• 作者：Jean-Yves Crochet ; Jean-Loup Welcomme ; J&#xe9 ; rô ; me Ivorra ; Gilles Ruffet ; Nicolas Boulbes ; Ramon Capdevila ; Julien Claude ; Cyril Firmat ; Gr&#xe9 ; goire M&#xe9 ; tais ; Jacques Michaux ; Martin Pickfor
• 关键词：L&#xe9 ; zignan-la-C&#xe8 ; be ; H&#xe9 ; rault ; southern France ; Early Pleistocene ; Fauna ; Lithic artefacts
• 刊名：Comptes Rendus Palevol
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：December 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：8
• 期：8
• 页码：725-736
• 全文大小：736 K

A new vertebrate fauna associated with lithic artefacts from the Early Pleistocene of the Hérault Valley (southern France) dated around 1.57 Ma. Some lithic artefacts associated with an Early Pleistocene (Upper Villafranchian) vertebrate fossil assemblage have been found from a quarry exploited for basalt in the lower Hérault Valley (Languedoc, southern France) at the Lézignan-le-Cèbe locality. A preliminary patrimony expertise led us to identify about 20 vertebrate taxa, and the autumnal rainfalls revealed the presence of roughly 30 lithic artefacts of “pebble culture” type. A basalt layer dated at 1.57 My directly overlies the fossiliferous level, extends along the little hill (locus 2) yielding artefacts. These new promising data offer new perspectives to improve our understanding of Early Pleistocene ecosystems (and possibly ancient hominin occupation) of southern Europe.