Chatelperronian
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A l’extrême fin du stade isotopique 3a, le Châtelperronien, dernière manifestation des néandertaliens en France et dans le nord de l’Espagne, est un technocomplexe défini comme de transition avec un monde nouveau, celui du Paléolithique... more
This effort aims to shed light in the Neanderthal behavioral hypothesis. The reader will be exposed to some of the most recent ongoing researches and discoveries that have been trying to improve our knowledge on the extinct species.... more
The discovery of an almost complete Neanderthal skeleton in a Ch^ atelperronian context at Saint-C esaire 35 years ago changed our perspective on the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic in western Europe. Since then, the Ch^ atelperronian... more
RESUMEN La transición entre el Paleolítico Medio y el Superior en Europa está íntimamente ligada al reemplazamiento de los Neandertales por los Humanos Modernos. Esto ha provocado una serie de hipótesis interpretativas que, en esencia,... more
The Châtelperronian, one techno-complexes of the Middle to Upper Paleolithic change-over in Europe, shows an uncommon association of a specific leptolithic industry with Neanderthal human remains, pendants, pigments and bone-tools.... more
The late persistence in Southern Iberia of a Neandertal-associated Middle Paleolithic is supported by the archeological stratigraphy and the radiocarbon and luminescence dating of three newly excavated localities in the Mula basin of... more
"The aim of this paper is to review the evidence for the extinction of the Neanderthals and investigate to what extent these archaic hominids could adapt to the cyclical climatic changes that occurred throughout their occupation of... more
RESUMEN Se presentan los materiales procedentes de un nuevo yacimiento al aire libre localizado en la costa de Bizkaia. Éste fue localizado como resultado de unas obras de saneamiento por lo que los materiales recuperados están... more
This work goes back to nearly 30 years ago. It 'clear that many things have changed in the meantime. New sites and new dating offer many insights on a fascinating debate and always open: the transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic.... more
Historical processes leading to the demise of Neanderthals are still poorly understood. The lithic industries of the last Neanderthal populations provide insights into the technical traditions of these populations. A technological... more
La primera campaña del yacimiento al aire libre de Aranbaltza ha permitido documentar un complejo depósito sedimentario en el que se encuentran evidencias de ocupaciones paleolíticas en posición primaria. Hasta el momento se han... more
Le récolement des archives des fouilles de Guillaume-Joseph Bailleau à la « Grotte des Fées » de Châtelperron (Allier), engagé dans la perspective d’une nouvelle opération de prospection thématique, a permis de transcrire et d’étudier... more
Since its origins, the Chatelperronian has created a lot of controversies. This paper achieves a historiographical revision about this technocomplex in the Cantabrian Region, emphasizing in different matters originated about this,... more
En février 2005, un diagnostic archéologique a été réalisé au lieu dit Les Rigoux, sur la commune de Creysse, en Dordogne (Aquitaine, France). L’emprise du projet couvre 14100 m² et est localisée sur le rebord sud du plateau de Pecharmant... more
Arch-backed pieces from the site in Kraków – Zwierzyniec I document a unique cultural phenomenon having occurred in the Upper Palaeolithic. Despite the fact that curbed back strongly resembles specimens known from Châtelperronian or... more
ABSTRACT Since the late 1980s, northern Iberia has yielded some of the earliest radiocarbon dated Aurignacian assemblages in Western Europe, probably produced by anatomically modern humans (AMHs). This is at odds with its location... more
Der Wechsel zwischen Neandertalern und Anatomisch Modernen Menschen (AMH) ist ein in der urgeschichtlichen Archäologie oft und kontrovers diskutiertes Thema. Um die Zeit um ca. 40.000 BP herum treten in Europa vermehrt lithische... more