Upper Paleolithic

Las terrazas del curso medio del río Montsant (Priorato, Tarragona) y su relación con los asentamietos prehistoricos

by Pilar Garcia-Argüelles Andreu

co-authored with: D. Serrat and Mª.M. Bergadà
Published in:El Cuaternario en España y Portugal. Vol. 1. Madrid 1993

2006 - Acquisition et exploitation des silex allochtones au Gravettien : l'exemple de la couche E du gisement des Fieux (Lot, France)

by Marc Jarry

CHALARD P., GUILLERMIN P., JARRY M. – Acquisition et exploitation des silex allochtones au Gravettien : l'exemple de la couche E du gisement des Fieux (Lot, France). In : Bressy C., Burke A., Chalard P., Martin H. (dir.) – Notions de territoire et de mobilité, exemples de l'Europe et des premières nations en Amérique du Nord avant le contact européen. Actes de sessions présentés au Xème Colloquium for the European Association of Archaeologists, Lyon, 8-12 septembre 2004, 2006, p. 29-40, 10fig.

Abstract
The cave of Fieux is located in Quercy, in the north of “Causse of Gramat” on the commune of Miers... more Abstract
The cave of Fieux is located in Quercy, in the north of “Causse of Gramat” on the commune of Miers (Lot, France). The stratigraphy put at the day after more than twenty years of excavations (1967-1995) is a thickness of almost 11 meters. The archaeological levels belong to several periods of the middle and upper Palaeolithic and the Mesolithic era.
Gravettian presented corresponds to the level E. It‘s a variable thickness muddy layer within many lithic elements were discovered (flint, basalt...). Fauna was not preserved.
Within the framework of an interdisciplinary research project on the Palaeolithic in Quercy, new studies make it possible to specify certain techno-economic aspects and to bring elements of comprehension on the raw materials exploitation. Thus, the first results of analyses in progress on allochtonous flints show clear relations between Quercy and the areas bordering (Périgord, Haut-Agenais) even more remote (Bergeracois, Charentes). Assumptions of transport conditions and utilisation of these remote materials can also be approached. These data give a new vision about subsistence territories at the end of Gravettian period in north Aquitanian Basin.

Résumé
La grotte des Fieux est située en Quercy, au nord du Causse de Gramat sur la commune de Miers (Lot, France). La stratigraphie mise au jour après plus de vingt années de fouilles (1967-1995) est d’une puissance de près de 11 mètres. Les niveaux archéologiques sont attribuables à plusieurs périodes du Paléolithique moyen et supérieur et du Mésolithique.
Le Gravettien présenté ici correspond à l’ensemble E. Il s’agit d’une couche limoneuse d’épaisseur variable au sein de laquelle de nombreux éléments lithiques ont été découverts (silex, basalte…). La faune n’a pas été conservée.
La reprise de l’étude de ce gisement dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche interdisciplinaire sur la Paléolithique en Quercy, permet de préciser certains aspects techno-économiques et d’apporter des éléments de compréhension sur l’exploitation des matières premières. Ainsi, les premiers résultats d’analyses en cours sur les silex allochtones montrent des relations claires entre le Quercy et les régions limitrophes (Périgord, Haut-Agenais) voire plus lointaines (Bergeracois, Charentes). Des hypothèses de modalités de transport et d’utilisation de ces matériaux lointains peuvent également être abordées. Ces données viennent enrichir notre vision des territoires de subsistance de la période Gravettienne pour le nord du Bassin Aquitain.

Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento del Paleolítico Superior en las comarcas Meridionales y occidentales de Cataluñat, Tarragona)

by Pilar Garcia-Argüelles Andreu

Co-authored with: V.V.A.A.
Published in: Estudios sobre Cuaternario. Medios Sedimentarios, Cambios ambientales. Habitat Humano, Valencia 1993

Les industries du Pleistocene final et du début de l'Holocène du N.E. Ibèrique dans sons cadre paléoclimatique (14.000-5.000BP)

by Pilar Garcia-Argüelles Andreu

Co-autored with: J.Mª Fullola and Mª.M. Bergadà
Published in: Vol. 2 de XII Congres U.I.S.P.P., Bratislava 1993

1997 - Perles en bois de renne du niveau 18 des Peyrugues, à Orniac (Lot) : Hypothèse sur l'origine du Protomagdalénien

by Marc Jarry

ALLARD M., DRIEUX M., JARRY M., POMIES M.-P., RODIERE J. - Perles en bois de renne du niveau 18 des Peyrugues, à Orniac (Lot), hypothèse sur l'origine du Protomagdalénien. Paléo, 1997, n°9, p. 355-369, 10 fig..

Résumé
La découverte de 25 perles en bois de renne dans le niveau 18 (Protomagdalénien) des Peyrugues a posé des... more Résumé
La découverte de 25 perles en bois de renne dans le niveau 18 (Protomagdalénien) des Peyrugues a posé des problèmes relatifs à la conservation et à la nature du pigment dont elles étaient enduites. L'étude morphologique de ces perles a fourni par ailleurs des informations sur la chaîne opératoire de leur fabrication et sur leur mode d'intégration dans la parure. Les
corrélations avec d'autres gisements qui en France et en Europe ont livré des perles comparables permettent de fonder une
hypothèse concernant l'origine du Protomagdalénien.

Abstract
The discovery of 25 beads made of reindeer antler in level 18 (Protomagdalenian) of the site of Les Peyrugues has raised questions regarding their conservation and the nature of the pigments with which they were coated The morphological study of
these beads has provided information regarding their fabrication process as well as their mode of integration into the context of body ornaments Comparisons with other sites in France and in Europe, where similar beads have been found, allow us to formulate a hypothesis concerning the origins of the Protomagdalenian.

El Paleolítico Superior final en las comarcas meridionales y occidentales de Cataluna

by Pilar Garcia-Argüelles Andreu

published in "Quaders de Prehistòria i Arqueologia Castellonense, nº 13, Castelló 1990

Large Carnivore diversity during the paleolithic Iberian Penisula

by Francisco Correia

Le Paléolithique supérieur méditettanéen ibérique; approches paléonvironnementales, industrielles et artistiques

by Pilar Garcia-Argüelles Andreu

Co-authored with: Fullola, J.M: Bergadà, M.M. Burjacs, F; Nadal, J; Soler, N.
Published: Bull. S.P.F. vol. 1, Paris 1999

Cacho Quesada, C.; Martos Romero, J. A.; Jordá, J.; Yravedra Sainz De Los Terreros, J.; Avezuela Aristu, B.; Valdivia, J. y Martín, I. 2010: "El Paleolítico superior en el interior de la Península Ibérica. Revisión crítica y perspectivas de futuro." X. Mangado (ed.). El Paleolítico superior peninsular. Novedades del siglo XXI. (Barcelona 27-29 enero 2010). Seminari d'Estudis i Recerques Prehistòriques, Universitat de Barcelona. 115-136.

by Bárbara Avezuela Aristu

El registro de hienas y otros carnívoros en la Cueva de A Valiña (Lugo, España).

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (2010). “El registro de hienas y otros carnívoros en la Cueva de A Valiña (Lugo, España)”. Actas de la 1ª Reunión de Científicos sobre cubiles de hiena (y otros grandes carnívoros) en los yacimientos arqueológicos de la Península Ibérica. Zona Arqueológica (Museo Arqueológico Regional, Alcalá de Henares), 13: 310-319.

Paleolítico superior y Epipaleolítico en la provincia de León.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

A. Neira, N. Fuertes, C. Fernández & F. Bernaldo de Quirós (2006). “Paleolítico superior y Epipaleolítico en la provincia de León”. En G. Delibes & F. Díez (eds.). El Paleolítico superior en la Meseta Norte española. Studia Archaeologica (Universidad de Valladolid), nº 94: 113-148.

De humanos y carnívoros: la fauna de macromamíferos de la cueva de A Valiña (Castroverde, Lugo).

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (2006). “De humanos y carnívoros: la fauna de macromamíferos de la cueva de A Valiña (Castroverde, Lugo)”. En J.M. Maíllo & E. Baquedano (eds.). Miscelánea en homenaje a Victoria Cabrera. Zona Arqueológica (Museo Arqueológico Regional, Alcalá de Henares), 7 (vol. I): 290-303.

Marcas de carnívoros en restos óseos del Paleolítico superior en Galicia.

by Carlos Fernández-Rodríguez

C. Fernández (1997). “Marcas de carnívoros en restos óseos del Paleolítico superior en Galicia”. Férvedes, 4: 109-113.

The cave of the lionman

by Claus-Joachim Kind

Thomas Beutelspacher, Nicole Ebinger Riest, Claus-Joachim Kind,
Neue Funde aus der Stadelhöhle im Hohlenstein bei Asselfingen. Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 2010 (Stuttgart 2011) 65-70.

During the new excavations in Stadel-Cave at Hohlenstein several additional ivory fragments were found which fit to... more During the new excavations in Stadel-Cave at Hohlenstein several additional ivory fragments were found which fit to the figurine of the famous lionman.

The absolute dating of the Magdalenian and the Mesolithic in southern Germany

by Claus-Joachim Kind

C.-J. Kind, Die absolute Datierung des Magdaléniens und des Mesolithikums in Süddeutschland. Veröffentlichungen des Landesamtes für Archäolologie 57 (Festschrift für Dietrich Mania) 2003, 303-319.

The present study incorporates 188 Magdalenian and Mesolithic 14C dates from southem Germany. The age determinations... more The present study incorporates 188 Magdalenian and Mesolithic 14C dates from southem Germany. The age determinations show that the south German Magdalenian began ca. 16,000 BC, i.e. several millennia before the Oldest Dryas. The Magdalenian site Munzingen demonstrates, as does the even earlier, Badegoulian site Wiesbaden-Igstadt, a repeated, perhaps sporadic, occupation of southem Germany during more temperate phases following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Nevertheless, an intensive and regular resettlement of southem Germany first occurs during the Oldest Dryas. More than ten of the south German Magdalenian sites date to the second half of this stadial phase between 14,000 and 12,700 BC The Magdalenian Occupation continues into the beginning of the Late Glacial Intersta dial Complex, the Bolling interstadial, and apparently persists until the interstadial ends ca. 12,000 BC The transition to the Final Palaeolithic / Azilian in southem Germany is mostly unclear due to the questionable dating of late Magdalenian sites and the small number of dates available for the Final Palaeolithic. From the beginning of the Holocene (9,600 BC) the only industries present are those which also typologically date to the Mesolithic. Their frequency is not regular, instead shows marked chronological oscillations during the course of the Holocene. The reason for this irregularity is still unknown. The south German Mesolithic ends ca. 5,000 BC following a brief period of surrvival alongside the earliest Neolithic.

Nuevas investigaciones sobre los yacimientos paleolíticos de la Sierra Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid

by Fernando Colino

Realizado junto a P. de la Peña, P. Sevilla, G. Vega, S. Barez y F. Gutiérrez.

Durante los últimos años se han retomado las investigaciones en la Sierra Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid. Dichas... more Durante los últimos años se han retomado las investigaciones en la Sierra Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid. Dichas actuaciones partieron de una iniciativa de la Dirección General de Patrimonio Histórico de la CAM que tuvo como primer objetivo evaluar el potencial arqueológico pleistoceno de la orla caliza de la Sierra Norte a través de una campaña de prospecciones. Aquel primer trabajo dejó clara la importancia de la zona E de la orla, destacando el Cerro de la Dehesa de la Oliva (Patones) y el barranco del Arroyo del Monte (El Vellón). La línea de trabajo emprendida, con posterioridad, se ha centrado en el estudio específico de dos enclaves, dado el amplio potencial que presentaban: la Cueva del Reguerillo y el Abrigo del Monte. Por un lado, en la Cueva de El Reguerillo se ha realizado una estrategia de protección, documentación y evaluación de sus bienes a través de diversos trabajos como la prospección de arte rupestre y los sondeos arqueológicos en las diferentes entradas. Por otro, en el Abrigo del Monte se efectuó un sondeo arqueológico que ha dejado clara la importancia de este yacimiento para el Paleolítico Superior final del centro de la Península Ibérica.

Chronological and ecological information on Late-glacial and early Holocene

by Claus-Joachim Kind

Dorothée G. Drucker, Claus-Joachim Kind, Elisabeth Stephan, Chronological and ecological information on Late-glacial and early Holocene reindeer from northwest Europe using radiocarbon (14C) and stable isotope (13C, 15N) analysis of bone collagen: case study from southwestern Germany. Quaternary International 245 (2011) 218-224

The Late-glacial and early Holocene periods are characterized by significant climatic and environmental changes that... more The Late-glacial and early Holocene periods are characterized by significant climatic and environmental changes that result in a global warming. In this context, typical glacial species such as reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) were extirpated from the southern regions of western Europe following different timing according to the geographical location. A new direct radiocarbon date was performed on a reindeer metatarsus from the Mesolithic site of Rottenburg-Siebenlinden in the valley of the river Neckar. The result (9225 +/- 35 BP; 10,270-10,500 cal BP) confirmed the survival of this species during the early Holocene in southwestern (SW) Germany. Collagen 13C and 15N abundances (d13Ccoll and d15Ncoll) were measured on this Holocene reindeer and on Late-glacial reindeer from Magdalenian sites - Petersfels, Schussenquelle, Felsställe and Kesslerloch - of the same region to investigate their diet and environment. During the first part of the Late-glacial (ca. 16.6 - 14 ka cal BP), the d13Ccoll values of the SW Germany reindeer were slightly lower than those found in reindeer from Stellmoor and Meiendorf sites in northern Germany, probably as a result of lower lichen consumption and higher humidity. Lower d15Ncoll values in SW Germany reindeer compared to southwestern France could be linked to less advanced soil maturation as the inheritance of higher permafrost intensity linked to harsher climatic conditions during the Late-Glacial Maximum. In SW Germany, the early Holocene reindeer had a higher d15Ncoll value (4o/oo) than those of its Late-glacial counterparts (1.2-3.3o/oo), which would reflect the expected increase in 15N abundances of soils and plants with higher temperature. However, relatively high d15N values (ca. 4-5o/oo) were also found in the reindeer of southwestern England as early as during the Younger Dryas, the last cold stadial preceding the early Holocene. In contrast, northern and western Germany reindeer exhibited increasing d13Ccoll values but stable d15Ncoll values during the Younger Dryas compared to the previous Bölling/Alleröd interstadial. This could indicate a slower response in 15Ncoll than in 13Ccoll abundances of ancient reindeer to climatic changes. Finally, the reindeer of southern England and SW Germany survived the Younger Dryas/early Holocene transition in a relatively open landscape as confirmed by the d13Ccoll values measured on coeval deer.

La limitación de la hipótesis chamánica en la interpretación del arte paleolítico

by Fernando Colino

Resumen. La teoría chamánica en la explicación del arte rupestre paleolítico es uno de los mejores ejemplos de la... more Resumen. La teoría chamánica en la explicación del arte rupestre paleolítico es uno de los mejores ejemplos de la labor de ciertos sectores de la investigación. La hipótesis chamánica parte de un buen planteamiento pero la teoría no tiene posibilidades de ser contrastada con datos empíricos. Por desgracia, este tipo de explicaciones son las que llegan con mayor efectividad al gran público.

Abstract. Shamanic theory in the explanation of the Paleolithic rock art is one of the best examples of the work of certain sectors of the investigation. The hypothesis of shamans starts with a good exposition, but the theory cannot be contrasted with empirical data. Unfortunately, such explanations are the ones that most effectively reach the general public.

On the evolution of diet and landscape during the Upper Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Franchthi Cave (Peloponnese, Greece)

by Natalie Munro

Stiner, M.C. and N.D. Munro. 2011. On the Evolution of Diet and Landscape during the Upper Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Franchthi Cave (Peloponnese, Greece). Journal of Human Evolution 60(5):618-636.

The Rio Secco Cave and the North Adriatic region, a key context for investigating the Neanderthal demise

by Nicola Nannini