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A very model of a modern human industry: new perspectives on the origins and spread of the Aurignacian in Europe

A very model of a modern human industry: new perspectives on the origins and spread of the Aurignacian in Europe
A very model of a modern human industry: new perspectives on the origins and spread of the Aurignacian in Europe
This paper accepts the position that the European Aurignacian should be seen as a reflection of behaviour connected to a modern human dispersal. A two-phase dispersal model ('Pioneer' and 'Developed' facies) is proposed to explain the variations in artefactual diversity and spatio-temporal patterning, enacted by directional, rapid movement across the continent rather than by a 'Wave-of-Advance'. Presumed behavioural signatures of this population dispersal, notably what is here termed 'behavioural flexibility', are also explored.
europe, near east, aurignacian, early modern humans, population dispersal, two-phase colonisation
0079-497X
195-217
Davies, S.W.G.
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Davies, S.W.G.
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Davies, S.W.G. (2001) A very model of a modern human industry: new perspectives on the origins and spread of the Aurignacian in Europe. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 67, 195-217.

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This paper accepts the position that the European Aurignacian should be seen as a reflection of behaviour connected to a modern human dispersal. A two-phase dispersal model ('Pioneer' and 'Developed' facies) is proposed to explain the variations in artefactual diversity and spatio-temporal patterning, enacted by directional, rapid movement across the continent rather than by a 'Wave-of-Advance'. Presumed behavioural signatures of this population dispersal, notably what is here termed 'behavioural flexibility', are also explored.

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Published date: December 2001
Keywords: europe, near east, aurignacian, early modern humans, population dispersal, two-phase colonisation

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Local EPrints ID: 11995
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11995
ISSN: 0079-497X
PURE UUID: 19bf565a-fc6e-4c80-9579-8fdf0bf9deee
ORCID for S.W.G. Davies: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1830-5403

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Date deposited: 01 Jan 2005
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:29

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