Late Neandertals in Dalmatia: Site formation processes, chronology, climate change and human activity at Mujina Pećina, Croatia

Boschian, Giovanni; Gerometta, Katarina; Ellwood, Brooks B.; Karavanić, Ivor

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.09.066

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“…The relative frequency of bear increases significantly in layer B, probably related to a more regular use of Mujina as a den (Miracle 2005). While this matches pedostratigraphic data, magnetic susceptibility data for these layers allows a different interpretation (see Boschian et al ., 2017: Figs 16–18). However, pollen and charcoal from levels D and B suggest open vegetation with rare trees or shrubs, while these remains from complex E (layers E3, E2 and E1) indicate warmer conditions (Karavanić et al ., 2008).…”

Section: Eastern Adriaticmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2010); for Mujina pećina after Boschian et al . (2017); for Velika pećina in Kličevica after Karavanić et al . (2018); for Crvena stijena after Mercier et al .…”

Section: Continental South‐central Europementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although there are some indications of climatic changes in the eastern Adriatic in the geological record of Crvena stijena, this is not supported by biological remains at the site which suggest a single climatic phase during MIS 3 (Whallon and Morin, 2017). Pedological and biological (fauna, pollen and charcoal) evidence from Mujina pećina indicates climatic fluctuations during MIS 3, with cooler and more open and dry conditions in layer B (Miracle, 2005; Boschian et al ., 2017). This pronounced aridity correlates with the arid phases seen in other European records during Greenland Stadial 12 (Staubwasser et al ., 2018).…”

Section: Interpretative Summarymentioning

confidence: 99%

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A palaeoecological view of the last Neanderthals at the crossroads of south‐central Europe and the central Mediterranean: long‐term stability or pronounced environmental change with human responses

Karavanić

Banda

Radović

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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This paper presents palaeoecological reconstructions and late Neanderthal responses to environmental conditions in two different palaeoecological zones (continental south‐central Europe and the eastern Adriatic) during MIS 3. Our interpretations are based on the available records of climatic conditions, characteristics of Mousterian industries and site characteristics. A variety of data obtained by different methods of analyses (sediments and biological remains) were used for palaeoecological reconstructions, while hominin behaviour was examined from various perspectives based on lithic remains (technology, typology, raw material use), subsistence strategies, land use and site structures. In both regions, Neanderthals practised a broad exploitation of different faunal and lithic resources available to them and successfully adapted to local environments. Based on a variety of evidence, we offer a new synthesis and examine whether continental south‐central Europe and the Adriatic really acted as refugia during the time of late Neanderthal occupations. We also consider the possible causes and/or timing of Neanderthal disappearance in these regions.

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Section: Eastern Adriaticmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…(2010); for Mujina pećina after Boschian et al . (2017); for Velika pećina in Kličevica after Karavanić et al . (2018); for Crvena stijena after Mercier et al .…”

Section: Continental South‐central Europementioning

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A palaeoecological view of the last Neanderthals at the crossroads of south‐central Europe and the central Mediterranean: long‐term stability or pronounced environmental change with human responses

Karavanić

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“…17:3). Sand-size bone fragments were observed at several Middle and Upper Palaeolithic sites, such as Riparo del Poggio (Boscato et al, 2009), Riparo Mochi (Douka et al, 2012) in Italy, or Mujina pećina in Croatia (Boschian et al, 2017). In some contexts (especially in contexts 4 and 10) very frequent small bone fragments could indicate the characteristics of the diet.…”

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confidence: 99%

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans

Borić

Cristiani

Hopkins

et al. 2021

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The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River – Tabula Traiana and Dubočka‐Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standards of excavation and recovery along with a suite of state‐of‐the‐art analytical procedures. The presentation focuses on micromorphological analyses of the caves’ sediments, characterisation of cryptotephra, a suite of new radiometric dates (accelerator mass spectrometry and optically stimulated luminescence) as well as proteomics (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry) and stable isotope data in discerning patterns of human occupation of these locales over the long term.

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“…Understanding these processes and their environmental causes is particularly challenging and often performed within interdisciplinary investigations (e.g. Goldberg et al, 2003;Angelucci et al, 2013;Boschian et al, 2017).…”

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New data from the Middle Palaeolithic Cotencher cave (Swiss Jura): site formation, environment, and chronology

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Preusser

Cattin³

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E&G Quaternary Sci. J.

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Abstract. Cotencher cave is one of the oldest Palaeolithic sites of Switzerland and is known for its rich faunal and Mousterian artefacts, the latter suggesting one or several passages of Neanderthal hunter–gatherer tribes. This interdisciplinary study summarises novel data concerning site formation processes and anthropic attendance of the site. While the lithic artefacts indicate tool production at the site, the faunal remains do not yield any evidence of a link to human occupation. The sedimentary sequence permits us to unravel several important environmental changes that occurred during the Late Pleistocene. The presence of a local glacier around 70 ka (Marine Isotope Stage, MIS 4) is revealed followed by ice-free conditions characterised by alternating soil formation processes and landscape destabilisation during MIS 3. Solifluction processes suggesting recurrent frozen ground were responsible for the displacements of part of the artefacts and faunal remains. Evidence of local glacier development around 36 ka is related to the particular geomorphological conditions of the studied region and shed new light on the complexity of glacier dynamics. The recognition and dating of recurrent hostile glacier landscapes might contribute to understanding the reasons for the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic attendance hiatuses known in the studied region.

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Late Neandertals in Dalmatia: Site formation processes, chronology, climate change and human activity at Mujina Pećina, Croatia

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

A palaeoecological view of the last Neanderthals at the crossroads of south‐central Europe and the central Mediterranean: long‐term stability or pronounced environmental change with human responses

A palaeoecological view of the last Neanderthals at the crossroads of south‐central Europe and the central Mediterranean: long‐term stability or pronounced environmental change with human responses

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans

New data from the Middle Palaeolithic Cotencher cave (Swiss Jura): site formation, environment, and chronology

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