Winter is coming: What happened in western European mountains between 12.9 and 12.6 ka cal. BP (beginning of the GS1)

Tomasso, Antonin; Cheung, Célia Fat; Fornage-Bontemps, Sophie; Langlais, Mathieu; Naudinot, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.12.020

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“…As stated in the introduction, the European archaeological record is divided into two distinct entities following the Gravettian period (Breuil, 1913): the "classical" Upper Paleolithic sequence in Northwestern Europe (Solutrean, Badegoulian, Magdalenian, Azilian and then Laborien/Ahrensbourgian/Swiderian) and the Epigravettian in the Northern Mediterranean and Eastern Europe. The Epigravettian differs from the Northwestern sequence particularly in regard to the continuity of the traditions, with a distinct tendency toward the simplification of debitage throughout the period (Naudinot et al, 2017;Tomasso et al, 2018). When trapezoids appear in the Venetian pre-alps during GS1, shortly before their Late Laborian counterparts (beginning of Holocene), the technological traditions are very different between regions in terms of techno-economic organization: where "a massive return of blades and bladelets with high qualitative standards occurred in Western Europe while the simplification process is still in course in the Epigravettian region" (Naudinot et al, 2017).…”

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“…Between the second half of GS-1 (Greenland Stadial-1, also referred to as Younger-Dryas; Walker et al, 2009) and first half of Preboreal (ca 12.5-11 Ka cal. BP), the European archaeological record can be divided into two techno-complexes: the Late/Terminal Epigravettian in the northern Mediterranean Basin and central-eastern Europe and industries characterized by the return of a well-developed blade technology in Northwestern Europe (Naudinot et al, , 2017Tomasso et al, 2018). Due to their technological consistency, these latter industries have been integrated in a large Western European techno-complex called "Regular Blades and Bladelets Industries" (Valentin 2008), "Pre-Mesolithic Straight Blade and Bladelet Industries " (Naudinot, 2010) or "Flat Blades Techno-complex (FBT)" (Naudinot et Jacquier, 2014).…”

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Late Laborian trapezoids: Function and origin of the first transverse projectile tips of Western Europe prehistory

Jacquier

Langlais

Naudinot

2020

Quaternary International

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Recently recognized as part of Final Lateglacial tool-kits, trapezoids remain enigmatic tools. The analytical part of this paper focuses on macro and micro-wear traces observed on Late Laborian trapezoids (GS1-Holocene transition, Atlantic facade) and their meaning from a utilitarian point of view. The consistency in the nature and organization of the traces leads us to interpret these implements as transverse projectile tips. These results confirm previous assumptions and establish the emergence of the Late Laborian trapezoids as an unprecedented innovation, marking a break from previous local weapon technology (points of piercing type and/or lateral inserts). These results provide a starting point to discuss the origin and significance of these artifacts. Their presence in different parts of Europe during the Lateglacial had been tentatively interpreted fifteen years ago as the result of large-scale cultural renewals in a context of progressively milder climatic and environmental conditions. At the current state of research, this diffusionist hypothesis suffers from a lack of geographic, technoeconomic and functional continuity. Although techno-functional investigations inevitably raise the question of the target of these projectile points, current data do not provide a precise answer. It is however suggested that variations in stone points type during the Late Laborian was not necessarily related to prey type.

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Late Laborian trapezoids: Function and origin of the first transverse projectile tips of Western Europe prehistory

Jacquier

Langlais

Naudinot

2020

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“…15), como junto a ellas, panel 8, e incluso en paneles donde no se tiene constancia de las primeras. Una fase de tránsito y mantenimiento de previas cosmovisiones y técnicas paleolíticas que permite apuntalar una visión sobre la ocupación humana de la Península Ibérica y del arte de los últimos grupos de tradición paleolítica, que debería ser indefectible en el estudio de sus relaciones sociales y culturales y de las redes de intercambio locales, regionales y suprarregionales en momentos de cambio (SAUVET 2017) y donde las respuestas a los diferentes eventos climáticos registrados, preferentemente fríos, no tienen por que ser idénticas en territorios contiguos (TOMASSO et al 2018).…”

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El arte Paleolítico de Siega Verde (Serranillo, Salamanca, España): Una sintética visión en el trigésimo aniversario de su descubrimiento

Marcos¹

2019

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En el mes de octubre de 2018 se conmemoró el trigésimo aniversario del descubrimiento, por el arqueólogo Manuel Santonja, del primer équido Paleolítico de Siega Verde (Serranillo, Salamanca, España). Este acontecimiento científico y sociocultural, que resultó de crucial importancia en el cambio de visión preponderante sobre el arte Paleolítico y el poblamiento de la Meseta Ibérica en el Último Máximo Glacial (UMG), merecía una sucinta aportación sobre sus grafías parietales al aire libre en esta conmemoración, desde la singularidad y relevancia que tienen para la arqueología. Su inclusión en la Lista del Patrimonio Mundial de la Unesco en 2010, como ampliación de los sitios portugueses con arte rupestre que conforman el valle del Côa, al igual que el hecho de haberse convertido en uno de los referentes para el estudio de las manifestaciones artísticas paleolíticas y de las sociedades prehistóricas que las ejecutaron, confirman lo antedicho. The Paleolithic art of Siega Verde (Serranillo, Salamanca, Spain): A synthetic vision on the thirtieth anniversary of its discoveryIn october 2018 commemorated the thirtieth anniversary of the discovery, by archaeologist Manuel Santonja, of the first Paleolithic equid of Siega Verde (Serranillo, Salamanca, España). This scientific and sociocultural event, which was of crucial importance in the change of the preponderant view on Paleolithic art and human settlement of the Iberian Meseta during the Last Glacial Maximum (LMG), deserves a contribution about its Palaeolithic figures, from the uniqueness and relevance they have for archeology. The inclusion in the Unesco World Heritage List in 2010, as an extension of the portuguese rock-art sites that make up the Côa Valley, as well as the fact that it has become one of the references for the study of Palaeolithic artistic manifestations and of the prehistoric societies that made them, confirm the aforesaid. Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic, Rock Art, Open-air art, Águeda river, World Heritage.

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“…During the lateglacial, the Southern Alps were peopled by Epigravettian groups. The Epigravettian technocomplexes originated from the Gravettian during the ALGM (Bietti, 1985;Broglio, 1997;Palma di Cesnola, 2001) and lasted until the Pleistocene-Holocene termination, showing changes in lithic technology, as well as in the mobility strategies and settlement pattern of their producers (Bertola et al, 2007;Duches et al, 2018;Mussi & Peresani, 2011;Naudinot et al, 2017;Peresani et al, 2021;Tomasso et al, 2018Tomasso et al, , 2020. As far as the settlement system is concerned, the peopling of ALGMglaciated land by the Epigravettian bands was a gradual process, with an early phase restricted to valley bottoms and plateaux around 500 m elevation and a later stage of upland occupation reaching altitudes of c. 1500 m asl, with development of a logistical occupation network based on seasonal mobility patterns (Angelucci, 1998;Duches et al, 2019;Fontana et al, 2018).…”

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Geoarchaeological characterisation of a Younger Dryas site in the Alpine uplands: Cornafessa rock shelter (Italy)

2022

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The effects of the Younger Dryas (YD) fluctuation on Late Pleistocene huntergatherers' settlement and subsistence systems in the southern Alps are poorly known. This is primarily due to the scarcity of archaeological sites dating from the YD, in contrast with the extensive evidence available from the lateglacial interstadial and the early Holocene. Here, we present the initial stratigraphic, chronologic and geoarchaeological data collected from Cornafessa rock shelter, a new site located in the Lessini massif of the Italian Alps, at an elevation of 1240 m. The site was occupied during both the YD and the early Holocene. The YD archaeological deposit is clearly recognisable within the fairly uniform lateglacial and Holocene clastic succession. Geoarchaeological data indicate that the YD deposit corresponds to an occupation surface, which was formed during short visits to the site by late Epigravettian hunter-gatherer groups, who settled in the sheltered area and performed distinct activities.

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Winter is coming: What happened in western European mountains between 12.9 and 12.6 ka cal. BP (beginning of the GS1)

Cited by 11 publications

References 35 publications

Late Laborian trapezoids: Function and origin of the first transverse projectile tips of Western Europe prehistory

Late Laborian trapezoids: Function and origin of the first transverse projectile tips of Western Europe prehistory

El arte Paleolítico de Siega Verde (Serranillo, Salamanca, España): Una sintética visión en el trigésimo aniversario de su descubrimiento

Geoarchaeological characterisation of a Younger Dryas site in the Alpine uplands: Cornafessa rock shelter (Italy)

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