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#Palaeolithic

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Dr. Sonja B. Grimm

🥳 Finally out in PLOSone! ⚱️🦣 A big collaboration project led by Isabell Schmidt from Cologne University about #demography in Late #Palaeolithic Europe. This challenge to collect comparable data across different regions most of all showed the gaps in our knowledge which is great as we can now approach these in future projects.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti

journals.plos.orgLarge scale and regional demographic responses to climatic changes in Europe during the Final PalaeolithicThe European Final Palaeolithic witnessed marked changes in almost all societal domains. Despite a rich body of evidence, our knowledge of human palaeodemographic processes and regional population dynamics still needs to be improved. In this study, we present regionally differentiated population estimates for the Greenland Interstadial 1d-a (GI-1d-a; 14-12.7 ka cal BP) and the Greenland Stadial 1 (GS-1; 12.7-11.6 ka cal BP) for Southern, Western, Northern and Central Europe. The data were obtained by applying the Cologne Protocol, a geostatistical approach for estimating prehistoric population size and density, to a newly compiled dataset of Final Palaeolithic sites. On a large spatio-temporal scale and compared to preceding Upper Palaeolithic phases, areas north of the Alps become the dominant demographic growth area for the first time since the dispersal of anatomically modern humans into Europe. At smaller scales, we observe divergent regional trends, with a conspicuous lack of archaeological evidence appearing in previously occupied areas of central France and Germany. Our study also shows that during the Final Palaeolithic, the climatic cooling of GS-1 coincides with a pronounced population decline in most parts of the study area. An apparent increase in population density occurs only in north-eastern Central Europe and north-eastern Italy. Our estimates suggest that the total population was reduced by half. Similar results, with a relationship between decreasing temperatures and decreasing populations, have already been observed for the late phase of the Gravettian, when populations were reduced to only one third of those estimated for the early phase. Yet, in contrast to the collapse of local populations during the late Gravettian, the increase in population densities in Central Europe during GS-1 indicates population movements eastwards, possibly in response to deteriorating climatic conditions, particularly in western regions during the Younger Dryas.
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MONREPOS

The bone, antler and ivory artefacts from the #Magdalenian sites of Gönnersdorf and Andernach-Martinsberg (Germany) are being re-examined by use wear analysis.

This provides new insights into manufacturing techniques, usage, repairs and reuse.

Research into finds made from organic materials has long been somewhat overshadowed by #stonetools , although they provide valuable information about the #behaviour and everyday life of people in the #Palaeolithic.

#paleomonrepos#archaeology#research
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Cassana 🍻

I was playing this #flute earlier. Sadly, recordings didn't come out that great though; it's pretty tricky.
This is a reconstruction #palaeolithic flute based on the find at Grubgraben, Austria, 1994. It's attributed to the Epigravettian culture and dated 23,000-20,000 BP (according to updated research). Made from a reindeer tibia, it's the earliest-known #instrument with holes made by a flint drill; older ones had scraped holes instead. #Histodons #History #Prehistory #Paleolithic

The flute, around 16cm (6.3 inches) long, laying on my coffee table, oriented vertically. The bone, as mentioned a reindeer tibia, is off-white in colour with patches of light brown or beige. The three holes are perfectly round and in line. According to the maker: "The very last turns of the drill before the drill breaks through have to be made with care with both low pressure and low speed. This keeps the bone from splintering if the drill jams in the hole." I think this beautifully illustrates how skilled the makers of the original artefact were. The blowing end, which was damaged in the found artefact is the main point of interpretation. In this reconstruction, the maker decided to go for a slanted edge, which seems most historically supported, though we'll never truly know.
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Cassana 🍻

Tidldibab, an #instrument name with credits. In 1995 Ivan turk (TI) found a cave bear cub femur with curiously spaced holes in the Divje Babe cave (dibab), Slovenia. According to ESR dating the artefact is 50k-60k years old. In 2011 Ljuben Dimkaroski (DL) began his independent research. He concluded it was a protoflute, and called his reconstructions Tidldibab. Here's a snippet of me playing my ceramic Tidldibab. #History #Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Musicology… (1/5)

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Radical Anthropology

On the occasion of the death of world famous and Tory peer we have a few things to say.

Looking down at us from the high table, he made some severe misjudgements. His was an attempt to argue that while bodies evolved in , somehow we didn't get smart till we hit .

Also highly questionable was his attitude to the of who, so he said, 'lacked fully developed mind'. According to him, they needed to borrow language from farmers.

We had some big political and social institutional differences with Renfrew. Our own Chris Knight goes through the whole context in a review below

JRAI 2002, 8: 807-8
A devastating review by Chris Knight of the Runciman collection 'The Origin of Human Social Institutions'

Screenshot of JRAI 2002 vol 8 p.807 1st page of scathing review by Chris Knight of the Runcimnn collection 'The Origin of Human Social Institutions'
Screenshot of JRAI 2002 vol 8 p.807 2nd page of scathing review by Chris Knight of the Runciman collection 'The Origin of Human Social Institutions'
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