Velika Pećina: Zooarchaeology, taphonomy and technology of a LGM Upper Paleolithic site in the central Balkans (Serbia)

Stiner, Mary C.; Dimitrijević, Vesna; Mihailović, Dušan; Kuhn, Steven L.

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103328

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“…Based on glacier records, marine oxygen isotope records and records of sea‐level change, the timing of the LGM has been constrained to 30–18 ka (Lambeck et al , 2014) or, more precisely, 26.5–20 ka (Clark et al , 2009), and has been linked to a clear decline in tree pollen, grassland expansion, and cold and dry conditions in mid‐ and high‐latitude Europe (Bartlein et al , 2011; Helmens, 2014; Kageyama et al , 2013). In temperate regions, fluctuations in temperature at the LGM (with estimated temperatures as low as 6°C cooler than today (Tierney et al , 2020)) and the subsequent Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene (~11.7 ka) transition, have been associated with significant changes in human behaviour, including demographic contraction and expansion (Posth et al , 2016; Wren and Burke, 2019), site abandonment, technological change and dietary shifts (Straus, 2016; Burke et al , 2018; Stiner et al , 2022). Meanwhile, in high‐latitude regions prone to aridity, late‐glacial fluctuations in precipitation (Fuhrmann et al , 2020) have been argued to have led to similar adaptive challenges and human responses (Beuning et al , 2011; Munt et al , 2018).…”

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Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna

Roberts

Hixon

Hamilton

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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In comparison to temperate and arid regions, environmental responses to the Last Glacial Maximum and the Terminal Pleistocene and Holocene boundary remain poorly known for many parts of the tropics, making it challenging to unravel human–landscape interactions across this timeframe. This is particularly the case in insular Near Oceania, where sea‐level fluctuations and potential changes in forest cover may have had major impacts on hunter–gatherer populations. Here, we apply stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses to small‐mammal teeth from four Pleistocene–Holocene (spanning from 29 000 years ago to the late Holocene) sequences in the Bismarck Archipelago to reconstruct changes in environments directly exploited by human populations in this part of the world. Our results show a subtle response of tropical habitats in Near Oceania to relatively arid conditions during the late‐glacial period, something that has also been observed at sites in South and Southeast Asia, followed by a Terminal Pleistocene–Holocene expansion of tropical forest cover. Nevertheless, site‐based variability in environmental responses across this period highlight the need for more multidisciplinary studies of human occupation sequences in a region that is becoming increasingly central to exploring human adaptations, environmental modifications and social network development over the past 20 000 years.

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Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna

Roberts

Hixon

Hamilton

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J Quaternary Science

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The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

Murphree

Aldeias

2022

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Pyrotechnology, the ability for hominins to use fire as a tool, is considered to be one of the most important behavioural adaptations in human evolution. While several studies have focused on identifying the emergence of fire use and later Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal combustion features, far fewer have focused on modern human fire use. As a result, we currently have more data characterizing the hominin fire use prior to 50,000 years before present (BP), than we do for Upper Palaeolithic of Europe. Here we review the available data on Upper Palaeolithic fire evidence between 48,000 and 13,000 years BP to understand the evolution of modern human pyrotechnology. Our results suggest regional clustering of feature types during the Aurignacian and further demonstrate a significant change in modern human fire use, namely in terms of the intensification and structural variation between 35,000 and 28,000 years BP. This change also corresponds to the development and spread of the Gravettian technocomplex throughout Europe and may correspond to a shift in the perception of fire. Additionally, we also show a significant lack of available high-resolution data on combustion features during the height of last glacial maximum. Furthermore, we highlight the need for more research into the effects of syn- and post-depositional processes on archaeological combustion materials and a need for more standardization of descriptions in the published literature. Overall, our review shows a significant and complex developmental process for Upper Palaeolithic fire use which in many ways mirrors the behavioural evolution of modern humans seen in other archaeological mediums.

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Velika Pećina: Zooarchaeology, taphonomy and technology of a LGM Upper Paleolithic site in the central Balkans (Serbia)

Cited by 2 publications

References 35 publications

Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna

Assessing Pleistocene–Holocene climatic and environmental change in insular Near Oceania using stable isotope analysis of archaeological fauna

The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

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