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Measuring spatial structure in time-averaged deposits insights from Roc de Marsal, France

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dc.contributor.authorReeves, Jonathan S.
dc.contributor.authorMcPherron, Shannon P.
dc.contributor.authorAldeias, Vera
dc.contributor.authorDibble, Harold L.
dc.contributor.authorGoldberg, Paul
dc.contributor.authorSandgathe, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorTurq, Alain
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T10:51:24Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T10:51:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.description.abstractThe use of space, both at the landscape and the site level, is considered an important aspect of hominin adaptations that changed through time. At the site level, spatial analyses are typically conducted on deposits thought to have a high degree of temporal resolution. Sites with highly time-averaged deposits are viewed as inferior for these analyses because repeated site visits obscure individual behavioral events. To the contrary, here, we take the view that behaviors that repeat themselves in a spatially structured way through time are exactly the kinds of behaviors that are potentially significant at an evolutionary timescale. In this framework, time averaging is seen not as a hindrance but rather as a necessary condition for viewing meaningful behavior. To test whether such patterning is visible in time-averaged deposits, we use spatial statistics to analyze a number of indices designed to measure lithic production, use and discard behaviors in a multi-layer, late Neandertal cave site in southwest France. We find that indeed some such patterning does exist, and thus sites with highly time-averaged deposits have the potential to contribute to our understanding of how hominin use of space varied through time. This is useful because a great many archaeological sites have highly time-average deposits. Interpreting the spatial patterning will likely require modeling to create expectations in time-averaged and likely emergent contexts such as these.
dc.description.sponsorshipUS National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [09177739, 0551927]
dc.description.sponsorshipLeakey Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Pennsylvania Research Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipService Regional de l'Archeologie d'AquitaineRegion Nouvelle-Aquitaine
dc.description.sponsorshipConseil General de la DordogneRegion Nouvelle-Aquitaine
dc.description.sponsorshipMax Planck SocietyMax Planck SocietyFoundation CELLEX
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology at George Washington University
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12520-019-00871-y
dc.identifier.issn1866-9557
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14227
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectGesher Benot Yaaqov
dc.subjectLaze Iv
dc.subjectArchaeological record
dc.subjectPaleolithic site
dc.subjectLand-use
dc.subjectFire
dc.subjectOrganization
dc.subjectPalimpsests
dc.subjectDordogne
dc.subjectPech
dc.subjectTime-averaging
dc.subjectPaleolithic
dc.subjectPalimpsets
dc.subjectRoc de Marsal
dc.subjectMiddle Paleolithic
dc.subjectSpatial analysis
dc.titleMeasuring spatial structure in time-averaged deposits insights from Roc de Marsal, France
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oaire.citation.endPage5762
oaire.citation.issue10
oaire.citation.startPage5743
oaire.citation.titleArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences
oaire.citation.volume11
person.familyNamealdeias
person.givenNamevera
person.identifier.ciencia-id9A14-DE8D-BABF
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7680-182X
person.identifier.scopus-author-id55052739100
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