Gender, Mobility and Subsistence

International audience Scraping and abrasion are very ancient and universal techniques used on bone, antler and teeth, material on which we will focus here. These two techniques are performed for débitage sometimes and principally for shaping. While both techniques are employed within the same assem...

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Main Authors: Sidéra, Isabelle, Houmard, Claire
Other Authors: Ausonius-Institut de recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen âge, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)
Format: Book Part
Language:French
Published: HAL CCSD 2024
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Summary:International audience Scraping and abrasion are very ancient and universal techniques used on bone, antler and teeth, material on which we will focus here. These two techniques are performed for débitage sometimes and principally for shaping. While both techniques are employed within the same assemblage, their use varies in proportion according to chronology, culture and geography: in certain assem-blages, abrasion predominates, irrespective of the types of object being made. This is the case in the Neolithic, from the IXth millennium in the Near-East (Pre Pottery Neolithic B), to the IIIrd millennium in Western Europe, or in Maghreb from the VIth millennium BCE. In other assemblages, the technique of scraping is largely predominant. The Arctic context fully illustrates this. We questioned the reasons for these variations and the exclusivity, or near exclusivity, of one or other of these techniques in a specific context. In particular, we investigated the link between the technical and social spheres, including gender, through the division of labour. Indeed, when scraping and abrading are known and applied within the same assemblages, what drove the choice to use one technique or the other? In order to examine these questions, we explored data relating to different socio-economic and environmental contexts. Le raclage ou l’abrasion sont des techniques très anciennes et universelles mises en œuvre parfois pour débiter, mais surtout pour façonner les objets fabriqués dans les matières osseuses que nous examinerons ici. Si ces techniques sont toutes deux utilisées, leur emploi varie en fonction de gradients chronologiques et culturels, mais aussi géographiques. Dans certains assemblages, quels que soient les types d’objets, l’abrasion domine. C’est le cas au Néolithique, du IXe millénaire au Proche Orient (Pre Pottery Neolithic B) au IVe millénaire en Europe de l’Ouest et à partir de la fin du VIIe millénaire au Maghreb. Dans d’autres assemblages au contraire, le raclage est largement prédominant. Le contexte ...