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Barbieri, Alvise ORCID: 0000-0002-4246-7691, Maier, Andreas, Lauer, Tobias, Mischka, Carsten, Hattermann, Merlin and Uthmeier, Thorsten (2022). Post-LGM environments and foragers on the move: New data from the lower Altmuhl Valley (Franconian Jura, SE Germany). J. Hum. Evol., 173. LONDON: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1095-8606

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Abstract

After the Last Glacial Maximum, the Swabian and Franconian Jura (in SW and SE Germany, respectively) were repopulated by Magdalenian hunter-gatherers within the same communication network. However, while the Magdalenian settlement of the Swabian Jura dates to 17-14 ka cal BP, permanent Magdalenian occupations in the Franconian Jura date to 15-14 ka cal BP. In comparison with its western counterpart, the Franconian Jura was mostly excavated in the early days of archaeological research. Does this different chronology reflect the different history of research? Why did Magdalenian foragers establish permanent occupation in the Franconian Jura nearly 2 millennia after settling in Swabia, despite the fact these regions are only 150 km apart? To address these questions, we reinvestigated two sites in the Altmithl Valley with micromorphology and luminescence dating, namely Felsenhausl-Kellerhohle and Klausennische. Our data show that both sites have intact Pleistocene deposits. Among these, we identified sediments dating between 17 and 15 ka that show only rare lithic artifacts and microfeatures indicative of cold and arid conditions. Our work and published data suggest that the steady settlement of Magdalenian foragers in the Altmithl Valley starting 15 ka cal BP coincides with the end of this harsh period and the onset of cool and wetter environments. Data from the Swabian Jura demonstrated that in the Lone Valley, similar environments and Magdalenian occupations commenced earlier, starting 17 ka cal BR. Therefore, we propose that regional environments acted as a barrier against the dispersal of foragers in the Franconian Jura and determined its later Magdalenian occupation. Our research highlighted that different environments, taphonomic processes, and site uses probably coexisted across the German Jura. Therefore, it remains fundamental to expand the multisite data set proposed in this article to further test hypotheses about human/environment interaction in this region. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Barbieri, Alvise UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4246-7691 UNSPECIFIED Maier, Andreas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lauer, Tobias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Mischka, Carsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hattermann, Merlin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Uthmeier, Thorsten UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-682418
DOI:	10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103267
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Hum. Evol.
Volume:	173
Date:	2022
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1095-8606
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language MICRO-MORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL MAXIMUM; BONE-COLLAGEN; PLEISTOCENE; EUROPE; SOILS; INFORMATION; SETTLEMENT; DEGLACIATION; VEGETATION Multiple languages Anthropology; Evolutionary Biology Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/68241