The gravettians of Pyrenees. From Weapons to societies
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description: This PhD offers a study of technical systems, subsistence-settlement strategies and symbolic practices in the Gravettian (34,000-25,000 years before present). The first part presents a technological study of the gravettian lithic projectile elements from caves of Brassempouy (Landes) and Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) located about forty kilometers from each other. The second part develops a regional approach of Gravettian in relation to the territory of the Pyrenees. The archaeological sites surveyed are located in France and Spain, between the Garonne and the Ebro. Their comparative study is based on bibliographical synthesis and technological analysis of the lithic industry from the sites of Tercis (Landes) and Mugarduia Sur (Navarra). The hypothesis of the existence of semi-sedentary occupation in the Gravettian is thus advanced. The third and final part broadens the comparisons to the whole French and European territory using the technical, artistic and symbolic fields. With the recognition of the particular value conferred on certain lithic points of the “grotte du Pape” of Brassempouy, this academic work provides new clues in favour of a unitary and European reading of the gravettian phenomenon already illustrated by female figurines.
identifier: NNT: 2009TOU20075
issued: 2026-05-09T16:22:10.783304
language: fr
modified: 2026-05-09T16:22:10.783309
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: armature-de-projectile
keyword: brassempouy
keyword: espagne
keyword: europe
keyword: female-figurine
keyword: france
keyword: gravettian
keyword: gravettien
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsdoctoralthesis
keyword: isturitz
keyword: lithic-projectile-element
keyword: lithic-technology
keyword: mugarduia-sur
keyword: pyrenees
keyword: semi-sedentarite
keyword: semi-sedentary-occupation
keyword: shsarcheohumanities-and-social-sciencesarchaeology-and-prehistory
keyword: spain
keyword: symbolism
keyword: symbolisme
keyword: technologie-lithique
keyword: tercis
keyword: theses
keyword: venus
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The gravettians of Pyrenees. From Weapons to societies
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