Homo Sapiens) Neandertals) Neandertal Specific Features Post-Cranial Skeleton
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Mousterian Le Moustier Le Moustier Le Moustier Le Moustier Adolescent nanderthal Le Moustier 1 The neandethal infant Le Moustier 2 Levallois knapping with prefered flake Recurrent Levallois knapping Tools obtained from handaxes Use and re-use of a scraper Diversity of the denticulates How many Denticulates Mousterians ? Discoid nucleus Levallois nucleus Quina retouche Double scraper fitting Denticulates tool appearing within Mousterian industries persist all along the Palaeolithic Mousterian of Acheulean tradition Cordiform handaxes Triangular handaxes Datings for the Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition Provenance of the flint material Handaxe retouched into scraper (Pech-de-l’Azé) Scraper on a flake obtained from a handaxe with soft hammer used for wood work Mousterian of Acheulean tradition - Coudoulous Mousterian of Acheulean tradition - Coudoulous Mousterian of Acheulean tradition - Coudoulous Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping Mousterian of Acheulean tradition with non-Levallois knapping MTA A ? MTA B Archaeological layers of Pech-de-l’Azé I Location of the denticulate layer within Combe-Grenal section Location of the denticulate layer within Combe-Grenal section Regionalism – complexity of the European industries Europe ~200 to 30kya The realm of Neandertal Neandertal sites (from ~ 150,000 to 28,000 years ago) Neandertal Külna Spy Steinheim Tata Molodovo La Quina Krapina Saint Césaire La Chapelle Kiyik-Koba Le Moustier aux Saints Vindija La Ferrassie Moula Saccopastore Guattari Zafarraya Amud Tabun La Chapelle aux Saints (Southwestern France; 40,000 BP) Discovered in 1908 La Chapelle-aux-Saints (National Geographic) Shanidar (Irak) Analysis of the sediment present in the burial, underneath the human skeleton indicates an important concentration in pollens of flowers Shanidar (Irak) A very peculiar usewear of anterior teeth… (dessin G.Tosello) Shanidar 1 (Jurmains et al., 2009) Neandertal specific features Skull Neandertal specific features Skull Cranial shape in posterior view Development of parietal bossae (eminences) Circular House-shaped (specific of (Homo sapiens) Neandertals) Neandertal specific features Post-cranial skeleton Stature: Body proportions: Male average = 1.65 m Radius + ulna short / humerus Female average = 1.55 m Tibia + fibula short / femur Neandertal specific features Post-cranial skeleton Stature: Body proportions: Male average = 1.65 m Radius + ulna short / humerus Female average = 1.55 m Tibia + fibula short / femur Homo neanderthalensis Homo sapiens La Chapelle aux Saints La Ferrassie Kent Cavern Mladec Brno Predmost Fontéchevade Lagar Velho La Ferrassie Cro-Magnon Isturitz Pestera Cu Oase La Crouzade Grotta del Cavallo Homo sapiens (a.m.) Néandertaliens Lagar Velho (1998) ~ 24 – 25 000 BP (Zilhao & Trinkaus, 2002) (Zilhao & Trinkaus, 2002) Lagar Velho « The facial and appendicular remains provide a morphological mosaic, with the mandibular mentum osseum and dental proportions, as well as mandibular ramal, antebrachial features and pubic size, aligning the specimen with European Early modern humans. The mastoid region is intermediate ; however, the femorotibial lenght proportions and lower limb hypertrophy reflect artic body proportions, and these features, along with the mandibular symphyseal retreat and thoracohumeral muscle hypertrophy, indicate affinities to the Neandertals » « This mosaic indicates admixture between late archaic and early modern humans in Iberia, refuting hypotheses of complete replacement of the Neandertals by early modern humans and underlining the complexities of the cultural and biological processes and events that were involved in modern human emergence » Out of Africa Homo sapiens 90 000 y 70 000 y 40 000 ? 150 000 y 55 000 y Châtelperronian Grotte des Fées (Châtelperron, Allier) Châtelperron coupe Industry from la Grotte des Fées (Châtelperron, Allier) Uluzzian Uluzzian industry Marginal back arrow Bone point Semi-moon nd Scraper Chisel Human 2 (burins) decidual upper molar Scared pieces Lincombian – Ranisian – Jerzmanowician Jerzmanowician industry Jerzmanowician bifacial Jerzmanowician flat face leaf point leaf point Szeletien Szelettian industry Leaf points Châtelperronian sites Châtelperronian industry Châtelperron arrow Scraper Side scraper Châtelperron arrow Châtelperronian toolbox from Quinçay Traces of impact on Châtelperron arrows After Pierre-Yves Demars Châtelperronian bone indusrty Bone ponts Incised bone point Rynchonelle Fox canine Bison incisor Reindeer phalanx Ivory ring Grotte du Renne – Arcy-sur-Cure Living floor Grotte du Renne : Couche Xc Hutte adossée à de gros blocs à l’ouest et au nord, délimitée par 11 trous de poteau. M=frag. De Mammouth - Def= défense Mg= manganèse - Oc=ocre En B12 : fémur de Mammouth tronçonné, couvert d’incisions Points = outils de silex - croix = restes osseux Points = outils de silex - croix = restes osseux Grotte du Renne : Couche Xb État de la cabane après effondrement de la superstructure Sol dégagé au centre Plaquettes sur le pourtour En B13 : défense de Mammouth encore dressée entre des blocs de calage The artisan Saint-Cézaire Arcy-sur-Cure Aurignacian Proto-aurignacian Lower aurignacian Upper aurignacian Grotte d’Aurignac (Aurignac, Haute-Garonne) Aurignac coupe Blade production 1872 : Gabriel de Mortillet Neolithic Tourassian Magdalanian Palaeolithic { Solutrean Mousterian 1912 : Henri Breuil Magdalenian Solutrean Aurignacian Mousterian 1933 : Denis Peyrony Magdalenian Solutrean Aurignacian and Perigordian Mousterian Le système « Aurignaco-Périgordien » Upper Aurignacian Perigordian (Gravettian) Lower Perigordian (Châtelperronian) 1960 : Denise de Sonneville-Bordes Magdalenian Solutrean VII VI Perigordian V IV IV Aurignacian III II I Perigordian I Magdalenian Solutrean Gravettian Aurignacian Châtelperronian Truncated chisel breaking Proto-aurignacian industry – Aurignacian 0 Lower Aurignacian Aurignacian bade Carenated scraper Scraper on Thick scraper aurignacian blade Lower Aurgnacian Bone industry Languette piece Spears split base Upper Aurignacian Burin busqué Grattoir à museau Dufour bladelets Bone industry Losangic spear Mladěc arrow Blanchard-Castanet-La Souquette Isturitz Mladěc Cro-Magnon Goyet Tuto de Camalhot Tuto de Camalhot La Art Ferrassie Hornos de La Peña Chauvet Isturitz Vogelherd Human remains Les Rois (Charente) The Châtelperronian- Aurignacian « interstratifications » c. 1 à 4 : Gravettien c. 5 à 7 : Aurignacien c. 8 : Châtelperronien c. 9 : Aurignacien c. 10 : Châtelperronien « Interstratifications » du Roc de Combe (Bordes et Labrot, 1967) c. C et E : Solutréen et Magdalénien « Interstratifications » c. F : Aurignacien du Piage (Champagne et Espitallié, 1967) c. G à K : Aurignacien But … … The taphonomic and technologic analysis shows : « Mix of different industries caused by posterior natural phenomenons. » (Bordes JG, 2002) No interstratifications ! No contemporaneity between Châtelperronian and Aurignacian in those two sites Aurignacian is posterior to Châtelperronian .