Resumen de Gravettian painting and associated activity at Le Moulin de Laguenay (Lissac-sur-Couze, Corrèze)
Nicolas Mélard, Romain Pigeaud, Jêrome Primault, Jöel Rodet
Presented here is the so far unique discovery and interpretation of an occupation area directly associated with Upper Palaeolithic cave paintings. The paintings, of red spots and hand stencils, overlook two hearths with selected flints. There were also fragments of stalactite, deduced by analysis and experiment to be waste products from the manufacture of beads. The authors deduce that the hearths and their assemblage complement the ritual nature of the paintings.
