2016-12-23 05:16:00 • ID: 1554
A Pointe de Quinson from the Carrière Chaumette
The Carrière Chaumette is a "Quina oriental" ensemble in the Rhone Valley. By the way: similar items, including more typical Quinson Points, are known from the nearby Grand Champ site; see: 1455
First described by by H. de Lumley and B. Bottet (1960), the Quinson point is characterized by a triangular section, at least near the apex ("trihedral points").
Only one of the faces of is covered by retouches (Figure 1), while the other two are not retouched. These non-retouched faces (Figure 2) show a dihedral morphology, with the dihedron ridge along the symmetry axis (definition F. Bordes 1961, p. 43).
There are two types: triangular in shape, with more or less straight edges or leaf-shaped, the edges being convex. The example, shown in this post, displayes the triangular form.
Some of the most significant examples come from La Micoque, Terra Amata , Arago at Tautavel in France, Visogliano and Venosa-Loreto in Italy, Bilzingleben II, Schöningen and Neumark Nord in Germany, Kudaro I in Georgia, Evron and Tabun E in Israel, and even Zhoukoudianin China.
However they also occur in the Upper Pleistocene of Central Europe (Kulna in Moravia), Western Europe, especially in the Charentian Mousterian or typical Mousterian of Southern France: Fontmaure, Comte , La Crouzade, l'Hortus , as well as in Spain at Cueva Morin and El Castillo or in Italy in the Guattari cave
Most exceptional are about 150 color pictures about this special artifact, displayed really in high quality.
You get a lot for cheap money- so do not hesitate to buy it via the Museums Hompage!
Provenance: Collection P. Vabre / FR
Resources and images in full resolution:
- Image: 2020-02-13_741522511423773.jpg
- Image: 2021-11-25_quinson1.jpg
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