A pedogenically-informed chronostratigraphic model elucidates the geochronology at the type site of the Bohunician technocomplex

Petřík, Jan; Adameková, Katarína; Škrdla, Petr

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107827

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“…Calibration and combination of 14 C dates was undertaken using the program OxCal v4.4 (Bronk Ramsey 2009) and the IntCal20 calibration curve (Reimer et al 2020). A chronostratigraphic Bayesian model with an outlier analysis (Supplement and ; adapted after Petřík et al 2022) was used to test whether 14 C dates from the grass-tempered pottery agree with the sedimentation sequence on the site. For this modeling, as input data were used 14 C dates of grass temper and lipids (Table 3), published 14 C dates from site’s stratigraphic sequence (Šolcová et al 2018) and data acquired from the age-depth model, which represent an expected age based on sample’s depth (Supplement , ; Petřík et al in prep.).…”

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Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming

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In the absence of wood, bone, and other organics, one possible candidate for determining the age of a site is the radiocarbon (14C) dating of pottery. In central Europe during the Early Neolithic, pottery was ubiquitous and contained substantial quantities of organic temper. However, attempts at the direct dating of organic inclusions raises a lot of methodological issues, especially when several sources of carbon contribute to the resulting radiocarbon age. Hence an alternative approach to dating of the early pottery is necessary. Here, we present a novel method of bulk separation of organic content from the grass-tempered pottery from Santovka (Slovakia). The procedure is based on the consecutive application of three inorganic acids, dissolving clay, silica content, and low molecular or mobile fractions to separate organic inclusions added to the pottery matrix during the formation of vessels. Radiocarbon dates obtained with this method are coherent and produce the shortest time span compared to other pretreatment methods presented in this study. The paired dates of grass-tempered pots with the 14C age of lipids extracted from the same pots point to a difference of 400–600 14C yr, however they are in line with the site’s chronostratigraphic Bayesian model. Grass-tempered pottery from Santovka (Slovakia) is dated to the first half of the 6th millennium cal BC, making it the earliest pottery north of the Danube. It seems feasible that ceramic containers from Santovka were produced by hunter-gatherers, and pottery predated the arrival of farming in the Carpathian region by a couple of centuries.

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Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming

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“…Phase I, corresponding to the IUP, with points and blades, potentially begins in the 50–60 ka range and is recognized in only a few sequences in Europe, including the Neronian and the slightly younger Bohunician and Kremenician, across discontinuous spaces from the Rhône valley to Ukraine [ 76 ]. The IUP sensu stricto , with points and micropoints and unipolar debitage as documented in the Ksar Akil sequence (XXV-XXI), is only documented in the Rhône area with the Neronian.…”

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The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

Slimak

2023

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The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion of modern humans into Neandertal territory and the relationships evoked between the Neronian and the Levantine Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) question the validity of concepts that define the first H. sapiens migrations and the very nature of the first Upper Paleolithic in western Eurasia. Direct comparative analyses between lithic technology from Grotte Mandrin and East Mediterranean archeological sequences, especially Ksar Akil, suggest that the three key phases of the earliest Levantine Upper Paleolithic have very precise technical and chronological counterparts in Western Europe, recognized from the Rhône Valley to Franco-Cantabria. These trans-Mediterranean technical connections suggest three distinct waves of H. sapiens expansion into Europe between 55–42 ka. These elements support an original thesis on the origin, structure, and evolution of the first moments of the Upper Paleolithic in Europe tracing parallel archaeological changes in the East Mediterranean region and Europe.

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A pedogenically-informed chronostratigraphic model elucidates the geochronology at the type site of the Bohunician technocomplex

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Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming

Radiocarbon Dating of Grass-Tempered Ceramic Reveals the Earliest Pottery From Slovakia Predates the Arrival of Farming

The three waves: Rethinking the structure of the first Upper Paleolithic in Western Eurasia

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