The last 30,000 to 700,000 years ago: Unravelling the timing of human settlement for the Palaeolithic site of Kozarnika
| Autor: | Maryam Heydari, Guillaume Guérin, Nikolay Sirakov, Philippe Fernandez, Catherine Ferrier, Aleta Guadelli, Jean-Claude Leblanc, Stanimira Taneva, Svoboda Sirakova, Jean-Luc Guadelli |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Freiburg [Freiburg], Géosciences Rennes (GR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes (OSUR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie (IRAMAT-CRP2A), Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (IRAMAT), Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard (UTBM)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université Bordeaux Montaigne (UBM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique (LAMPEA), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC), De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie (PACEA), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Institute of Immovable Cultural Heritage, Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), New University Endowment Freiburg (NUS), GHKO, Commission consultative des recherches archéologiques à l’étranger du Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Étrangères, France, The first human settlements in the Balkans in their physical and biological contexts (National Institute of Archaeology with Museum of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences / PACEA UMR5199 CNRS / Mission Paléolithique de Bulgarie [MEAE]), ANR-10-LABX-0052,LaScArBx,Using the world in ancient societies : processes and forms of appropriation of space in Long Time(2010) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Archeology
Global and Planetary Change [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Violet stimulated luminescence (VSL) Geochronology Multiple luminescence dating methods Balkans Geology Homo neandertalensis Infrared radiofluorescence (IR-RF) Bulgaria [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology Human past Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Palaeolithic |
| Zdroj: | Quaternary Science Reviews Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022, 291, pp.107645. ⟨10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107645⟩ Quaternary Science Reviews, Elsevier, 2022, 291, pp.107645. ⟨10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107645⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0277-3791 |
| Popis: | International audience; Kozarnika cave is a renowned prehistoric site in the Balkans, which contributes significantly to our understanding of the human past due to its rich assemblages associated with the Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. Various dating methods have been employed to unravel the timing of human occupations in Kozarnika. Radiocarbon dating was used to unfold the time frame for the Kozarnikian lithic tradition uncovered in the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of the cave, and palaeomagnetic dating assigned the Brunhes–Matuyama reversal to the layer beneath the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages.In this study, we employed luminescence-dating methods, including a body of different signals to date sediment layers from the top to the bottom of the sequence covering the period of ca 30 to 700 ka. Our investigations revealed that the Kozarnikian tradition in layers 5a-c falls between 30 and 35 ka. Following that, we suggest that the Middle Palaeolithic period initiated between 250 and 309 ka and lasted until 40–53 ka. More importantly, we have updated the age of the Neanderthal radius discovered in the Mousterian assemblages to 201 ± 17 ka.Our dating resulted in a period of ca 300–700 ka for the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages in the cave. Although this age range fits perfectly with the palaeomagnetic boundary |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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