Fabrication et utilisation de l'outillage en matieres osseuses du Neolithique de Chypre : Khirokitia et Cap Andreas-Kastros

The Khirokitian Culture (Late Aceramic Neolithic period; from the 7th millennium to the middle of the 6th millennium cal. BC), which forms the core of this study, can be considered as the result of a colonizing process which started in Cyprus at the end of the 9th millennium BC. This study of the bone industries of Khirokitia, in the south of the island, and of Cap Andreas-Kastros, at its eastern extremity yielded a total of 2451 artefacts. The data is analysed to determine the extent of external influence on the development of settled agricultural communities in what is a relatively isolated environment. French text.