Short and close in time: overlapped occupation from the layer 56 of the Molare Rock shelter (Southern Italy)

Spagnolo, Vincenzo; Aureli, Daniele; Martini, Ivan; Ekberg, Isak; Boschin, Francesco; Crezzini, Jacopo; Poggi, Giulio; Boscato, Paolo; Ronchitelli, Annamaria

doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01037-x

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“…This open, well-lit area was also conducive to subsistence activities. This pattern is similar to the ones found in other Middle Paleolithic sites and can also be found in numerous ethnographic accounts (Binford 1978(Binford , 1996Henry et al 1996Henry et al , 2004O'Connell 1987;Stevenson 1991;De la Torre et al 2012;Modolo et al 2015;Ekshtain et al 2019;Fernández-Laso et al 2020;Spagnolo et al 2020aSpagnolo et al , 2020b.…”

Section: Spatial Patterningsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…Based on previous results of archaeological assemblage studies, we decided to test spatial patterning focused on the horizontal distribution of all the remains from level 4.1 (Moncel et al, 2014;Daujeard et al 2019a). The spatial patterning of the lithic and faunal remains is then compared with the data from lithic and faunal refitting and RMU lithic analysis (Bargalló et al 2016;Romagnoli and Vaquero 2019;Fernández-Laso et al 2020;Spagnolo et al 2020aSpagnolo et al , 2020b. These analyses provide insight into some spatial behaviours of Neanderthal groups occupying the rock shelter.…”

Section: Spatial Pattern Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Knapping products and flake tools may therefore be mobile or curated pieces (i.e. Vaquero et al 2012a, Vaquero et al 2012bMoncel et al, 2014;Spagnolo et al 2020b;Mayor et al 2020;Picin et al 2020). By contrast, some RMUs show the entire reduction but not the core, indicating that a core could have been transported away from the site as a new mobile tool kit.…”

Section: Rmu Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The differences and overlap in RMU spatial patterning support the hypothesis of repeated short-term occupations. (Vaquero et al 2012;Spagnolo et al 2016;2020b).…”

Section: Rmu Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)

Moncel

Chacón

Vettese

et al. 2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Level 4.1 from the Abri du Maras (Ardèche, France) is chronologically attributed to the beginning of MIS 3 and is one example of late Neanderthal occupations in the southeast of France. Previous work on the faunal and lithic remains suggest that this level records short-term hunting episodes of reindeer associated with fragmented lithic reduction sequences. During fieldwork, the high density of the material did not allow identification of clear spatial patterning of these activities. In order to try to decipher the palimpsest of these short-term occupations, we combined contextual micro-stratigraphic analysis with interdisciplinary and methodological approaches to obtain high-resolution intra-site spatial data. The former was performed by studying microfacies variability of occupation layers at meso to microscales. A combination of spatial techniques based on GIS and kernel density analysis, along with faunal and lithic refitting was used and focused on the horizontal distribution of the whole archaeological assemblage.The results demonstrate that quantitative approaches, associated with the interdisciplinary empirical processing of data, are suitable and adequate methods for describing the spatio-temporal formation of the archaeological assemblage. This integrated approach allowed us to identify a temporal succession of occupational events marked by distinctive anthropic imprints in the host matrix in well-preserved activity areas. The analysis of their spatial patterns reveals differential treatment of lithic and faunal remains. We describe the possible organization of the settlement patterns dynamics of these specialized short-term occupations.

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Section: Spatial Patterningsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Spatial Pattern Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Rmu Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The differences and overlap in RMU spatial patterning support the hypothesis of repeated short-term occupations. (Vaquero et al 2012;Spagnolo et al 2016;2020b).…”

Section: Rmu Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

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Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)

Moncel

Chacón

Vettese

et al. 2021

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…The main goal for this is to dissect the palimpsest into archaeological associations with a higher temporal resolution, closer to "ethnographic time." To achieve this complex objective, a wide range of different disciplines, techniques, and methods have been developed and applied, including archaeostratigraphy, micromorphology, raw material unit (RMU) analysis, lithic and faunal refits, and computer-based tools (Chenorkian 1988;Canals 1993;de Loecker 1994de Loecker , 2004Audouze and Enloe 1997;Baxter et al 1997;Baales 2001;Leesch et al 2004;Vaquero et al 2007Vaquero et al , 2012Vaquero et al , 2017Hovers et al 2011;Enloe 2012;Carbonell 2012;Street et al 2012;Turq et al 2013;Machado et al 2013Machado et al , 2019Bisson et al 2014;Mallol et al 2013; Bargalló et al 2016;Romagnoli and Vaquero 2016;Spagnolo et al 2016Spagnolo et al , 2019Spagnolo et al , 2020aRomagnoli et al 2018;Geiling et al 2017;Gabucio et al 2018a, b).…”

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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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Early Neanderthal mandibular remains from Baume Moula‐Guercy (Soyons, Ardèche)

Richards,

Jabbour,

Guipert

et al. 2024

The Anatomical Record

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We provide an ontogenetically‐based comparative description of mandibular remains from Last Interglacial deposits (MIS 5e) at Baume Moula‐Guercy and examine their affinities to European and Middle Eastern Middle‐to‐Late Pleistocene (≈MIS 14—MIS 1) Homo. Description of the M‐G2‐419 right partial mandibular corpus with M1‐3 (15–16.0 years ±0.5 years) and mandibular fragments M‐F4‐77 and M‐S‐TNN1 is with reference to original fossils, casts, CT scans, literature descriptions, and virtual reconstructions. Our comparative sample is ontogenetically based and divided into a Preneanderthal—Neanderthal group and a Homo sapiens group. These groups are subdivided into (1) Preneanderthals (≈MIS 14‐9), Early Neanderthals (MIS 7‐5e), and Late Neanderthals (MIS 5d‐3), and (2) Middle (MIS 5) and Upper (MIS 3‐Pre‐MIS 1) Paleolithic and recent H. sapiens. Standard techniques were employed for developmental age and sex determinations and measurements. The M‐G2‐419 mandible possesses corpus features that link it most closely with the Sima de los Huesos Preneanderthal and Early Neanderthal groups. These include mental foramen position, number, and height on the corpus, anterior marginal tubercle position, and mylohyoid line orientation. Metrically, the M‐G2‐419 mandibular corpus is small relative to adults in all groups, but the thickness/height relationship is like the adult condition. The thickness of the corpus is more like Neanderthal children than adolescents. Molar crown features suggest affinities with the Preneanderthal—Neanderthal group. The Moula‐Guercy mandibles possess a combination of Neanderthal‐associated features that provides insights into MIS 7‐5e paleodeme variation and the timing of appearance of MIS 5d‐3 Neanderthal facial features.

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Short and close in time: overlapped occupation from the layer 56 of the Molare Rock shelter (Southern Italy)

Cited by 12 publications

References 112 publications

Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)

Late Neanderthal short-term and specialized occupations at the Abri du Maras (South-East France, level 4.1, MIS 3)

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

Early Neanderthal mandibular remains from Baume Moula‐Guercy (Soyons, Ardèche)

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