The First Mesolithic in the French Alps: New data from La Grande Rivoire rockshelter (Vercors range, Isere, France)

摘要

Discovered in 1986, La Grande Rivoire is a rockshelter located in the north of the prealpine mountain range of Vercors (Northern French Alps). It lies at 580 m asl, on the west side of the Furon valley, at the foot of a cliff. The 6-m stratigraphy reveals a continuous chronocultural sequence starting from the First Mesolithic to the Gallo-Roman period. The present communication aims at characterizing the earliest occupation of the site attributed to the First Mesolithic (ca. 8500-7000 cal. BC). The new multidisciplinary data are intended to contribute to the understanding of the regional chronocultural evolution.