Universität zu Köln

Chu, Wei ORCID: 0000-0002-4595-388X (2018). The Danube Corridor Hypothesis and the Carpathian Basin: Geological, Environmental and Archaeological Approaches to Characterizing Aurignacian Dynamics. J. World Prehist., 31 (2). S. 117 - 179. NEW YORK: SPRINGER. ISSN 1573-7802

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Abstract

Early Upper Paleolithic sites in the Danube catchment have been put forward as evidence that the river was an important conduit for modern humans during their initial settlement of Europe. Central to this model is the Carpathian Basin, a region covering most of the Middle Danube. As the archaeological record of this region is still poorly understood, this paper aims to provide a contextual assessment of the Carpathian Basin's geological and paleoenvironmental archives, starting with the late Upper Pleistocene. Subsequently, it compiles early Upper Paleolithic data from the region to provide a synchronic appraisal of the Aurignacian archaeological evidence. It then uses this data to test whether the relative absence of early Upper Paleolithic sites is obscured by a taphonomic bias. Finally, it reviews current knowledge of the Carpathian Basin's archaeological record and concludes that, while it cannot reject the Danube corridor hypothesis, further (geo)archaeological work is required to understand the link between the Carpathian Basin and Central and Southeastern Europe.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Chu, Wei UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-388X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-184387
DOI:	10.1007/s10963-018-9115-1
Journal or Publication Title:	J. World Prehist.
Volume:	31
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 117 - 179
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Place of Publication:	NEW YORK
ISSN:	1573-7802
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LOESS-PALEOSOL SEQUENCE; LATE PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE; UPPER PALEOLITHIC TRANSITION; GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN; EASTERN-EUROPE; NORTHERN SERBIA; MODERN HUMANS; PANNONIAN BASIN; VINDIJA CAVE; GRAIN-SIZE Multiple languages Anthropology; Archaeology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18438