Author, as appears in the article.: Ollé, A.; Bazgir, B.; Tumung, L.; Becerra-Valdivia, L.; Douka, K.; Higham, T.; Van Der Made, J.; Picin, A.; Saladié, P.; López-García, J.M.; Blain, H.-A.; Allué, E.; Fernández-García, M.; Rey-Rodríguez, I.; Arceredillo, D.; Bahrololoumi, F.; Azimi, M.; Otte, M.; Carbonell, E.
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: OLLÉ CAÑELLAS, ANDREU; Bazgir, B.; Tumung, L.; Becerra-Valdivia, L.; Douka, K.; Higham, T.; Van Der Made, J.; Picin, A.; SALADIÉ BALLESTÉ, PALMIRA; LÓPEZ GARCÍA, JUAN MANUEL; Blain, H.-A.; ALLUE MARTI, ETHEL ANN; Fernández-García, M.; Rey-Rodríguez, I.; Arceredillo, D.; Bahrololoumi, F.; Azimi, M.; Otte, M.; CARBONELL ROURA, EUDALD
Keywords: Està en blanc
Abstract: Kaldar Cave is a key archaeological site that provides evidence of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Iran. Excavations at the site in 2014-2015 led to the discovery of cultural remains generally associated with anatomically modern humans (AMHs) and evidence of a probable Neanderthal-made industry in the basal layers. Attempts have been made to establish a chronology for the site. These include four thermoluminescence (TL) dates for Layer 4, ranging from 23,100 ± 3300 to 29,400 ± 2300 BP, and three AMS radiocarbon dates from charcoal samples belonging to the lower part of the same layer, yielding ages of 38,650-36,750 cal BP, 44,200-42,350 cal BP, and 54,400-46,050 cal BP (all at the 95.4% confidence level). Kaldar Cave is the first well-stratified Late Palaeolithic locality to be excavated in the Zagros which is one of the earliest sites with cultural materials attributed to early AMHs in western Asia. It also offers an opportunity to study the technological differences between the Mousterian and the first Upper Palaeolithic lithic technologies as well as the human behaviour in the region. In this study, we present a detailed description of the newly excavated stratigraphy, quantified results from the lithic assemblages, preliminary faunal remains analyses, geochronologic data, taphonomic aspects, and an interpretation of the regional paleoenvironment.
Research group: Autoecologia Humana del Quaternari
Thematic Areas: Història Historia History
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 2045-2322
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Record's date: 2017-03-21
Journal volume: 7
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep43460
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1038/srep43460
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2017
First page: Art.num. 43460
Publication Type: Article Artículo Article
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