The Bükk Mountain Szeletian: Old and New Views on “Transitional” Material from the Eponymous Site of the Szeletian

Adams, Brian

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“…Yet, Aurignacian osseous projectile points were often found at localities that were visited for relatively short periods of time. This is especially true for the sites in Southern and Central Europe, i.e., Provence-Liguria, South-central Europe, and Western Carpathians, where archaeological evidence suggests they mainly served as hunting camps (Doyon, 2017a, under review), or were recurrently occupied on a seasonal basis (Adams, 2009). Nevertheless, evidence from stratified sites in southwestern France that attest to lengthier occupations, e.g., abris Castanet and Blanchard, La Ferrasie, and Isturitz, suggests the contemporaneous occurrence of multiple proximal shapes in their archaeological horizons, which could be an argument in favor of the co-occurrence of micro-traditions within the Aurignacian (see Riede and…”

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On the shape of things: A geometric morphometrics approach to investigate Aurignacian group membership

Doyon

2019

Journal of Archaeological Science

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The manufacture of composite projectile technology requires the production and assemblage of tightly fitted parts designed to fulfill a number of distinct functions. Each part combines a number of techno-functional units, and various processes may be responsible for the shape variability of these units. In order to investigate the relative contribution of each process to the overall variability of a projectile implement, one must identify the point of demarcation between its techno-functional units. In the present paper, the concept of shape modularity is introduced to precisely identify this locus. The application of geometric morphometrics and shape modularity to the study of two Aurignacian osseous projectile point types, i.e., split-and massive-based points, reveals interesting patterns. On both types, the maximum width delimits the distal and proximal techno-functional units of these objects. When focusing on the morphometric variability and the geographic distribution of the implements' proximal unit, the eight shapes identified for split-based points are found over vast regions of Europe. On the other hand, the two proximal shapes defined for massive-based points show a pattern of local, or regional, aggregation. These proximal shapes were likely considered fit for hafting and hunting by the prehistoric populations who reproduced them, and they are interpreted as a proxy for the socially shared rules of production that guided the manufacture of these tool 2 types. They could therefore be used in future studies that aim to identify group membership amongst the Aurignacian metapopulation and the extent of their interactions.

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On the shape of things: A geometric morphometrics approach to investigate Aurignacian group membership

Doyon

2019

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Though excavations have taken place at Szeleta since the beginning of the twentieth century (Mester 2002(Mester , 2014Simán 1995), stratigraphic and absolute dating inconsistencies contribute to the uncertainties over the validity and age of the Aurignacian in Hungary (Svoboda and Simán 1989;Simán 1995;Ringer 2002;Lengyel and Mester 2008;Adams 2009). Due to the alleged presence of leaf-points throughout the excavated sequence and erroneous dating results, the Szeletian and Aurignacian of Szeleta Cave were seen as synchronous cultural complexes between 30 and 20 ka cal BP (Adams 2009;Adams and Ringer 2004). This view contradicted earlier dating results and geochronological estimations that placed the onset of the Szeletian between 46 and 37 ka cal BP (Geyh et al 1969;Vogel and Waterbolk 1972).…”

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The Danube Corridor Hypothesis and the Carpathian Basin: Geological, Environmental and Archaeological Approaches to Characterizing Aurignacian Dynamics

Chu

2018

J World Prehist

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Early Upper Paleolithic sites in the Danube catchment have been put forward as evidence that the river was an important conduit for modern humans during their initial settlement of Europe. Central to this model is the Carpathian Basin, a region covering most of the Middle Danube. As the archaeological record of this region is still poorly understood, this paper aims to provide a contextual assessment of the Carpathian Basin's geological and paleoenvironmental archives, starting with the late Upper Pleistocene. Subsequently, it compiles early Upper Paleolithic data from the region to provide a synchronic appraisal of the Aurignacian archaeological evidence. It then uses this data to test whether the relative absence of early Upper Paleolithic sites is obscured by a taphonomic bias. Finally, it reviews current knowledge of the Carpathian Basin's archaeological record and concludes that, while it cannot reject the Danube corridor hypothesis, further (geo) archaeological work is required to understand the link between the Carpathian Basin and Central and Southeastern Europe.

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Modern Human Origins in Central Europe

Ahern

Janković

Voisin

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The Origins of Modern Humans

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The Bükk Mountain Szeletian: Old and New Views on “Transitional” Material from the Eponymous Site of the Szeletian

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

On the shape of things: A geometric morphometrics approach to investigate Aurignacian group membership

On the shape of things: A geometric morphometrics approach to investigate Aurignacian group membership

The Danube Corridor Hypothesis and the Carpathian Basin: Geological, Environmental and Archaeological Approaches to Characterizing Aurignacian Dynamics

Modern Human Origins in Central Europe

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