Conférence : les feuilles de laurier de volgu

Lecture by Jacques Pélegrin, Emeritus Research Director at the CNRS.

As soon as they were discovered in 1874 as an isolated buried package, the "Volgu points" were seen as extraordinary relics of prehistory, which saved them from being dispersed. Led by Jean-Paul Thevenot, recent research has finally confirmed that they were never used, and has shed light on the multiple origins of their flint and their manufacturing techniques. If, beyond their aesthetic appearance, these large Solutrean...