Current research on the settlement dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age

Chacón, M. Gema; Bretzke, Knut; Rivals, Florent; Conard, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.03.027

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“…Thus, in the NW (extreme N end of sector KM1 and sectors KM2 and KM3) and N (W end of sector KM4) zones, two layers can be observed. These layers were also reported in previous publications (Chacón et al 2015;Gabucio et al 2018a, b), where they were named microlevel Ob1 (upper) and microlevel Ob2 (lower). Unlike archaeolevels Oa and Ob, which are separated by a continuous sterile layer, microlevels Ob1 and Ob2 are separated by a discontinuous sterile layer.…”

Section: Vertical Distributionsupporting

confidence: 80%

“…15), it is possible to appreciate a difference in the proportions of materials according to microlevels in KM4 and part of KM3, while in Ob1, lithic remains dominate over faunal ones, in Ob2 faunal remains dominate over lithics. This fact had already been pointed out in the N zone (extreme NW of sector KM4) in Chacón et al (2015), but this is the first time the phenomenon has been identified in the NW zone (sector KM3).…”

Section: General Spatial Pattern Of the Faunal And Lithic Remainssupporting

confidence: 59%

“…15 profile K). Many of these bones are burnt, as evidenced in previous work (Gabucio et al 2014b;Chacón et al 2015). The other accumulations of one specific material were identified in the external part of the site, where the density of remains is lower.…”

Section: General Spatial Pattern Of the Faunal And Lithic Remainssupporting

confidence: 53%

“…Abric Romaní level O, dated at around 54.6 ka BP (Vaquero et al 2013), was excavated between 2004 and 2011, and provided more than 40,000 archaeological remains. The study of this level has led to numerous publications (Vallverdú et al 2012a;Courty et al 2012;Gabucio et al 2012Gabucio et al , 2014aGabucio et al , b, 2018aLópez-García et al 2014;Picin et al 2014;Picin and Carbonell 2016;Chacón et al 2015;Bargalló et al 2016Bargalló et al , 2020aCarrancho et al 2016;Allué et al 2017;Fernández-García et al 2018Gómez de Soler et al 2020a, b;Eixea et al 2020Eixea et al , 2021. Some of these (Bargalló 2014;Gabucio 2014;Bargalló et al 2016;Gabucio et al 2018a), based on faunal and/or lithic remains and aimed at dissecting the original palimpsest from a spatiotemporal perspective, led to the identification of two main archaeolevels, Oa and Ob (Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Using GIS and Geostatistical Techniques to Identify Neanderthal Campsites at archaeolevel Ob at Abric Romaní

Gabucio

Bargalló

Saladié

et al. 2023

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Although intra-site spatial approaches are considered a key factor when interpreting archaeological assemblages, these are often based on descriptive, qualitative, and subjective observations. Currently, within the framework of research into spatial taphonomy and palimpsest dissection, several studies have begun to employ more quantitative and objective techniques, implementing tools such as geostatistics and geographic information system (GIS) methods. This is precisely the approach that the Abric Romaní team is following. In this work, we present GIS and geostatistics methods applied to the faunal and lithic assemblages from archaeolevel Ob, including an analysis of the spatial structure, the identification of clusters and sectors, size and fabric analyses, the projection of vertical profiles, and the reconstruction of a digital elevation model of the paleosurface. The results obtained indicate a clustered distribution, primarily concentrated into four dense accumulations. The predominance of remains < 3 cm in length and the absence of preferential orientations make it possible to rule out a generalised postdepositional movement affecting most of the site, although some local movement has been identified. The horizontal and vertical spatial analyses allow us to identify accumulations of a single material (lithic or faunal) in addition to mixed accumulations (lithic and faunal). Integrating all this data with the results of previous studies (zooarchaeological, refits, combustion structures, and partial lithic technological analyses), we evaluate and combine the interpretations proposed previously using different approaches, thereby improving the overall interpretation of the archaeolevel Ob. Finally, we also develop a preliminary comparison between Ob and some other levels at the same site (in particular M and P).

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Section: Vertical Distributionsupporting

confidence: 80%

Section: General Spatial Pattern Of the Faunal And Lithic Remainssupporting

confidence: 59%

Section: General Spatial Pattern Of the Faunal And Lithic Remainssupporting

confidence: 53%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Using GIS and Geostatistical Techniques to Identify Neanderthal Campsites at archaeolevel Ob at Abric Romaní

Gabucio

Bargalló

Saladié

et al. 2023

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…A large sample of Neanderthal sites in Europe and the Near East has the potentialities to disclose high-resolution chronicles, in presence of good preservation of the contexts and of stratigraphic characteristics such as living-floors, other kind of short-term palimpsest and/or dissected palimpsests (e.g. Angelucci et al 2018;Bargalló et al 2016;Bataille 2006;Carrión and Walker 2019;Chacón et al 2015;Clark 2015Clark , 2017Depaepe 2004;Fenu et al 2002;Folgado and Brenet 2010;Gabucio et al 2014Gabucio et al , 2018García-Moreno et al 2016;Hayden 2012;Henry 2012;Jaubert et al 2016;Leierer at al. 2019;Lembo et al 2012;Machado and Pérez 2016;Machado et al 2013Machado et al , 2019Martínez-Moreno et al 2016;Mellars 1996;Modolo and Rosell 2017;Moreau and Locht 2017;Moroni et al 2019;Neruda 2017;Ortiz Nieto-Márquez and Baena Preysler 2017;Peresani et al 2011;Peretto et al 2004;Plavšić 2015;Real et al 2018;Romagnoli and Vaquero 2016;Ronchitelli et al 2011;Sañudo et al 2012Sañudo et al , 2016Spagnolo 2017;Speth and Tchernov 2001;Speth et al 2012;…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climbing the time to see Neanderthal behaviour’s continuity and discontinuity: SU 11 of the Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Southern Italy)

Spagnolo

Marciani

Aureli

et al. 2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Southern Italy) is a perfect sample-site for the reconstruction of multiple aspects of the last Neanderthals life. Different settlement strategies are attested in the excavated portion of the stratigraphic sequence, dated between ~ 55 and 43 ka BP. As a first goal, the reconstruction of the site spatial organization across the palimpsest SU 11 was achieved by a high-temporal-resolution approach (assisted by sedimentological analysis), integrating lithic technology, zooarchaeology and spatial analysis (by means of the GIS technology). As a second goal, a diachronic perspective was adopted by comparing results from SU 11 with the previously studied evidence from the underlying SU 13. Results were processed at a diachronic scale, highlighting similarities and differences related both to the type of activities carried out at the site and to their spatial management. This allowed us to recognize discontinuities and, especially, continuities of settlement dynamics, which can be related to phenomena of cultural transmission hinting to a "memory of places". Such results stimulate the debate not only on the necessity to study Middle Palaeolithic contexts at different temporal scales but also on the necessity to develop more refined multidisciplinary analytical protocols. The study of settlement dynamics at high-resolution scales allows to take advantage of the potentialities of contextual analysis i.e. the integration of results from different disciplines and data from the whole range of archaeological evidence in order to reconstruct solid behavioural models.

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Spatial patterning of Middle Palaeolithic lithic assemblages at the Abri du Maras, Southeast France: Combining GIS analysis and 3D palaeotopographic reconstructions

Guillemot

Jaillet

Chacón

et al. 2023

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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Current research on the settlement dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Using GIS and Geostatistical Techniques to Identify Neanderthal Campsites at archaeolevel Ob at Abric Romaní

Using GIS and Geostatistical Techniques to Identify Neanderthal Campsites at archaeolevel Ob at Abric Romaní

Climbing the time to see Neanderthal behaviour’s continuity and discontinuity: SU 11 of the Oscurusciuto Rockshelter (Ginosa, Southern Italy)

Spatial patterning of Middle Palaeolithic lithic assemblages at the Abri du Maras, Southeast France: Combining GIS analysis and 3D palaeotopographic reconstructions

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