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An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco
North African coastal Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites are key to study the development and expansion of early H. sapiens. El Mnasra cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Témara region) is a crucial site associated with MSA archaeological materials considered advanced cognitive hallmarks of behavioural...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8836329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261282 |
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author | Ben Arous, Eslem Philippe, Anne Shao, Qingfeng Richter, Daniel Lenoble, Arnaud Mercier, Norbert Richard, Maïlys Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Tombret, Olivier El Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil Nespoulet, Roland Falguères, Christophe |
author_facet | Ben Arous, Eslem Philippe, Anne Shao, Qingfeng Richter, Daniel Lenoble, Arnaud Mercier, Norbert Richard, Maïlys Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Tombret, Olivier El Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil Nespoulet, Roland Falguères, Christophe |
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description | North African coastal Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites are key to study the development and expansion of early H. sapiens. El Mnasra cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Témara region) is a crucial site associated with MSA archaeological materials considered advanced cognitive hallmarks of behavioural innovation, such as numerous Nassariidae perforated shells, hematite pigments, bones industry and coastal resources exploitation. We provide new trapped-charges dates (OSL and combined US-ESR ages). Our Bayesian modelling strengthens the new lithostratigraphic interpretation of the cave stratigraphic units (US) and we propose an updated chronostratigraphic model for the Middle Stone Age archaeo-sequence of El Mnasra Cave. We confirm a human presence between 124–104 ka, earlier than what the previous OSL and US-ESR data showed. Our time range intervals allowed us to also extend the age of the MSA occupations considerably to the MIS 4/3 (~62–30 ka), marked by the disappearance of the Nassariidae perforated shells. Outstandingly, our model pushed back the age of the largest record of Nassariidae perforated shells and placed the age of their use by the Aterian groups at El Mnasra from the MIS 5d-5b (~115–94 ka). |
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spelling | pubmed-88363292022-02-12 An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco Ben Arous, Eslem Philippe, Anne Shao, Qingfeng Richter, Daniel Lenoble, Arnaud Mercier, Norbert Richard, Maïlys Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Tombret, Olivier El Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil Nespoulet, Roland Falguères, Christophe PLoS One Research Article North African coastal Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites are key to study the development and expansion of early H. sapiens. El Mnasra cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Témara region) is a crucial site associated with MSA archaeological materials considered advanced cognitive hallmarks of behavioural innovation, such as numerous Nassariidae perforated shells, hematite pigments, bones industry and coastal resources exploitation. We provide new trapped-charges dates (OSL and combined US-ESR ages). Our Bayesian modelling strengthens the new lithostratigraphic interpretation of the cave stratigraphic units (US) and we propose an updated chronostratigraphic model for the Middle Stone Age archaeo-sequence of El Mnasra Cave. We confirm a human presence between 124–104 ka, earlier than what the previous OSL and US-ESR data showed. Our time range intervals allowed us to also extend the age of the MSA occupations considerably to the MIS 4/3 (~62–30 ka), marked by the disappearance of the Nassariidae perforated shells. Outstandingly, our model pushed back the age of the largest record of Nassariidae perforated shells and placed the age of their use by the Aterian groups at El Mnasra from the MIS 5d-5b (~115–94 ka). Public Library of Science 2022-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8836329/ /pubmed/35148324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261282 Text en © 2022 Ben Arous et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Ben Arous, Eslem Philippe, Anne Shao, Qingfeng Richter, Daniel Lenoble, Arnaud Mercier, Norbert Richard, Maïlys Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Tombret, Olivier El Hajraoui, Mohamed Abdeljalil Nespoulet, Roland Falguères, Christophe An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title | An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title_full | An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title_fullStr | An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title_full_unstemmed | An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title_short | An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco |
title_sort | improved chronology for the middle stone age at el mnasra cave, morocco |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8836329/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35148324 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261282 |
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