The Magdalenian in the Paris Basin: New results

Debout, Grégory; Olive, Monique; Bignon, Olivier; Bodu, Pierre; Chehmana, Lucie; Valentin, Boris

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.016

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“…When mobility is constrained to 50 km, land-use patterns concentrate around core areas and the “hinterlands” are abandoned, whereas at 100 and 200 km people still make use of these areas, although occupation intensity focusses on the core areas (compare Fig 8A and 8B). There is evidence in the archeological literature that regions outside of the traditional refugia, such as the Paris Basin [59,60] and Central Spain [61,62] could have been exploited during the LGM which could demonstrate the importance of at least occasional long-distance movements.…”

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Habitat suitability and the genetic structure of human populations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Western Europe

Wren

Burke

2019

PLoS ONE

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Human populations in Western Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum were geographically constrained to glacial refugia by the severity of the climate and ecological risk factors. In this research we use an agent-based model of human mobility and interaction, based on ethnographic and archaeological data, to explore the impact of ecological risk on human population structure via a reconstructed landscape of habitat suitability. The agent-based model allows us to evaluate the size and location of glacial refugia, the size of the populations occupying them and the degree of genetic relatedness between people occupying these areas. To do this, we model the probability of an agent foraging groups’ survival as a function of habitat suitability. The model’s simulated “genomes” (composed of regionally specific genetic markers) allow us to track long-term trends of inter-regional interaction and mobility. The results agree with previous archaeological studies situating a large glacial refugium spanning southern France and northeastern Spain, but we expand on those studies by demonstrating that higher rates of population growth in this central refugium led to continuous out-migration and therefore genetic homogeneity across Western Europe, with the possible exception of the Italian peninsula. These results concur with material culture data from known archaeological sites dating to the Last Glacial Maximum and make predictions for future ancient DNA studies.

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Habitat suitability and the genetic structure of human populations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Western Europe

Wren

Burke

2019

PLoS ONE

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“…Whereas raclette and backed microbladelet-yielding assemblages are clearly documented (e.g. Oisy, Nièvre, layers 3 and 4: Bodu et al, 2007;Bodu and Chehmana, 2008;Debout et al, 2012; Lassac, Aude, locus 1: Ducasse, 2010), direct dating of specific antler artifacts from disturbed assemblages yielding Late Badegoulian components suggests that single and striated beveled points-aka Placard-type points sensu Aura et al, 2012;Utrilla Miranda et al, 2020-emerged from about 22,5 cal ka BP and may have developed at least until 21,5 ka cal BP together with the famous "pseudo-excised" decorations (Ducasse et al, 2019a) and the persistence of self-barbed points (e.g. in Pégourié).…”

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Breaking bad? Discarding the solutrean norms: Chronology, evolution and geographical extent of the badegoulian phenomenon in Western Europe

Ducasse

Chauvière

Pétillon

2021

Quaternary International

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The Badegoulian technocomplex holds a special place among the West European Upper Paleolithic (UP) cultural traditions. Often understated or even bypassed by the main prehistorical overviews, caught between the fascinating Solutrean and the "classic" Magdalenian technocomplexes, it nonetheless probably marks a turning point in the evolving trajectory of hunter-gatherers in present-day France. The deep typo-technological changes, traditionally noted through lithic equipment, have recently been examined in the framework of interdisciplinary programs centered on several key-stratigraphic sequences located in southwest France. The combined analyses of flint, bone and antler assemblages, ornaments and faunal remains, together with the implementation of systematic archaeostratigraphic reassessment and radiometric dating, serve to confirm the speed and the strength of these changes ca. 23 cal ka BP. Without going into detail into the Solutrean-Badegoulian transition issue, the present paper provides a synthetic overview of the main Badegoulian characteristics-and their known variability-on the basis of the lithic and osseous equipment that guided the original identification. Following a three-step structure successively exploring the "when", the "what" and the "where" questions, we will look at the current challenges in LGM chronocultural research, between (false) consensus and (true) sticking points.

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“…Ces industries s'inscrivent dans la variabilité technique connue ailleurs pour le Badegoulien (Bodu et al, 2007 ;Cretin et Le Licon-Julien, 1997 ;Cretin, 2007 ;Debout et al, 2012 ;Ducasse, 2010Ducasse, , 2012Morala, 1993 ;Trotignon et al, 1984). Les matières utilisées attestent une parfaite connaissance de ce que nous appelons les géo-espaces et caractérisent les plus longs parcours connus pour le Badegoulien, entre Berry et Velay (Delvigne, 2012 ;Delvigne et al, 2014).…”

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Datations SMA et nouveaux regards sur l’archéo-séquence du Rond-du-Barry (Polignac, Haute-Loire)

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Lafarge

Rémy

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Comptes Rendus Palevol

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International audienceA series of 36 radiocarbon AMS ages produced from separate bone fragments has prompted a new appraisal of the archaeological sequence of the Rond-du-Barry Cave (Polignac, Haute-Loire). A huge rock-fall of unknown age underlies Unit H, which which contains evidence of the oldest human occupation of the site consisting of a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage dated to between 40 and 33 kyr. The first Upper Palaeolithic occupation of the Cave occurred later. In Unit F, three Badegoulian occupation sectors can be identified that are dated to between 20 and 17.5 kyr. The uppermost units, E and D yielded Middle and Upper Magdalenian dates of between 15.4 and 12.4 kyr. Within Unit E, a tephra related layer (E6) is likely to belong to a distal southern lobe of an eruptive event that was centred in the Chaîne des Puys, 100km to the North. Unit D shows evidence of being re-worked at least during Mesolithic/Neolithic times, circa 6.5/4.9 kyr. The sum of this new evidence demonstrates the existence of a previouly unrecognised stratigraphic and spatial complexity within the Rond-du-barry archaeological deposits, which demands that new investigations be made in the cave.Trente-six dates radiocarbone par spectrométrie de masse par accélérateur, réalisées sur des restes fauniques appartenant chaque fois à un seul individu, précisent le découpage chrono-culturel de l’archéo-séquence de la grotte du Rond-du-Barry (Polignac, Haute-Loire). Reposant sur un complexe effondré dont la base n’a jamais été atteinte, l’unité archéo-stratigraphique H contenait du Paléolithique moyen récent, daté entre 40 et 33 ka BP. Le Paléolithique supérieur est représenté par l’unité archéo-stratigraphique F –avec trois secteurs d’occupation rapportés au Badegoulien et datés entre 20 etb17,5 ka BP – et par les unités archéo-stratigraphiques E et D, dont le Magdalénien moyen et supérieur est daté entre 15,4 et 12,4 ka BP. Dans l’unité E, un téphra (E6) appartient au lobe distal d’un nuage éruptif issu de la Chaîne des Puys, à plus de 100 km au sud de son origine. L’unité archéo-stratigraphique D a subi des perturbations au Mésolithique/Néolithique ancien, entre 6,5 et 4,9 ka BP. Ces résultats révèlent une complexité stratigraphique et spatiale du remplissage que les fouilles anciennes ont ignorée et renforcent l’intérêt d’entreprendre de nouveaux travaux

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The Magdalenian in the Paris Basin: New results

Cited by 30 publications

References 31 publications

Habitat suitability and the genetic structure of human populations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Western Europe

Habitat suitability and the genetic structure of human populations during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Western Europe

Breaking bad? Discarding the solutrean norms: Chronology, evolution and geographical extent of the badegoulian phenomenon in Western Europe

Datations SMA et nouveaux regards sur l’archéo-séquence du Rond-du-Barry (Polignac, Haute-Loire)

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