Multi-method dating reveals 200 ka of Middle Palaeolithic occupation at Maras rock shelter, Rhône Valley, France.

Autor: Richard M; Archéosciences Bordeaux, UMR 6034 CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France. mailys.richard@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr.; Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana, Burgos, Spain. mailys.richard@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr.; Department of Early Prehistory and Quaternary Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. mailys.richard@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr., Del Val M; Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana, Burgos, Spain., Fewlass H; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany.; Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK., Sinet-Mathiot V; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany.; Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, PACEA, UMR 5199, Pessac, France.; Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, CBMN, UMR 5248 and Bordeaux Proteome Platform, Bordeaux, France., Lanos P; Archéosciences Bordeaux, UMR 6034 CNRS-Université Bordeaux Montaigne, Pessac, France.; Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118 CNRS - Université de Rennes, Rennes, France., Pons-Branchu E; Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE/IPSL UMR CEA/CNRS/UVSQ - Université Paris Saclay), Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Puaud S; Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (UMR 6566 CReAAH), Rennes, France., Hublin JJ; Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA), Leipzig, Germany.; Chaire de Paléoanthropologie, CIRB, Collège de France, Université PSL, CNRS, Paris, France., Moncel MH; Histoire Naturelle de l'Homme Préhistorique, UMR 7194 CNRS-Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2024 Sep 03; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 20474. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 03.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69380-w
Abstrakt: The emergence of the Middle Palaeolithic, and its variability over time and space are key questions in the field of prehistoric archaeology. Many sites have been documented in the south-eastern margins of the Massif central and the middle Rhône valley, a migration path that connects Northern Europe with the Mediterranean. Well-dated, long stratigraphic sequences are essential to understand Neanderthals dynamics and demise, and potential interactions with Homo sapiens in the area, such as the one displayed at the Maras rock shelter ("Abri du Maras"). The site is characterised by exceptional preservation of archaeological remains, including bones dated using radiocarbon ( 14 C) and teeth using electron spin resonance combined with uranium series (ESR/U-series). Optically stimulated luminescence was used to date the sedimentary deposits. By combining the new ages with previous ones using Bayesian modelling, we are able to clarify the occupation time over a period spanning 200,000 years. Between ca. 250 and 40 ka, the site has been used as a long-term residence by Neanderthals, specifically during three interglacial periods: first during marine isotopic stage (MIS) 7, between 247 ± 34 and 223 ± 33 ka, and then recurrently during MIS 5 (between 127 ± 17 and 90 ± 9 ka) and MIS 3 (up to 39,280 cal BP).
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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