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Neanderthal plant use and pyrotechnology: phytolith analysis from Roc de Marsal, France

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dc.contributor.authorWroth, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorCabanes, Dan
dc.contributor.authorMarston, John M.
dc.contributor.authorAldeias, Vera
dc.contributor.authorSandgathe, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorTurq, Alain
dc.contributor.authorGoldberg, Paul
dc.contributor.authorDibble, Harold L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T10:51:50Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T10:51:50Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractThe plant component of Neanderthal subsistence and technology is not well documented, partially due to the preservation constraints of macrobotanical components. Phytoliths, however, are preserved even when other plant remains have decayed and so provide evidence for Neanderthal plant use and the environmental context of archaeological sites. Phytolith assemblages from Roc de Marsal, a Middle Paleolithic cave site in SW France, provide new insight into the relationship between Neanderthals and plant resources. Ninety-seven samples from all archaeological units and 18 control samples are analyzed. Phytoliths from the wood and bark of dicotyledonous plants are the most prevalent, but there is also a significant proportion of grass phytoliths in many samples. Phytolith densities are much greater in earlier layers, which is likely related to the presence of combustion features in those layers. These phytoliths indicate a warmer, wetter climate, whereas phytoliths from upper layers indicate a cooler, drier environment. Phytoliths recovered from combustion features indicate that wood was the primary plant fuel source, while grasses may have been used as surface preparations.
dc.description.sponsorshipUS National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [0917739, 0650198, 0551927]
dc.description.sponsorshipLeakey Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Pennsylvania Research Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipService Regional de l'Archeologie
dc.description.sponsorshipConseil General de la DordogneRegion Nouvelle-Aquitaine
dc.description.sponsorshipBoston University Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12520-019-00793-9
dc.identifier.issn1866-9557
dc.identifier.issn1866-9565
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14277
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelberg
dc.subjectGrass-dominated habitats
dc.subjectArchaeological record
dc.subjectPaleolithic levels
dc.subjectKebara cave
dc.subjectMt carmel
dc.subjectIsrael
dc.subjectExploitation
dc.subjectAssemblages
dc.subjectSediments
dc.subjectDordogne
dc.titleNeanderthal plant use and pyrotechnology: phytolith analysis from Roc de Marsal, France
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage4346
oaire.citation.issue8
oaire.citation.startPage4325
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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