l Preistoria Alpina v. 39 (2003) Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali Trento 2003 ISSN 0393-0157 La Combette (Bonnieux, Vaucluse, France): a Mousterian sequence in the Luberon mountain chain, between the plains of the Durance and Calavon rivers P IERRE-JEAN T EXIER, J EAN-PHILIP B RUGAL, E MMANUEL Dsscr.xux, C RISTINA L EMORINI, J OSE A NTONIO LOPEz S AEZ , ISABELLE THERY & Lucv WILSON. ABSTRACT - Integration ofdata from various fields of investigation shows that the La Combette rock shelter was, at least during the Middle Palaeolithic , situated on the southern margin of a more northerly settlement area. The shelter appears to have been used several times as a refuge by small groups of hunters venturing into the southern reaches of a larger territory, so that they could exploit the resources offered by a mid-altitude mountain environment. Key words: La Combette, Mousterian sequence, Durance and Calavon rivers. Parole chiave: La Combette, sequenza Musteriana, Durance e Calavon Pierre-Jean Texier - CNRS, UMR 6130-CEPAM, 250 rue Albert Einstein, F-05 650 Valbonne. E-mail:
[email protected] Jean-Philip Brugal- CNRS, UMR 6636 et GDR 1051-MMSH - BP 647, 5 rue du Chateau de I'Horloge, F 13094 Aix-en-Provence . E-mail:
[email protected] Emmanuel Desclaux - Laboratoire du Lazaret, 33bis Bd Franck Pilatte, F-06300 Nice. Cristina Lemorini - Museo delle Origini, Dip. di Scienze Storiche,Archeologiche, Antropologiche dell' Antichita, Univ. "La Sapienza" di Roma, P.leAldo Moro 5, 1-001 85 Roma. E-mail : musori @rmcisadu.let.uniromal.it Jose Antonio Lopez Saez - Laboratorio de Arqueobotanica, Departamento de Prehistoria, Instituto de Historia, CSIC, Duque de Medinaceli 6,E-28014 Madrid.