : mobilités, climats et identités culturelles |
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| Keywords | Early Neolithic; North of France; Belgium; Bartonian flint; Cinglais flint; Ghlin flint; Diffusion networks; Technical traditions |
| Description | This article presents a synthetic approach of the behaviors of the populations of the culture of Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain with regard to their lithic productions, made possible thanks to the in-depth studies made on the subject for many years. Within this vast culture, dated from 5000/4950 to 4700/4650 B.C., a unity in the global structure of the production is observable but differences have been highlighted between a technical tradition called "classical" in the Paris Basin and Hainaut, an oriental tradition centered on the Hesbaye and a western tradition in Normandy and Brittany. Three sources of good quality raw materials (Bartonian flint, Ghlin flint, Cinglais flint) have been selected preferentially for blade production and have been the subject of a long distance diffusion allowing to measure the impact of the different production centers, in an evolutionary perspective. In the Early stage of the BQY/VSG culture, the sites are concentrated in Hainaut and the middle part of the Seine basin, and the bartonian and Ghlin flints are subject to circulation along a north-south axis in the continuity of the final Linear Pottery Culture networks. At the middle stage, the diffusion networks develop strongly. The Bartonian flint is transported to the Caen plain and to Hesbaye, probably accompanying in this case the Ghlin flint. One of the important changes lies in the development of the production of large blades which refers to a greater specialization of the knappers, but also to an organization of production within a few villages. This diffusion is not due to an economic motivation but more to a will of identity display. It is at this moment that the Cinglais flint is the object of a diffusion towards the west on long distances, but here undoubtedly for economic reasons. The development of mining specifically on this flint, which is probably accompanied by a form of control of production, also constitutes a new phenomenon on the scale of this culture. During the recent stage, this flint now circulates also towards the east and the southeast in the exclusive form of blades and perhaps accompanies the diffusion of other identity-marker objects such as stone bracelets. The circulation of Ghlin flint marks a retreat towards the Paris Basin, illustrating a westward shift in economic and socio-cultural dynamics.urelles. |