The mid Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) sequence of Mitoc-Malu Galben (Romania): New fieldwork between 2013 and 2016 - Preliminary results and perspectives - 2021
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The mid Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) sequence of Mitoc-Malu Galben (Romania): New fieldwork between 2013 and 2016 - Preliminary results and perspectives
Nigst, Philip R.; Libois, Timothée; Haesaerts, Paulet al.
2021 • In Quaternary International, 587-588, p. 189-209
Upper Palaeolithic; Gravettian; Aurignacian; Late Pleistocene; Lithic technology
Abstract :
[en] This paper presents preliminary results of fieldwork conducted at the Upper Palaeolithic open-air site Mitoc-Malu Galben in northeastern Romania. The site has a ~14m deep loess-paleosol sequence with a rather high climatic resolution. The chronostratigraphy is well established and embedded in this long sequence are abundant archaeological remains, mostly attributed to the Aurignacian and Gravettian. Our fieldwork between 2013 and 2016 provided new samples of the main Aurignacian and Gravettian layers. Here we provide an overview of our fieldwork activities, the generated archaeological collections, and present a preliminary analysis of raw material economy and blank production and core exploitation strategies of the Gravettian assemblages. We also discuss the Mitoc-Malu Galben Gravettian in its wider regional context and implications for the Aurignacian-Gravettian transition.
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Nigst, Philip R.; University of Vienna > Department of Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology
Libois, Timothée ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP) ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique
Haesaerts, Paul; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique - IRSNB
Bosch, Marjolein D.; University of Cambridge > McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Branscombe, Tansy; University of Oxford > School of Archaeology
Chirica, Vasile; Institut d'Archéologie de Iași
Noiret, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique
Language :
English
Title :
The mid Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) sequence of Mitoc-Malu Galben (Romania): New fieldwork between 2013 and 2016 - Preliminary results and perspectives
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