Radiocarbon chronology of Manot Cave, Israel and Upper Paleolithic dispersals

The timing of archeological industries in the Levant is central for understanding the spread of modern humans with Upper Paleolithic traditions. We report a high-resolution radiocarbon chronology for Early Upper Paleolithic industries (Early Ahmarian and Levantine Aurignacian) from the newly excavat...

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Autores: Alex, Bridget, Barzilai, Omry, Hershkovitz, Israel, Marder, Ofer, Berna, Francesco, Caracuta, Valentina, Abulafia, Talia, Davis, Lauren, Goder-Goldberger, Mae, Lavi, Ron, Mintz, Eugenia, Regev, Lior, Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella, Tejero Cáceres, José Miguel, Yeshurun, Reuven, Ayalon, Avner, Bar-Matthews, Mira, Yasur, Gal, Frumkin, Amos, Latimer, Bruce, Hans, Mark G., Boaretto, Elisabetta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/123045
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/123045
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Datació per radiocarboni
Paleolític superior
Israel
Radiocarbon dating
Upper Paleolithic period
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Sumario:The timing of archeological industries in the Levant is central for understanding the spread of modern humans with Upper Paleolithic traditions. We report a high-resolution radiocarbon chronology for Early Upper Paleolithic industries (Early Ahmarian and Levantine Aurignacian) from the newly excavated site of Manot Cave, Israel. The dates confirm that the Early Ahmarian industry was present by 46,000 calibrated years before the present (cal BP), and the Levantine Aurignacian occurred at least between 38,000 and 34,000 cal BP. This timing is consistent with proposed migrations or technological diffusions between the Near East and Europe. Specifically, the Ahmarian could have led to the development of the Protoaurignacian in Europe, and the Aurignacian in Europe could have spread back to the Near East as the Levantine Aurignacian.