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Barton, R. N. E., Lane, C. S., Albert, P. G., White, D., Collcutt, S. N., Bouzouggar, A., Ditchfield, P., Farr, L., Oh, A., Ottolini, L., Smith, V. C., Van Peer, P. and Kindermann, K. (2015). The role of cryptotephra in refining the chronology of Late Pleistocene human evolution and cultural change in North Africa. Quat. Sci. Rev., 118. S. 151 - 170. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 0277-3791

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Abstract

Sites in North Africa hold key information for dating the presence of Homo sapiens and the distribution of Middle Stone Age (MSA), Middle Palaeolithic (MP) and Later Stone Age (LSA) cultural activity in the Late Pleistocene. Here we present new and review recently published tephrochronological evidence for five cave sites in North Africa with long MSA/MP and LSA cultural sequences. Four tephra horizons have been identified at the Haua Fteah (Cyrenaica, Libya). They include cryptotephra evidence for the Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) eruption dating to similar to 39 ka that allows correlation with other Palaeolithic sequences in the eastern Mediterranean and as far north as Russia. Cryptotephra have also been recorded from the Moroccan sites of Taforalt, Rhafas and Dar es-Soltane 1. At Taforalt the geochemical composition suggests a provenance in the Azores, while examples from Sodmein (Egypt) appear to derive from central Anatolia and another unknown source. In these latter examples chemical compositional data from relevant proximal volcanic centres is currently lacking so the identification of tephra in layers of known age and cultural association provides the first reliable age determinations for distal volcanic events and their geographical extent. The future potential for tephrochronological research in North Africa is also discussed. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Barton, R. N. E. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lane, C. S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Albert, P. G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED White, D. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Collcutt, S. N. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bouzouggar, A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ditchfield, P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Farr, L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Oh, A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ottolini, L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Smith, V. C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Van Peer, P. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kindermann, K. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-401098
DOI:	10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.09.008
Journal or Publication Title:	Quat. Sci. Rev.
Volume:	118
Page Range:	S. 151 - 170
Date:	2015
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	0277-3791
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language SETE CIDADES VOLCANO; RED-SEA MOUNTAINS; LATER STONE-AGE; HAUA FTEAH; EXPLOSIVE ACTIVITY; CAVE MOROCCO; SODMEIN CAVE; KEBARA CAVE; SAO-MIGUEL; TEPHRA Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/40109