pebble culture

pebble culture

pebble culture
n. f. (Anglicisme) PREHIST Civilisation du galet aménagé, forme la plus élémentaire de l'industr. lithique.

pebble culture [pɛbœlkyltyʀ] n. m.
ÉTYM. Mil. XXe; mots angl. « culture (civilisation) des galets (pebble) ».
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♦ Anglic. Didact. Ensemble des niveaux de civilisation technique de la préhistoire correspondant à l'emploi de pièces lithiques sur galets comme les choppers. — Équivalent français : culture de galets (Denise de Sonneville-Bordes, l'Âge de la pierre, p. 44, qui emploie aussi pebble culture et pebble-tool [« outils de galet »] culture).
0 Les galets éclatés de la pebble culture répondent précisément à un stéréotype attesté par des millions d'objets. Leur confection suppose deux galets, l'un jouant le rôle de percuteur, l'autre recevant des chocs. Le choc est appliqué sur l'un des bords, perpendiculairement à la surface, et détache un éclat qui laisse sur le galet un tranchant vif; deux ou trois éclats successifs font un tranchant plus long et sinueux.
A. Leroi-Gourhan, le Geste et la Parole, t. I, p. 133.

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