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Controversial; Wood B. (Ed.). (2011). Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Human Evolution 2 Volume Set: Wiley-Blackwell; www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1018116108
mode2 ;fire ;projectile-arrow; Human skull fragments and faunal remains used as "retouchers."; bone tools; ochre
east slope of Mont Boron about 1km from La Lazaret
Archaeological evidence for shelters argued to be old. Shelter evidence is controversial? DeLumley says that the rock formations excavated are clear evidence for huts Paola Villa who did a thesis on the site says the rock formations were likely the result of 'floating' a post-depositional process where harder materials can move through softer sediments over time.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631068305001296
Reference to ochre comes from Semiotix Course 2006 Cognition and symbolism in human evolution:Robert Bednarik