S2-09EN_PDF_Olivier Bignon-Lau, Paule Coudret, Jean-Pierre Fagnart and Bénédicte Souffi — Preliminary data  concerning the spatial organisationof Mesolithic remains from locus 295of Saleux (Somme):  a faunal perspective

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S2-09EN_PDF_Olivier Bignon-Lau, Paule Coudret, Jean-Pierre Fagnart and Bénédicte Souffi — Preliminary data concerning the spatial organisationof Mesolithic remains from locus 295of Saleux (Somme): a faunal perspective

Locus 295 from Saleux is one the best documented and preserved of the site. A Boreal peat covered the vestiges of this Mesolithic camp shortly after it was abandoned. Preservation conditions of the archaeological level and organic remains are thus ideal for reconstructing the space occupied by Mesolithic groups during the Boreal around 8500 BP (7550 calBC). The study of the spatial distribution of lithic artefacts, as well as several refits, compared with zooarchaeological analyses shed light on the internal organisation of space and the nature of the activities carried out on the site. Taken as a whole, this information suggests a relatively short occupation by a small human group whose main objective was the hunting of wild boar.