The Emergence of Neanderthal Technical Behavior: New Evidence from Orgnac 3 (Level 1, MIS 8), Southeastern France

Moncel, Marie‐Hélène; Moigne, Anne‐Marie; Sam, Youssef; Combier, Jean

doi:10.1086/658179

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“…In addition, Walker et al (2006b) describe in great detail the tool assemblage of EQ as containing Acheulean, Levallois and Mousterian artefacts, which is again consistent with a mid-Middle Pleistocene age. For this reason, if the discovery of three Levallois flakes in EQ (Walker et al, 2006a(Walker et al, , 2006b) situated below the level of the single Acheulean handaxe dated by Scott and Gibert (2009) in w900 kyr is confirmed, this would also mean that the earliest production of Levallois debitage in Western Europe took place at nearly twice the age commonly accepted (Tryon et al, 2005;Moncel et al, 2011).…”

Section: Martín-penela (1988) (Sz)mentioning

confidence: 98%

The oldest handaxes in Europe: fact or artefact?

Jiménez‐Arenas

Santonja

López

et al. 2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Martín-penela (1988) (Sz)mentioning

confidence: 98%

The oldest handaxes in Europe: fact or artefact?

Jiménez‐Arenas

Santonja

López

et al. 2011

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…300 kyr BP) different sites from Western Europe show the appearance of technocomplexes (early Middle Paleolithic) based on complex systems of flake production and management, including Levallois, Discoid and Quina technologies, and evidence of recycling and ramified productions (Baena et al, 2014;Moncel et al, 2011;Picin et al, 2013;Santonja et al, 2014;Turq et al, 2013). The origins of these technocomplexes and the apparent spatial and temporal coincidence with classic Acheulean industries fuel the debate about the possible coexistence of two technological traditions in Western Europe during the Middle Pleistocene and about the nature of the so-called transition from Mode 2 to Mode 3 (Santonja et al, 2014).…”

Section: Archaeological Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Short-term Neandertal occupations in the late Middle Pleistocene of Arlanpe (Lemoa, northern Iberian Peninsula)

Garaizar

Gárate²,

Gómez‐Olivencia

et al. 2015

Comptes Rendus Palevol

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a b s t r a c tThe end of the Middle Pleistocene is an interesting period for investigating the transformation of Neandertal behavior from the early Middle Paleolithic to the late Middle Paleolithic. Few sites in the Iberian Peninsula have sequences corresponding to the last interglacial (MIS5) and even fewer in the Cantabrian Region. One of the best places to investigate this subject is the sequence recently excavated in Arlanpe cave. Several proxies (sedimentology, pollen, small vertebrates, malacofauna, U/Th dating) locate the first phases of this sequence between MIS7 and MIS5, with the important occurrence of temperate environmental evidence. The archaeological record describes populations with high mobility that used the cave as an occasional shelter in the first phases, or as an activity area in the later ones. The

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“…Nevertheless the precise definition of different technical procedures has been crucial for the use of technological approaches as a way to understand technological organization. This economic focus is more present in the US technological approaches (Kuhn 1995, Tostevin 2000 and has been used also by some French and Spanish scholars (Moncel et al 2011).…”

Section: Journal Of Lithic Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%