Florine MARCHAND

Title

L’industrie lithique de Tell ‘Arqa à l’âge du Bronze (Plaine du Akkar, Liban Nord)

Co-supervisor

Prof. L. COLONNA D’ISTRIA (ULiège)

Summary

Florine Marchand is currently conducting a PhD thesis entitled “L’industrie lithique de Tell ‘Arqa à l’âge du Bronze (Plaine du Akkar, Liban Nord)” under the supervision of L. Colonna d’Istria (ULiège, UR Mondes anciens) and V. Rots (ULiège, TraceoLab/UR Art, Archéologie, Patrimoine). Her research aims to understand the socio-economic status of the historical lithic industries by combining a techno-functional approach and knapping technique experimentations. To that end, she studies the Tell ‘Arqa flint assemblages, one of the only archaeological sites of the Levantine coast that shows a complete stratigraphy for the Bronze Age period with dwelling units (3100-1200 cal. B.C.). Several raw materials were identified showing a locally knapped industry as well as imported large blade products, attesting to both production and consumption habits. The evolution of tool typology is also defined for the first time for a complete Bronze Age sequence. Most of the analyzed tools were used hafted as sickle elements (no tribulum elements were identified), but some were surprisingly also used for common day-life activities. The presence of exogeneous large blades inside the collection led her to test pressure systems such as the lever and to explain the complexity of the pressure technique. The results obtained on the Tell ‘Arqa lithic industry show that stone tools need to be taken in consideration as an important aspect of the material culture of an historical site.

• Marchand F., Vosges J. & Abbès F., 2020 – Tell Arqa, Bronze Age macro-blade debitage with a lever: archaeological and experimental approaches. In: Manclossi F., Marchand F., Boutoille L. & Cousseran-Néré S. (eds.), Proceedings of the XVIII UISPP World Congress (Paris, 4-9 June 2018), Volume 6, Session XXXIV-6: 42-51
• Marchand F., 2018 – Use-wear analysis of Bronze Age lithics in Tell Arqa (Akkar Plain, North Lebanon). In:  Salisbury R.B., Höflmayer F. & Bürge T. (eds.), Proceedings of the 10^th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (Vienna, 25-29 April 2016), Vol.2: Reports. Harrassowitz Verlag: 369-376
• Marchand F., 2017 – Étude des grandes lames de Tell ‘Arqa (Plaine du Akkar, Liban Nord). ArchéOrient – Le Blog
• Marchand F., 2016 – L’industrie lithique de Tell ‘Arqa (Plaine du Akkar, Liban Nord). In: Stucky R.A. et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the 9^th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (University of Basel, 9-13 June 2014), Vol.3: Reports. Harrassowitz Verlag: 503-513