TY - JOUR A1 - Vercoutère, C. A1 - Müller, K. A1 - Chiotti, L. A1 - Nespoulet, R. A1 - Staude, Andreas A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Reiche, I. T1 - Rectangular beads from the final gravettian level of the Abri Pataud: raw material identification and its archaeological implications N2 - The Final Gravettian level (level 2) of the abri Pataud (Dordogne, France) yielded a large assemblage of body ornaments that consists essentially of 85 quite standardized rectangular beads. Some uncertainty remained about the raw material in which these small beads were made: mammoth ivory, reindeer antler or bone? Non-invasive methods were employed in order to determine the raw material. First chemical analyses using microbeam Proton Induced X-ray Emission analysis (microPIXE) did not enable us to conclude definitively. Therefore, synchrotron and laboratory X-ray microtomography (microCT) were applied on eight beads and allowed us to identify ivory for all of them except for one, which shows slightly different morphological features. KW - Abri Pataud KW - Gravettien final KW - Ivoire de mammouth KW - MicroPIXE KW - MicroCT KW - Perles rectangulaires KW - Final Gravettian KW - Mammoth ivory KW - Rectangular beads PY - 2011 SN - 1960-1360 VL - 35 SP - 259 EP - 271 PB - Presses Univ. de Rennes CY - Rennes AN - OPUS4-26250 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -