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Jacques Pelegrin
in prep.).
It is unrealistic to imagine that the Pressignian method and technique,
which are so particular and precise down to their details, may have travelled
over hundreds of km by mouth to ear. Such distribution implies that some of
very far away from it, and were probably informed on their way about the
tance distribution obviously follows other mechanisms (Mallet 1992), this
evidence of travelling craftsmen may account for a direct transportation of a
portion of the production by the producers themselves (whether ordered or
not, and/or further controlled by other individuals).
Conclusion
At a methodological level, I would like to stress that the experimental refer
ences should not be considered complete. At different steps of the research,
it appeared that complementary tests had to be made when facing new types
of platform preparation or particular varieties of archaeological raw material
tic guesses based on allusive or preliminary knowledge can be uncertain to
the point of being later contradicted by further more reliable experiments
consisting of minute details of platform preparation and knapping tool ad
aptation.
quently associated with lever pressure, as can be seen in several cases such as
productions under study such as Spiennes in Belgium and northern Spain).
Moreover, it would compromise possibly interesting interpretations if punch
blades were not accorded the same value as pressure blades, whether prima
rily (in the workshop) or secondarily (during distribution or use). It may also
be possible in some cases that the detachment technique retains a chronolo
In this line, the recognition of techniques on archaeological material re
mains as much a delicate matter as an interesting one.
At an archaeological level, the few cases presented here allow for some brief
considerations.
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