Frontiers of the Lower Palaeolithic expansion in Europe: Tunel Wielki Cave (Poland)

Peopling of Central Europe by Middle Pleistocene hominids is highly debatable, mainly due to the relatively harsh climatic and environmental conditions that require cultural and anatomical adjustments. At least several archaeological sites certify human occupation in the region dated back to MIS 13-...

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Autores principales: Kot, Małgorzata, Berto, Claudio, Krajcarz, Maciej T., Moskal-del Hoyo, Magdalena, Gryczewska, Natalia, Szymanek, Marcin, Marciszak, Adrian, Stefaniak, Krzysztof, Zarzecka-Szubińska, Katarzyna, Lipecki, Grzegorz, Wertz, Krzysztof, Madeyska, Teresa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36175468
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20582-0
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Sumario:Peopling of Central Europe by Middle Pleistocene hominids is highly debatable, mainly due to the relatively harsh climatic and environmental conditions that require cultural and anatomical adjustments. At least several archaeological sites certify human occupation in the region dated back to MIS 13-11, but they represent open-air settlements. Based on the new fieldwork conducted in Tunel Wielki Cave, we can date the human occupation traces in the cave to MIS 14-12. Bipolar-on-anvil knapping technique prevails in the lithic assemblage, made exclusively in flint. The obtained results have given ground for studying the frontiers of human oikumene and the required cultural adaptive abilities.

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