The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece: The Excavations in Klisoura Cave

Koumouzelis, Margarita; Ginter, Bolesław; Kozłowski, Janusz K.; Pawlikowski, M.; Bar‐Yosef, Ofer; Albert, Rosa M.; Lityńska−Zając, Maria; Stworzewicz, Ewa; Wojtal, Piotr; Lipecki, Grzegorz; Tomek, Teresa; Bocheński, Zbigniew M.; Pazdur, Anna

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“…In their analyses of, respectively, the stone and bone tool assemblages from the Cavallo Uluzzian, neither RielSalvatore ( 2009 ) nor d 'Errico et al ( 2012 ) spotted the presence of intrusive material in level E, and the ornament shell date of ~43.6 ka cal BP is consistent both with those published in d 'Errico et al ( 2012 ) for basal spit EIII of the site (on charcoal samples) and with age estimates for the Uluzzian elsewhere in Italy and Greece (Koumouzelis et al 2001a , b ;Higham et al 2009 ). These observations warrant the overall stratigraphic integrity of level E, but do not exclude localized movement of individual, small-sized items across its boundary with the signifi cantly disturbed level D, as suggested by the OxA-19257 result discussed above, in all likelihood an upwardly displaced sample.…”

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Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

Zilhão

2013

Dynamics of Learning in Neanderthals and Modern Humans Volume 1

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Supporting Assimilation views of Neandertal/modern human interaction, chronostratigraphic reasoning indicates that the "transitional" industries of Europe predate modern human immigration, in agreement with their association with Neandertals in the Châtelperronian at the Grotte du Renne and St.-Césaire. Supporting the Neandertals' species separateness and less developed cognition, those industries are alternatively claimed to relate to pioneer groups of modern humans; the latter would have been the true makers of the precocious instances of symbolic material culture that, under Assimilation, are assigned to the Neandertals. However, the taxonomy of the Kent's Cavern and Grotta del Cavallo dental remains is uncertain, and their poor stratigraphic context precludes dating by association. The opposite happens at the Grotte du Renne, whose stratigraphic integrity is corroborated by both taphonomy and dating. Not questioning that the Early Ahmarian is a cultural proxy for modern humans and a source for the Protoaurignacian of Europe, its claimed emergence ~46-49 ka ago at Kebara refl ects the dating of Middle Paleolithic charcoal-to be expected, because the Early Ahmarian units at the back of the cave are made up of reworked Middle Paleolithic sediments derived from the entrance. The dating of inherited material also explains the old results for the Aurignacian of Willendorf II and Geissenklösterle. At the latter, the dates on anthropically modifi ed samples of the hunted taxa (reindeer and horse) place its Aurignacian occupations in the same time range as elsewhere in Europe, after ~40 ka ago. The hypothesis that Neandertal/modern human contact in Europe resulted in a process of assimilation in connection with the spread of the Protoaurignacian ~41.5 ka ago remains unfalsifi ed.

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Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

Zilhão

2013

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“…All the carbonate samples yielded younger ages than the dates obtained from associated organic samples. This difference was attributed to subsequent deposition of carbonates or secondary cementation processes (Koumouzelis et al 2001). …”

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“…phytoliths and diatoms), recent studies indicate that these materials interact with the CO 2 in the environment and change the original 14 C content (Hatté et al 2010;Santos et al 2010). Furthermore, when dealing with archaeological ash samples, a serious difficulty is the problem encountered by Koumouzelis et al (2001) and when dating calcitic plaster/mortar (Lindroos et al 2007), namely that the crystals are relatively unstable and undergo diagenetic alteration that results in the original 14 C concentration changing over time.…”

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Radiocarbon Concentrations of Wood Ash Calcite: Potential for Dating

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ABSTRACT. Ash is formed when plant calcium oxalate crystals (CaC 2 O 4 ) decompose to form calcite (CaCO 3 ). We found that ash does retain the original calcium oxalate radiocarbon concentration, but in addition, there is another minor 14 C source. This is shown by the presence of a consistent small shift in the pMC and  13 C levels when comparing cellulose and ash from modern and archaeological woods. Possible mechanisms for 14 C exchange during combustion or due to diagenesis are considered in order to define parameters for identifying better-preserved wood ash samples.

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“…This paper focuses on the analysis of calcium oxalate crystals, which have been reported in a number of archaeological microfossil assemblages worldwide,includingasresiduesonstonetools(e.g. Bernard-Shaw1984citedinBernard-Shaw1990:193;Fullagar1993b;Fullagaretal.2006;Hardy2004;Hardyetal.2001;Loyetal.1992;ShaferandHolloway 1979;Sobolik 1994) and pottery surfaces (Crowther 2005;Horrocks and Bedford 2005), in coprolites (DanielsonandReinhard1998;JonesandBryant1992;ReinhardandDanielson2005),andinsediments 8 from hearths and roasting pits (Bernard-Shaw 1990; Koumouzelis et al 2001), burials (Lalueza Fox et al1996) and wetland ditch systems (Horrocks and Barber 2005). These crystals, which are sometimes referredtointheliteratureascalciumoxalatephytoliths,arethemostcommonlyformedbiomineralin higherplants (Webbetal.1995).…”

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New Directions in Archaeological Science (TA28)

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Fairbairn²,

O’Connor³

2009

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terra australis 28Terra Australis reports the results of archaeological and related research within the south and east of Asia, though mainly Australia, New Guinea and island Melanesia -lands that remained terra australis incognita to generations of prehistorians. Its subject is the settlement of the diverse environments in this isolated quarter of the globe by peoples who have maintained their discrete and traditional ways of life into the recent recorded or remembered past and at times into the observable present.Since the beginning of the series, the basic colour on the spine and cover has distinguished the regional distribution of topics as follows: ochre for Australia, green for New Guinea, red for South-East Asia and blue for the Pacific Islands. From 2001, issues with a gold spine will include conference proceedings, edited papers and monographs which in topic or desired format do not fit easily within the original arrangements. All volumes are numbered within the same series. List of volumes in Terra AustralisVolume 1: Burrill Lake and Currarong: Coastal Sites in Southern New South Wales. R.J. Lampert (1971) Volume 2: Ol Tumbuna: Archaeological Excavations in the Eastern Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea. J.P. White (1972) Volume 3 Since its inception, the conference has been an important meeting place for the widely dispersed and diverse community of Australasian archaeological scientists, including both those resident in the region, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Australasians working around the world. The 2005 meeting at ANU was the first to be held there since 1991 and was the venue for the presentation of 79 papers in 10 sessions covering all aspects of archaeological science from analytical chemistry to GIS, fire histories and ancient technology. The linking concept with all of the sessions was the integration of archaeological science research within broader archaeological projects -in other words forwarding interpretations alongside consideration of method. Over 120 delegates from 6 countries attended the lecture sessions which were accompanied by a poster session, plenary lecture and several workshops. Student participation was especially encouraged and, partly as a result of industry and University sponsorship (see below), subsidised places and travel bursaries helped to boost student delegates to almost one third of the overall total attendance. One of the key roles of the AAC has been to promote the work of the region's archaeological scientists by producing refereed publications of conference papers. As academic publication has radically changed in recent years so has the publication format and venues for conference publications. Rather than producing a single conference proceedings, papers from the 2005 AAC can be found in a variety of international journals, including Lithic Technology, Internet Archaeology, Archaeometry and the Journal of Archaeological Science. This volume presents original research papers from three key subject areas covered in the conferenc...

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The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece: The Excavations in Klisoura Cave

Cited by 92 publications

References 19 publications

Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

Neandertal-Modern Human Contact in Western Eurasia: Issues of Dating, Taxonomy, and Cultural Associations

Radiocarbon Concentrations of Wood Ash Calcite: Potential for Dating

New Directions in Archaeological Science (TA28)

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