A New Look At the eNd of the MiddLe PALAeoLithic SequeNce iN SouthweSterN frANce

In the south west of France the majority of research concerning the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition tends to focus upon the Chatelperronian and Aurignacian at the expense of the end of the Middle Palaeolithic. This contribution attempts to rectify this shortcoming by demonstrating that the classic model of a direct MTA-Chatelperronian filiation is no longer valid as these two techno-complexes are in fact separated by two final Mousterian phases: a Discoid-Denticulate Mousterian followed by a Levallois Mousterian with large scrapers. key words Final Mousterian Discoid denticulates Levallois Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition (MTA) southwestern France 1 Jaubert, J., Bordes, J.-G., discamps, e., Gravina, B., 2011. A New Look at the end of the Middle Palaeolithic Sequence in Southwestern france. in : A. P. derevianko & M. V. Shunkov (eds.) « Characteristic Features of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic Transition in Eurasia », Asian Palaeolithic Association, Novosibirsk, pp. 102-115. Article published in the proceedings of the « International Symposium Characteristic features of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Eurasia: development of culture and evolution of Homo species » (Denisova, 4-10 juillet 2011). This PDF is a re-edited version of the original article, therefore page numbers may not correspond with the original paper version. ha ls hs -0 06 56 66 7, v er si on 1 28 F eb 2 01 2 Author manuscript, published in "Characteristic features of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in Eurasia, A. P. Derevianko & M. V. Shunkov (Ed.) (2011) 102-115"