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
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Davies, S.W.G.
5042ec27-3fcd-4ddb-bc0c-8c5578a0e50b
December 2001
Davies, S.W.G.
5042ec27-3fcd-4ddb-bc0c-8c5578a0e50b
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, .
Abstract
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
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europe, near east, aurignacian, early modern humans, population dispersal, two-phase colonisation
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