An improved chronology for the Middle Stone Age at El Mnasra cave, Morocco
BEN AROUS, Eslem
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History [MPI-SHH]
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana [CENIEH]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History [MPI-SHH]
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana [CENIEH]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
SHAO, Qingfeng
Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
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Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
BEN AROUS, Eslem
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History [MPI-SHH]
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana [CENIEH]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History [MPI-SHH]
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana [CENIEH]
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
SHAO, Qingfeng
Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment (Nanjing Normal University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
RICHTER, Daniel
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie = Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [MPI-EVA]
Max-Planck-Institut für evolutionäre Anthropologie = Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology [MPI-EVA]
RICHARD, Maïlys
Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters [Tübingen, Deutschland] = Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology [Tübingen, Germany]
Archéosciences Bordeaux
Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters [Tübingen, Deutschland] = Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology [Tübingen, Germany]
Archéosciences Bordeaux
TOMBRET, Olivier
Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements [BioArch]
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Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique [HNHP]
BioArchéologie, Interactions Sociétés Environnements [BioArch]
Language
en
Article de revue
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PLoS ONE. 2022-02-11, vol. 17, n° 2, p. e0261282
Public Library of Science
English Abstract
North African coastal Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites are key to study the development and expansion of early H. sapiens. El Mnasra cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Té mara region) is a crucial site associated with MSA ...Read more >
North African coastal Middle Stone Age (MSA) sites are key to study the development and expansion of early H. sapiens. El Mnasra cave on the Atlantic coast of Morocco (Té mara region) is a crucial site associated with MSA archaeological materials considered advanced cognitive hallmarks of behavioural innovation, such as numerous Nassariidae perforated shells, hematite pigments, bones industry and coastal resources exploitation. We provide new trapped-charges dates (OSL and combined US-ESR ages). Our Bayesian modelling strengthens the new lithostratigraphic interpretation of the cave stratigraphic units (US) and we propose an updated chronostratigraphic model for the Middle Stone Age archaeo-sequence of El Mnasra Cave. We confirm a human presence between 124-104 ka, earlier than what the previous OSL and US-ESR data showed. Our time range intervals allowed us to also extend the age of the MSA occupations considerably to the MIS 4/3 (~62-30 ka), marked by the disappearance of the Nassariidae perforated shells. Outstandingly, our model pushed back the age of the largest record of Nassariidae perforated shells and placed the age of their use by the Aterian groups at El Mnasra from the MIS 5d-5b (~115-94 ka).Read less <
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Centre de Mathématiques Henri Lebesgue : fondements, interactions, applications et Formation - ANR-11-LABX-0020
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