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"With the long-awaited publication of these three volumes we have the first thorough documentation of one of the most important prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean, that of Franchthi Cave in the Argolid Peninsula of Greece." American Anthropologist
..". an exceptional contribution to the hitherto very inadequate knowledge of this period in Greece." Antiquity
..". the archaeological and paleoenvironmental data from Franchthi Cave are unique in providing a site-specific record of the cultural responses to great environmental changes." Quarterly Research
"Perles's study is impressive in the systematic application of a well-thought-out methodology." American Antiquity
This study of chipped/flaked stone tools found in the excavations at Franchthi Cave is the first of its kind in Greek archaeology, if not in the whole of southeastern European prehistory."
List of contents
Première partie: Présentation et modalités d'étude des industries lithiques
Présentation du cadre natural et archéologique
Les fondements de l'étude et la problématique
Méthodologie
Techniques d'étude: procedures classiques et particularités
Deuxième partie: Les industries paléolithiques
Introduction: quel Paléolithique?
Typologie et chronologie des industries paléolithiques de Franchthi
La phase lithique 0
La phase lithique I
La phase lithique II
La phase lithique III
La phase lithique IV
La phase lithique V
La phase lithique VI
Perspective du Paléolithique supérieur de Grèce: presentation et éléments de comparison
Troisième partie
Documents
About the author
Catherine Perlès is Emeritus Professor at the University of Nanterre and holds an honorary degree from Indiana University. She is author of several books, including
The Early Neolithic in Greece and
Ornaments and Other Ambiguous Artifacts from Franchthi: Volume 1, The Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic (IUP, 2018).
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