A 41,500 year-old decorated ivory pendant from Stajnia Cave (Poland)

Autor: Sahra Talamo, Mikołaj Urbanowski, Andrea Picin, Wioletta Nowaczewska, Antonino Vazzana, Marcin Binkowski, Silvia Cercatillo, Marcin Diakowski, Helen Fewlass, Adrian Marciszak, Dragana Paleček, Michael P. Richards, Christina M. Ryder, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Geoff M. Smith, Paweł Socha, Matt Sponheimer, Krzysztof Stefaniak, Frido Welker, Hanna Winter, Andrzej Wiśniewski, Marcin Żarski, Stefano Benazzi, Adam Nadachowski, Jean-Jacques Hublin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01221-6
Popis: Abstract Evidence of mobiliary art and body augmentation are associated with the cultural innovations introduced by Homo sapiens at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic. Here, we report the discovery of the oldest known human-modified punctate ornament, a decorated ivory pendant from the Paleolithic layers at Stajnia Cave in Poland. We describe the features of this unique piece, as well as the stratigraphic context and the details of its chronometric dating. The Stajnia Cave plate is a personal 'jewellery' object that was created 41,500 calendar years ago (directly radiocarbon dated). It is the oldest known of its kind in Eurasia and it establishes a new starting date for a tradition directly connected to the spread of modern Homo sapiens in Europe.
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