Two trenches excavated at Magura Cave, north-west Bulgaria, have provided Late Pleistocene lithic artefacts as well as environmental evidence in the form of large and small mammals, herpetofauna and pollen recovered from Crocuta coprolites. One of the trenches also has a visible tephra layer which has been confirmed as representing the major Campanian Ignimbrite eruption and is accurately dated at the source area to 39,280 +/- 55 yrs and radiocarbon determinations have added to chronological resolution at the site. The palaeoenvironment of the region during the Late Pleistocene is discussed in the context of hominin presence and shows a mosaic landscape in a region considered a crucial refugium for both plants and mammals, including hominins. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.

Ivanova, S., Gurova, M., Spassov, N., Hristova, L., Tzankov, N., Popov, V., et al. (2016). Magura Cave, Bulgaria: A multidisciplinary study of Late Pleistocene human palaeoenvironment in the Balkans. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 415, 86-108 [10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.082].

Magura Cave, Bulgaria: A multidisciplinary study of Late Pleistocene human palaeoenvironment in the Balkans

Ottoni C.;
2016-01-01

Abstract

Two trenches excavated at Magura Cave, north-west Bulgaria, have provided Late Pleistocene lithic artefacts as well as environmental evidence in the form of large and small mammals, herpetofauna and pollen recovered from Crocuta coprolites. One of the trenches also has a visible tephra layer which has been confirmed as representing the major Campanian Ignimbrite eruption and is accurately dated at the source area to 39,280 +/- 55 yrs and radiocarbon determinations have added to chronological resolution at the site. The palaeoenvironment of the region during the Late Pleistocene is discussed in the context of hominin presence and shows a mosaic landscape in a region considered a crucial refugium for both plants and mammals, including hominins. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
2016
Pubblicato
Rilevanza internazionale
Articolo
Esperti anonimi
Settore BIO/08 - ANTROPOLOGIA
English
Bulgaria
Late Pleistocene
Paleoenvironment
Middle Paleolithic
Vertebrates
Pollen
Ivanova, S., Gurova, M., Spassov, N., Hristova, L., Tzankov, N., Popov, V., et al. (2016). Magura Cave, Bulgaria: A multidisciplinary study of Late Pleistocene human palaeoenvironment in the Balkans. QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL, 415, 86-108 [10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.082].
Ivanova, S; Gurova, M; Spassov, N; Hristova, L; Tzankov, N; Popov, V; Marinova, E; Makedonska, J; Smith, V; Ottoni, C; Lewis, M
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