[en] Discovered in 1969, the pre-historical site of the military camp of the plateau of Auvours revealed, near the ground surface, the presence of five sites. The 141 m2 searched area on site 1 show the remains of an epipalaeolithic camp installed on a pavement of sandstone blocks of periglacial origin. This remains revealed traces of organization including combustion zones and linear accumulations of blocks resulting of re-arrangement of the natural pavement. It seems that part of theses accumulations was used to consolidate the base of the walls made up of perishable materials. When the search was stopped in 1979, a kind of quadrangular shaped enclosure containing three combustion areas was partially excavated. A supplementary combustion zone, kept in reserve for later survey seemed to lie on the external border of this enclosure in a sector having a large proportion of ochre.The furniture made up exclusively of stone material, having approximately 327 000 cut witnesses of which 4 200 were altered, was mainly inside the enclosure and also outside in the sector with ochre. All the main layers of stone products are witnesses of a flint cutting activity as well as production and maintenance of tools located near the hearths.The armatures are mostly represented by points (points of the Blanchères and points with a very slanted truncation) and seem to have thin strips with natural apex described here as "armatures of Auvours". The stigmatas observed on their fractures might be testimonies of the use of bow.The configuration of the quadrangular area suggest for its protection a single covering comparable with the ones of Thuareg tent. Its North part centralizing miscellaneous material cutting and ochre processing activities constituted a very busy craftsman space which reveals occupations probably associated to hunting. This site, witness mostly of hunting activities, could therefore have been an important camp site for hunters. Its perfect homogeneity rather corresponds to a long and single occupation. Finally, having no reliable dating, it seems preferable in principle to put forward the hypothesis that this vast camp site, with an opening on each side, did not coincide with the cold phase of Dryass III.

[fr] Découverte en 1969, la station préhistorique du Camp militaire d'Auvours a révélé, en surface, la présence de cinq sites. La fouille de 141 m2 réalisée sur le site 1 a livré les restes d'un campement épipaléolithique installé sur un pavement de blocs gréseux d'origine périglaciaire. Ces restes ont révélé des traces d'organisation comportant des zones de combustion, des zones ocrées ainsi que des accumulations de blocs résultant de remaniements d'un pavement naturel. Le mobilier exclusivement lithique composé d'environ 327 000 silex débités dont 4 200 retouchés était essentiellement contenu dans la moitié nord du site laissant présager d'une prolongation de celui-ci vers le nord. Les principales nappes de mobilier lithique ont toutes témoigné du débitage du silex ainsi que de la fabrication et de l'entretien d'outils à proximité des foyers. Les armatures surtout représentées par des pointes (p. des Blanchères et p. à troncature très oblique) semblent aussi comporter des lamelles à apex naturel décrites ici comme " armatures d'Auvours à apex non aménagé ". Les stigmates observés sur leurs fractures pourraient témoigner de l'usage de l'arc.La zone d'installation préhistorique a révélé de multiples activités : aménagement de foyers, débitage du silex, préparation de l'ocre, grattage et tannage des peaux. Ce site, témoin pour l'essentiel d'activités cynégétiques, serait donc un important campement de chasseurs. Sa parfaite homogénéité correspond plutôt à une longue et unique occupation post-Azilienne.