Magdalenian occupations between 20000 and 15000 cal BP in the Pyrenean foothills: test-pitting the Paleolithic sequence of Laa 2 cave (Arudy, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)

Pétillon, Jean‐Marc; Laroulandie, Véronique; Boudadi‐Maligne, Myriam; Dumontier, Pascal; Ferrier, Catherine; Kuntz, Delphine; Langlais, Mathieu; Mallye, Jean‐Baptiste; Mistrot, Vincent; Normand, Christian; Vilá, Olivia Rivero; Torre, Marta Sánchez de la

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“…The recently excavated bone assemblage from Laa 2 Cave in the foothills of the French Pyrenees provides another well-recorded Magdalenian faunal assemblage [ 102 ]. The results of the test-pitting investigations show that the cave was occupied by Magdalenian hunters-gatherers between about 20,000 and 15,000 cal BP.…”

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“…The results of the test-pitting investigations show that the cave was occupied by Magdalenian hunters-gatherers between about 20,000 and 15,000 cal BP. Only two retouchers (the one illustrated is a radius shaft fragment; see Fig 21 in [ 102 ]) were identified in this large faunal assemblage dominated by ungulate remains (n = 932: in order of decreasing abundance these are horse, reindeer, ibex, chamois, red deer, bison and roe deer).…”

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Knapping tools in Magdalenian contexts: New evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

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Our knowledge of the recolonization of north-west Europe at the end of the Last Glacial Maximum depends to a large extent on finds from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK). Ultra-high resolution radiocarbon determinations suggest that the cave was occupied seasonally by Magdalenian hunters for perhaps no more than two or three human generations, centred on 12,600 BP (~14,950–14,750 cal BP). They left behind a rich and diverse assemblage of Magdalenian lithic and osseous artefacts, butchered animal bones, and cannibalised human remains. The faunal assemblage from Gough’s Cave is one of the most comprehensively studied from any Magdalenian site, yet new and unexpected discoveries continue to be made. Here, we record previously unrecognized flint-knapping tools that were identified during a survey of the Gough’s Cave faunal collection at the Natural History Museum (London). We identified bones used as hammers and teeth manipulated as pressure-flakers to manufacture flint tools. Most of the pieces appear to be ad hoc (single-use?) tools, but a horse molar was almost certainly a curated object that was used over an extended period to work many stone tools. This paper explores how these knapping tools were used to support a more nuanced understanding of Magdalenian stone-tool manufacturing processes. Moreover, we provide a standard for identifying minimally-used knapping tools that will help to establish whether retouchers and other organic stone-working tools are as rare in the Magdalenian archaeological record as current studies suggest.

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Knapping tools in Magdalenian contexts: New evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

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Cultural and Environmental Change of the Terminal Pleistocene Through the Earliest Holocene in the French Pyrénées and America’s Southern Rocky Mountains

Brunswig

2020

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Cultural adaptive strategies in the French Pyrénées and north central Colorado Rocky Mountains in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene, although reflecting quite different cultural traditions, had broadly comparable topographies and experienced similar climatic and ecosystem changes in the Late Pleistocene through the Early Holocene. Archaeological and paleoenvironmental data presented in this article describe and compare broadly-based culture-environmental change models associated with the role of natural and human seasonal transhumance patterns of respective Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene landscapes of two widely separated world mountain regions, Europe’s Pyrénées and the North America’s Rocky Mountains.

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Paléolithique moyen récent et Paléolithique supérieur initial en contexte pyrénéen : les industries lithiques de la grotte de Gatzarria (Ossas-Suhare, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et leurs implications régionales

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2019

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Magdalenian occupations between 20000 and 15000 cal BP in the Pyrenean foothills: test-pitting the Paleolithic sequence of Laa 2 cave (Arudy, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France)

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Knapping tools in Magdalenian contexts: New evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Knapping tools in Magdalenian contexts: New evidence from Gough’s Cave (Somerset, UK)

Cultural and Environmental Change of the Terminal Pleistocene Through the Earliest Holocene in the French Pyrénées and America’s Southern Rocky Mountains

Paléolithique moyen récent et Paléolithique supérieur initial en contexte pyrénéen : les industries lithiques de la grotte de Gatzarria (Ossas-Suhare, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) et leurs implications régionales

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