Evidences of branching and blending phenomena in the pottery decoration during the dispersal of the Early Neolithic across Western Europe

Gordó, Salvador Pardo; Rivero, Daniel García; Aubán, Joan Bernabéu

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.10.021

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“…Focusing on the Western Mediterranean, recent studies addressing decoration techniques in the Neolithic pottery record have been used to investigate patterns and mechanisms of the agricultural spread [ 16 , 17 ]. The promising results achieved so far reinforce the scattered and discontinuous character of the Neolithic expansion, while also providing evidence of some kind of branching phenomena [ 18 ]. In this paper, and through a computational analysis of stylistic diversity, we use for the first time geometric microliths to explore cultural variability at the times of the pioneer arrival of the Neolithic at the Mediterranean coast of Iberia around the middle of the VIII millennium cal BP.…”

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“…Obviously, the nature and size of the sample analysed must be improved and increased, while it is also necessary to test the method including other cultural items. In fact, some works designed to explore cultural diversity in a diachronic view, and focussing on pottery and ornament have revealed different mechanisms of cultural transmission [ 17 , 18 , 53 ].…”

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The spread of agriculture in Iberia through Approximate Bayesian Computation and Neolithic projectile tools

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In the present article we use geometric microliths (a specific type of arrowhead) and Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) in order to evaluate possible origin points and expansion routes for the Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. In order to do so, we divide the Iberian Peninsula in four areas (Ebro river, Catalan shores, Xúquer river and Guadalquivir river) and we sample the geometric microliths existing in the sites with the oldest radiocarbon dates for each zone. On this data, we perform a partial Mantel test with three matrices: geographic distance matrix, cultural distance matrix and chronological distance matrix. After this is done, we simulate a series of partial Mantel tests where we alter the chronological matrix by using an expansion model with randomised origin points, and using the distribution of the observed partial Mantel test’s results as a summary statistic within an Approximate Bayesian Computation-Sequential Monte-Carlo (ABC-SMC) algorithm framework. Our results point clearly to a Neolithic expansion route following the Northern Mediterranean, whilst the Southern Mediterranean route could also find support and should be further discussed. The most probable origin points focus on the Xúquer river area.

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The spread of agriculture in Iberia through Approximate Bayesian Computation and Neolithic projectile tools

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“…Los estudios de las decoraciones cerámicas han sido fundamentales para la secuencia cronológica de la Prehistoria reciente, particularmente la neolítica. Los primeros horizontes culturales del Neolítico europeo relacionados con el proceso de expansión/adopción del modo de vida campesino, así como los posteriores estilos regionales, asociados a los procesos interacción y/o de consolidación (Guilaine, 2001;Pardo-Gordó, García-Rivero y Bernabeu, 2019), cuentan con una amplia y bien conocida secuencia.…”

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El horizonte neolítico de las cerámicas esgrafiadas de la Cova d’En Pardo y la Cova del Randero (Alicante). Estilo y relaciones sociales en el Mediterráneo occidental durante el V milenio cal AC

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Las cerámicas esgrafiadas, pese a su limitada presencia en el registro si se compara con otro tipo de decoraciones, han servido para definir cronológica y culturalmente la segunda mitad del V milenio cal AC en buena parte del sector oriental de la península ibérica. En este artículo nos centraremos en las series cerámicas de la Cova d’En Pardo (Planes, Alicante) y la Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante) que, por su amplitud y variabilidad estilística, permiten realizar una aproximación detallada a este tipo de producciones. Analizamos estos conjuntos, y otras evidencias del área oriental y meridional de la península ibérica, desde la perspectiva del estilo y de la cadena operativa implicada en su fabricación. Esto nos permite concretar un conjunto de similitudes y divergencias que sirven para abordar, desde una perspectiva mediterránea, su incidencia en las relaciones sociales y económicas del Neolítico Medio.

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“…Regarding the defining characteristics of the Early Neolithic, a number of complications stem from considering south-western Iberia as a geographical cul-de-sac, to which successive waves of incoming groups may have arrived via different mechanisms and routes, and from different places. The current models of diffusion imply different pathways, points of passage, and rhythms of displacement (Fort, 2015;Isern et al, 2017;Pardo et al, 2019), and the question of movement by land or sea has a direct bearing on the weight ascribed to the Mediterranean cultural influence in the Atlantic regions (Zilhão, 1993(Zilhão, , 2003. The Mediterranean Early Neolithic has been linked in particular to the presence of Cardial impressed pottery, and occasionally to an earlier ceramic horizon related to the Ligurian-Provençal Impressa group (Bernabeu et al, 2009;Manen et al, 2010).…”

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The Early Neolithic at the Muge Shellmiddens (Portugal): Analysis and Review of the Ceramic Evidence from Cabeço da Amoreira

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This article, on the Early Neolithic pottery from the Cabeço da Amoreira shellmidden in the Muge region of central Portugal, presents a detailed review of the evidence to date and a systematic analysis of the decorative and mineralogical characteristics of the stratified and radiocarbon-dated ceramic assemblage. A homogenous pottery manufacturing tradition seems to be present right from the beginning, including both local and non-local ceramics. The authors formulate a working hypothesis on the geographic origin of the exogenous pottery, which contributes to the discussion of the dynamics of mobility and social networks in the Neolithization of south-western Europe.

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Evidences of branching and blending phenomena in the pottery decoration during the dispersal of the Early Neolithic across Western Europe

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The spread of agriculture in Iberia through Approximate Bayesian Computation and Neolithic projectile tools

The spread of agriculture in Iberia through Approximate Bayesian Computation and Neolithic projectile tools

El horizonte neolítico de las cerámicas esgrafiadas de la Cova d’En Pardo y la Cova del Randero (Alicante). Estilo y relaciones sociales en el Mediterráneo occidental durante el V milenio cal AC

The Early Neolithic at the Muge Shellmiddens (Portugal): Analysis and Review of the Ceramic Evidence from Cabeço da Amoreira

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