Universität zu Köln

Chu, Wei ORCID: 0000-0002-4595-388X, McLin, Scott, Woestehoff, Luisa, Ciornei, Alexandru, Gennai, Jacopo ORCID: 0000-0003-2662-2855, Marreiros, Joao and Dobos, Adrian ORCID: 0000-0002-7840-6524 (2022). Aurignacian dynamics in Southeastern Europe based on spatial analysis, sediment geochemistry, raw materials, lithic analysis, and use-wear from Romanesti-Dumbravita. Sci Rep, 12 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

The Aurignacian is one of the first cultural-technological traditions commonly associated with the expansion of Homo sapiens in Europe. Early Homo sapiens demographics across the continent are therefore typically inferred using the distribution of Aurignacian assemblages. Western Romania has been used as a tie-point to connect the well-researched lithic assemblages from the eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe through its early Homo sapiens fossils. However, Romania's archeological record remains underexplored thereby hindering our ability to directly connect better understood regions through time and space. Here we report on excavations from the open-air Middle/Upper Paleolithic site of Romanesti-Dumbravista I in southwestern Romania. Three stratified Paleolithic assemblages were extensively excavated within a 1-m-thick eolian-deposited sequence. Spatial, geochemical, raw material, techno-typological, and use-wear analysis of the site reveal patterns of artifact configuration, resource exploitation, fire history, knapping objectives, and functionality. Taken together, Romanesti-Dumbravista I is the first well-contextualized archeological site in close spatiotemporal proximity to many early, well-preserved human fossils and in East-Central Europe.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Chu, Wei UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-388X UNSPECIFIED McLin, Scott UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Woestehoff, Luisa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ciornei, Alexandru UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gennai, Jacopo UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-2855 UNSPECIFIED Marreiros, Joao UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Dobos, Adrian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-7840-6524 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-690093
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-022-15544-5
Journal or Publication Title:	Sci Rep
Volume:	12
Number:	1
Date:	2022
Publisher:	NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	2045-2322
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language HUMAN-CLIMATE INTERACTION; BLACK CARBON; RADIOCARBON CHRONOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC SITES; PROTO-AURIGNACIAN; ADAPTIVE SHIFT; MODERN HUMANS; HYPOTHESIS; TECHNOLOGY; SOILS Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69009