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A C-14 chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria

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dc.contributor.authorFewlass, Helen
dc.contributor.authorTalamo, Sahra
dc.contributor.authorWacker, Lukas
dc.contributor.authorKromer, Bernd
dc.contributor.authorTuna, Thibaut
dc.contributor.authorFagault, Yoann
dc.contributor.authorBard, Edouard
dc.contributor.authorMcPherron, Shannon P.
dc.contributor.authorAldeias, Vera
dc.contributor.authorMaria, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorMartisius, Naomi L.
dc.contributor.authorPaskulin, Lindsay
dc.contributor.authorRezek, Zeljko
dc.contributor.authorSinet-Mathiot, Virginie
dc.contributor.authorSirakova, Svoboda
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Geoffrey M.
dc.contributor.authorSpasov, Rosen
dc.contributor.authorWelker, Frido
dc.contributor.authorSirakov, Nikolay
dc.contributor.authorTsanova, Tsenka
dc.contributor.authorHublin, Jean-Jacques
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T11:35:37Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T11:35:37Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractThe stratigraphy at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria, spans the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition, including an Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) assemblage argued to represent the earliest arrival of Upper Palaeolithic Homo sapiens in Europe. We applied the latest techniques in C-14 dating to an extensive dataset of newly excavated animal and human bones to produce a robust, high-precision radiocarbon chronology for the site. At the base of the stratigraphy, the Middle Palaeolithic (MP) occupation dates to >51,000 yr bp. A chronological gap of over 3,000 years separates the MP occupation from the occupation of the cave by H. sapiens, which extends to 34,000 cal bp. The extensive IUP assemblage, now associated with directly dated H. sapiens fossils at this site, securely dates to 45,820-43,650 cal bp (95.4% probability), probably beginning from 46,940 cal bp (95.4% probability). The results provide chronological context for the early occupation of Europe by Upper Palaeolithic H. sapiens. A new radiocarbon chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at the Bulgarian site of Bacho Kiro reveals Homo sapiens-associated sediments as early as 46,940 yr bp.
dc.description.sponsorshipMax Planck SocietyMax Planck SocietyFoundation CELLEX
dc.description.sponsorshipETH ZurichETH Zurich
dc.description.sponsorshipCollege de France
dc.description.sponsorshipEQUIPEX ASTER-CEREGE
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Research CouncilEuropean Research Council (ERC)European Commission [803147-951]
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dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41559-020-1136-3
dc.identifier.issn2397-334X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/16491
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherNature
dc.subjectEnvironmental sciences & ecology
dc.subject.otherEvolutionary Biology
dc.titleA C-14 chronology for the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at Bacho Kiro Cave, Bulgaria
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oaire.citation.issue6
oaire.citation.startPage794
oaire.citation.titleNature Ecology & Evolution
oaire.citation.volume4
person.familyNameAldeias
person.givenNameVera
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