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A Hierarchical Bayesian Examination of the Chronological Relationship between the Noaillian and Rayssian Phases of the French Middle Gravettian
Banks, William E.; Vignoles, Anaïs; Lacarrière, Jessica et al.
2024In Quaternary, 7 (2), p. 26
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Keywords :
chronology; ChronoModel; Heinrich Stadial 3; hierarchical Bayesian age modeling; Middle Gravettian; Noaillian; Rayssian
Abstract :
[en] Issues of chronology are central to inferences pertaining to relationships between both contemporaneous and successive prehistoric typo-technological entities (i.e., archaeological cultures), culture–environment relationships, and ultimately the mechanisms at play behind cultural changes observed through time in the archaeological record. We refine the chronology of Upper Paleolithic archaeological cultures between 35–18 calibrated kiloanni before the present in present-day France by incorporating recently published radiocarbon data along with new 14C ages that we obtained from several Gravettian archaeological contexts. We present the results of a Bayesian age model that includes these new radiometric data and that, more importantly, separates Gravettian contexts in regions north of the Garonne River into two successive cultural phases: The Northern Noaillian and the Rayssian, respectively. This new age model places the beginning of the Noaillian during Greenland Stadial 5.2. The appearance of contexts containing assemblages associated with the Rayssian lithic technical system occurs immediately prior to the termination of Greenland Interstadial 5.1, and it is present throughout Heinrich Event 3 (GS-5.1) and into the following GI-4 climatic amelioration. Despite the Rayssian’s initial appearance during the brief and relatively weakly expressed Greenland Interstadial 5.1, its duration suggests that Rayssian lithic technology was well-suited to the environmental conditions of Greenland Stadial 5.1.
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Banks, William E. ;  University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ministère de la Culture, PACEA, UMR 5199, Pessac, France ; Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States
Vignoles, Anaïs  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Art, Archéologie et Patrimoine (AAP)
Lacarrière, Jessica ;  Université Paris X-Nanterre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TEMPS, UMR 8068, Nanterre Cedex, France
Morala, André;  University of Bordeaux, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ministère de la Culture, PACEA, UMR 5199, Pessac, France
Klaric, Laurent;  Université Paris X-Nanterre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), TEMPS, UMR 8068, Nanterre Cedex, France
Language :
English
Title :
A Hierarchical Bayesian Examination of the Chronological Relationship between the Noaillian and Rayssian Phases of the French Middle Gravettian
Publication date :
June 2024
Journal title :
Quaternary
eISSN :
2571-550X
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Volume :
7
Issue :
2
Pages :
26
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
Conseil Régional d'Aquitaine
Funding text :
This study was funded by the Conseil Régional Aquitaine (2018-1R40205).
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