Between Atlantic and Mediterranean: Changes in technology during the Late Glacial in Western Europe and the climate hypothesis

Naudinot, Nicolas; Tomasso, Antonin; Messager, Erwann; Finsinger, Walter; Ruffaldi, Pascale; Langlais, Mathieu

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.01.056

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“…The distribution of assemblages described as Aurignacian and Gravettian, for example, extends across the entire continent from Iberia to Russia (Teyssandier 2006;Noiret 2013;Dinnis et al 2019). The situation is rather different for the late Upper Palaeolithic, with Epigravettian assemblages described in the east and south of Europe, and Badegoulian and Magdalenian assemblages in the west (Maier 2015;Naudinot et al 2017).…”

Section: Contemporary Cultural Taxonomiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Langlais et al 2016). For the post-Magdalenian Final Palaeolithic, often studied in connection with the Mesolithic, a multiplicity of taxonomic units is in use, including final Epigravettian, the Federmessergruppen, Azilian and Swiderian (Naudinot et al 2017;Sauer & Riede 2019).…”

Section: Contemporary Cultural Taxonomiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, any operationalisations or interpretations relying on such units should be viewed with due caution. The distinction, for example, between Epigravettian assemblages in Eastern/Central Europe and Badegoulian/Magdalenian assemblages in Western/Central Europe is, in fact, highly questionable (Maier 2015: 236-37;Naudinot et al 2017). Furthermore, as suggested by the term 'Epigravettian', there is typically held to be far more similarity between Gravettian and Epigravettian assemblages than between Aurignacian and Gravettian assemblages.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The situation is rather different for the late Upper Palaeolithic, with Epigravettian assemblages described in the east and south of Europe, and Badegoulian and Magdalenian assemblages in the west (Maier 2015; Naudinot et al . 2017).…”

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House of cards: cultural taxonomy and the study of the European Upper Palaeolithic

Reynolds

Riede

2019

Antiquity

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Section: Contemporary Cultural Taxonomiesmentioning

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Section: The Shortcomings Of the Current Systemmentioning

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House of cards: cultural taxonomy and the study of the European Upper Palaeolithic

Reynolds

Riede

2019

Antiquity

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“…These scenarios of stress and adaptation mainly rest on archaeological evidence, such as site distributions, animal bone assemblages, and material culture (Banks et al, 2008; Banks et al, 2013; Djindjian, 2016; Langlais et al, 2012; Maier & Zimmermann, 2017; Naudinot et al, 2017; Straus, 2016). Another line of evidence derives directly from human fossil remains.…”

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Prevalence of cranial trauma in Eurasian Upper Paleolithic humans

Beier

Anthes

Wahl

et al. 2020

American J Phys Anthropol

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Objectives: This study characterizes patterns of cranial trauma prevalence in a large sample of Upper Paleolithic (UP) fossil specimens (40,000-10,000 BP). Materials and Methods: Our sample comprised 234 individual crania (specimens), representing 1,285 cranial bones (skeletal elements), from 101 Eurasian UP sites. We used generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to assess trauma prevalence in relation to age-at-death, sex, anatomical distribution, and between pre-and post-Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) samples, while accounting for skeletal preservation. Results: Models predicted a mean cranial trauma prevalence of 0.07 (95% CI 0.003-0.19) at the level of skeletal elements, and of 0.26 (95% CI 0.08-0.48) at the level of specimens, each when 76-100% complete. Trauma prevalence increased with skeletal preservation. Across specimen and skeletal element datasets, trauma prevalence tended to be higher for males, and was consistently higher in the old age group. We found no time-specific trauma prevalence patterns for the two sexes or age cohorts when comparing samples from before and after the LGM. Samples showed higher trauma prevalence in the vault than in the face, with vault remains being affected predominantly in males. Discussion: Cranial trauma prevalence in UP humans falls within the variation described for Mesolithic and Neolithic samples. According to our current dataset, UP males and females were exposed to slightly different injury risks and trauma distributions, potentially due to different activities or behaviors, yet both sexes exhibit more trauma among the old. Environmental stressors associated with climatic changes of the LGM are not reflected in cranial trauma prevalence. To analyze trauma in incomplete skeletal remains we propose GLMMs as an informative alternative to crude frequency calculations.

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Geoarchaeological characterisation of a Younger Dryas site in the Alpine uplands: Cornafessa rock shelter (Italy)

2022

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The effects of the Younger Dryas (YD) fluctuation on Late Pleistocene huntergatherers' settlement and subsistence systems in the southern Alps are poorly known. This is primarily due to the scarcity of archaeological sites dating from the YD, in contrast with the extensive evidence available from the lateglacial interstadial and the early Holocene. Here, we present the initial stratigraphic, chronologic and geoarchaeological data collected from Cornafessa rock shelter, a new site located in the Lessini massif of the Italian Alps, at an elevation of 1240 m. The site was occupied during both the YD and the early Holocene. The YD archaeological deposit is clearly recognisable within the fairly uniform lateglacial and Holocene clastic succession. Geoarchaeological data indicate that the YD deposit corresponds to an occupation surface, which was formed during short visits to the site by late Epigravettian hunter-gatherer groups, who settled in the sheltered area and performed distinct activities.

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Between Atlantic and Mediterranean: Changes in technology during the Late Glacial in Western Europe and the climate hypothesis

Cited by 31 publications

References 57 publications

House of cards: cultural taxonomy and the study of the European Upper Palaeolithic

House of cards: cultural taxonomy and the study of the European Upper Palaeolithic

Prevalence of cranial trauma in Eurasian Upper Paleolithic humans

Geoarchaeological characterisation of a Younger Dryas site in the Alpine uplands: Cornafessa rock shelter (Italy)

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