Why this revolution? Explaining the major technical shift in Southwestern Europe during the 7th millennium cal. BC

Marchand, Grégor; Perrin, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.059

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“…The Castelnovian is part of the pan-European Late Mesolithic blade and trapeze lithic complex, and appeared throughout Italy ∼6,800-6,500 calBCE (( 70 ), D. Binder personal communication). These lithic industries have been argued to originate from the Circum Pontic area ( 71, 72 ), with a possible ultimate origin from as far as eastern Asia ( 73, 74 ), or alternatively from the Capsian culture in northwestern Africa ( 75, 76 ). The ancestry profiles of the individuals associated with the Castelnovian sensu lato show a similarity to those of Mesolithic HGs from the Iron Gates, eastern Europe and the Baltic, hence providing support for a connection to the East.…”

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Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

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Mannino

Talamo

et al. 2020

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37Southern Italy is a key region for understanding the agricultural transition in the Mediterranean due to its 38 central position. We present a genomic transect for 19 prehistoric Sicilians that covers the Early Mesolithic 39 to Early Neolithic period. We find that the Early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers (HGs) are a highly drifted 40 sister lineage to Early Holocene western European HGs, whereas a quarter of the Late Mesolithic HGs 41 ancestry is related to HGs from eastern Europe and the Near East. This indicates substantial gene flow from 42 (south-)eastern Europe between the Early and Late Mesolithic. The Early Neolithic farmers are genetically 43 most similar to those from the Balkan and Greece, and carry only a maximum of ~7% ancestry from Sicilian 44 Mesolithic HGs. Ancestry changes match changes in dietary profile and material culture, except for two 45individuals who may provide tentative initial evidence that HGs adopted elements of farming in Sicily. 47One-sentence summary 48 Genome-wide and isotopic data from prehistoric Sicilians reveal a pre-farming connection to (south-) 49 eastern Europe, and tentative initial evidence that hunter-gatherers adopted some Neolithic aspects prior to 50 near-total replacement by early farmers. 51 52

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Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

Loosdrecht

Mannino

Talamo

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“…In the Alps, the Tosco-Emilian Apennine and the Po plain, a significant network of Late Mesolithic settlements is observed (Ferrari 2010;Franco 2011;Marchand, Perrin 2017) which is not the case everywhere in the North-Western Mediterranean and especially in places where the farmers first settled (Western Liguria, Eastern Provence, Mediterranean Languedoc). Although the Castelnovian chronology is still poorly known in general terms, late Mesolithic sites, contemporary with the first evidence of farmer settlement, are documented in the Rhône Valley and in the Tosco-Emilian Apennine (Binder et al 2017;Dini, Fioravanti 2011;Marchand, Perrin 2017).…”

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“…Although the Castelnovian chronology is still poorly known in general terms, late Mesolithic sites, contemporary with the first evidence of farmer settlement, are documented in the Rhône Valley and in the Tosco-Emilian Apennine (Binder et al 2017;Dini, Fioravanti 2011;Marchand, Perrin 2017). This has sometimes been considered to be Tab.…”

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Modelling the earliest north-western dispersal of Mediterranean Impressed Wares: new dates and Bayesian chronological model

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The authors attempt to specify the diffusion pattern of the Impressed-Ware Neolithic (Impresso-cardial complex, ICC), from south-eastern Italy onto the French Mediterranean coasts. Using ChronoModel® software, a Bayesian model was built with sets of dates obtained on well-contextualised, short-lived samples. The results highlight a clear tightening of the chronology in the so-called nuclear area (Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria) and a pioneer dispersal at record speed in the Tyrrhenian Basin. Moreover, they question the origins and initial developments of the Impressed-Wares techno-complex.

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“…This major phenomenon implies explanations that encompass hypothesis of cultural and/or some kind of demic movements (Marchand and Perrin 2015). In Iberia, blade technology and trapezes (Geometric Mesolithic) are recognised in different areas of the Mediterranean basin (Martí Oliver et al 2009), the Ebro valley ) and the south Atlantic coast of Portugal (Carvalho 2009;Bicho et al 2011).…”

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“…The introduction of regular blade knapped techniques along the region indicates at least the spread of information through a wide area that includes the Western Mediterranean zone. While only a few works reflect the interest to explore these mechanisms (Binder et al 2012;Clark 1958, Marchand andPerrin 2015), some try to put their attention on the origins of blade techniques and trapezes referring the possibility of a north African origin (Marchand and Perrin 2015).…”

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New insights into the neolithisation process in southwest Europe according to spatial density analysis from calibrated radiocarbon dates

Puchol

Castillo

Gordó

2017

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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The agricultural way of life spreads throughout Europe via two main routes: the Danube corridor and the Mediterranean basin. Current archaeological literature describes the arrival to the Western Mediterranean as a rapid process which involves both demic and cultural models, and in this regard, the dispersal movement has been investigated using mathematical models, where the key factors are time and space. In this work, we have created a compilation of all available radiocarbon dates for the whole of Iberia, in order to draw a chronological series of maps to illustrate temporal and spatial patterns in the neolithisation process. The maps were prepared by calculating the calibrated 14C date probability density curves, as a proxy to show the spatial dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers and first farmers. Several scholars have pointed out problems linked with the variability of samples, such as the overrepresentation of some sites, the degree of regional research, the nature of the dated samples and above all the archaeological context, but we are confident that the selected dates, after applying some filters and statistical protocols, constitute a good way to approach settlement spatial patterns in Iberia at the time of the neolithisation process.

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Why this revolution? Explaining the major technical shift in Southwestern Europe during the 7th millennium cal. BC

Cited by 57 publications

References 35 publications

Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

Genomic and dietary transitions during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Sicily

Modelling the earliest north-western dispersal of Mediterranean Impressed Wares: new dates and Bayesian chronological model

New insights into the neolithisation process in southwest Europe according to spatial density analysis from calibrated radiocarbon dates

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