NEW CHRONOLOGICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE MIDDLE TO UPPER PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA: NEW OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE DATING RESULTS

作者：Nejman L^*; Rhodes E; Skrdla P; Tostevin G; Neruda P; Nerudova Z; Valoch K; Oliva M; Kaminska L; Svoboda J A; Gruen R

来源：ARCHAEOMETRY, 2011, 53(5): 1044-1066.

DOI：10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00586.x

• MIDDLE-UPPER PALAEOLITHIC TRANSITION
• CENTRAL EUROPE
• NEANDERTHALS
• ANATOMICALLY MODERN HUMANS
• OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE
• CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY

We report new optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dates from the Central European sites of Kulna, Stranska skala, Bohunice, Vedrovice V, Vedrovice Ia, Moravsky Krumlov IV and Dzerava skala, which date to the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition period. There are important unresolved questions surrounding the timing of archaeological events during this crucial period in European prehistory. Archaeological layers from this time period are at the limits of the (14)C method and most of these sites lack good chronology. The results of this dating project suggest that some parts of the current chronological framework may need to be revised. Although in many cases our OSL results are broadly consistent with previous dates obtained by (14)C, in other cases they reveal unexpected surprises. One OSL result from Kulna opens up the possibility that Neanderthals may have survived in this part of Europe past the 30 ka BP mark as has been argued for several Neanderthal sites in southern Europe. The large Szeletian assemblage recovered from Vedrovice V may be significantly older than previously thought, which undermines the idea that the Szeletian culture is exclusively an Early Upper Palaeolithic industry. More dating research is needed to confirm the more controversial results of this research.

• 出版日期2011-10