Azilien

Azilien

Age : Upper Upper Paleolithic Absolutely : about 12,300-9,600 BC Chr.
expansion
Central Europe, especially in France
Leitforms
Back knives (also called back tips, or penknives ) as well as short scratches, burins and harpoons made of deer antler

The Azilien [ ˈaziːljɜ̃ ] (around 12,300 to 9,600 BC) describes an important culture of the European Upper Paleolithic and the Southern European Epipalaeolithic . The Azilien begins in the Late Glacial and ends with the beginning of the Holocene .

The term was coined by Édouard Piette in 1889 after excavations in the Mas d'Azil cave ( canton Le Mas-d'Azil , Ariège department , France). In the German-speaking world, the Azilien is usually referred to with the synonym " Penknife groups ".

Leading forms are the back knife (also called the back tip, or penknife ) as well as short scratches, burins and harpoons made from deer antlers . The Swiderien runs in parallel in the east.

Azilien was followed by the Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age with the Early Mesolithic (9600-7000/6500 BC) followed by the Late Mesolithic (around 7000 / 6500-5500 / 4500 BC).

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literature

• Claude Courad: L'Art Azilien. Origine - survivance. Paris 1985.
• Michael Baales : Between cold and warm. In: W. Menghin (Ed.): People Times Spaces. Archeology in Germany. Berlin 2002.

Web links

Commons : Azilien  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wiktionary: Azilien  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

1. ↑ M. barbaza: Les Civilizations postglaciaires. La vie dans la grande forêt tempérée , Histoire de la France préhistorique, La Maison des Roches, Paris 1999, 128 pp., 76 ills.