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{"title":"Site Formation Histories and Context of Human Occupations at the Paleolithic Site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France)","authors":"Vera Aldeias, Dennis Sandgathe, Shannon J. P. McPherron, Laurent Bruxelles, Alain Turq, Paul Goldberg","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00159-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00159-7","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Paleolithic site of La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France) has contributed significantly to the understanding of Middle and Upper Paleolithic technocomplexes, as well as Neanderthal skeletal morphology. Excavations at the site have spanned more than a century and uncovered rich archaeological assemblages associated with the Mousterian, Châtelperronian, Aurignacian and Gravettian technocomplexes. Renewed excavations exposed a sequence spanning both Middle and Upper Paleolithic occupations in the Western Sector and low-density Mousterian deposits and Châtelperronian in the Northern Sector. Here, we report on an extensive geoarchaeological study of deposits at the western end of the site to reconstruct and interpret both the depositional history of the sediments and associated human occupations in this poorly documented part of La Ferrassie. Our results point to the nature of the site as originally a karstic cave, with the Western Sector located in what would have been the cave’s mouth. The stratigraphic sequence comprises first fluvial deposition (Phase I) followed by soliflucted deposits and accretion cones that emanate from an elevated platform situated several meters above the modern road next to the site (Phase II) and, finally, spatially restricted channeling (Phase III). Most archaeological assemblages are associated with Phase II and reflect an interplay between occupations directly in this area and bones and artifacts sliding down the slope from the upper platform. Unlike in the Western Sector, in the Northern Sector — situated along the north wall and several meters inside the footprint of the cave — cold features dominate the entirety of the sequence; we interpret these as being linked to microenvironments specific to this location of the karst rather than to general (external) climatic conditions. Relevant is the identification of patterned ground formation in this area, which can be clearly linked to the “monticule” features first reported by Capitan and Peyrony and erroneously interpreted as anthropogenic in origin. Our geoarchaeological results point to a large and complex karst system, with distinct depositional sources and often locally independent sedimentary histories throughout its extent. These formation pathways have differently impacted the main occupation areas and resulted in distinct degrees of preservation of the archaeological assemblages throughout the different areas of the site.","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135888240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Breaking Free from Field Layers: The Interest of Post-excavation Stratigraphies (PES) for Producing Reliable Archaeological Interpretations and Increasing Chronological Resolution","authors":"Emmanuel Discamps, Marc Thomas, Christelle Dancette, Brad Gravina, Sébastien Plutniak, Aurélien Royer, Alexandre Angelin, François Bachellerie, Cédric Beauval, Jean-Guillaume Bordes, Marianne Deschamps, Mathieu Langlais, Véronique Laroulandie, Jean-Baptiste Mallye, Alexandre Michel, Thomas Perrin, William Rendu","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00155-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00155-x","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In order to track diachronic changes in archaeological sequences, researchers typically partition time into stratigraphic layers defined during fieldwork, which serve as the framework for ensuing analyses. These analytical units have a significant impact on archaeological inference, defining its resolution, and influencing both the study of cultural assemblages and the reconstruction of past environments. However, field layers are seldom re-evaluated after excavation despite the fact that archaeological deposits are now commonly recognised as often containing material ‘mixed’ together by site formation processes, excavation techniques, or analytical practices. Although the analysis of intra-site spatial data clearly offers a means to overcome these issues, our literature review of 192 journal articles revealed the potential of this data (notably vertical projections of piece-plotted artefacts) to be under-exploited in prehistoric archaeology. Here, we advocate for the development of a more spatially informed framework for interpretation that we refer to as post-excavation stratigraphy or PES. After proposing a definition for PES, we attempt to develop a framework for theoretical considerations underlying their implication, importance, and potential. Three main benefits of PES are highlighted: ensuring assemblage reliability, increased chronological and spatial resolution, and more reliable interpretations based on a multi-stratigraphic approach. We contend that the stratigraphy defined during fieldwork is insufficient and potentially misleading. By providing a different “stratigraphic view” of the same sequence, each specialist can contribute data that, when combined, produces a better understanding of interactions between changes in, for example, technological or cultural traditions, subsistence strategies, or paleoenvironments.","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136291532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene Technological Traditions at Boila Rockshelter in Epirus, Northwestern Greece","authors":"Paraskevi Elefanti, Gilbert Marshall","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00156-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00156-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135386997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The End of the Later Stone Age in the Middle Limpopo Valley, Central Southern Africa","authors":"T. Forssman","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00153-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00153-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41592674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Early LGM Environments Accelerated the MSA/LSA Transition in Southern African Highlands: the Robberg’s Emergence at Melikane (Lesotho)","authors":"Kyra Pazan, B. Stewart, Genevieve Dewar","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00150-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00150-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47127923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Survey and Explorations of the Prehistoric Sites in the Highlands of Southwest Angola","authors":"Daniela de Matos, David Nora, Rui Francisco, José Fernandes, Manuel Sahando Neto, Elena Robakiewicz","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00152-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00152-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47211479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Complex Taxonomy of ‘Nubian’ in Context","authors":"E. Hallinan, A. Marks","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00151-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00151-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43386142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Solutrean Antlerworking in Hort de Cortés–Volcán del Faro (Valencia, Spain) in the Southwest Europe Context: a Preliminary Study","authors":"M. Borao, L. Pérez, M. Vadillo Conesa, P. Vidal Matutano, B. Soler Mayor, J. E. Aura Tortosa","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00149-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00149-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48398371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A GIS-Based Digital Documentation Protocol for High-Resolution Documentation of Paleolithic Sites","authors":"Florian Sauer","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00148-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00148-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45704042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Middle Stone Age Sequence at Klipfonteinrand 1 (KFR1), Western Cape, South Africa","authors":"A. Mackay, Rosaria B. K. Saktura, Corey A. O’Driscoll, K. Boyd, B. Marwick, I. Moffat, Z. Jacobs","doi":"10.1007/s41982-023-00147-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-023-00147-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73885,"journal":{"name":"Journal of paleolithic archaeology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48423612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}