Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans
The Balkan Peninsula represents one of the most important human pathways into and out of Europe during the Pleistocene. Mishin Kamik cave, located in the karst region of Western Stara Planina, has a rich faunal content and shows promising features indicating a human occupation site with the discover...
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ftchinacascieeca:oai:ir.ieecas.cn:361006/16932 2023-06-11T04:12:52+02:00 Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans Verheyden, Sophie Marinova, Elena Ivanova, Stefanka Burlet, Christian Cheng, Hai Edwards, Lawrence R. Goovaerts, Thomas Gurova, Maria 2021-08-25 http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/16932 https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3364 英语 eng WILEY JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE http://ir.ieecas.cn/handle/361006/16932 doi:10.1002/jqs.3364 karst Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal MIS 6 speleothem SEA-LEVEL CLIMATE-CHANGE ICE-SHEET MIDDLE EUROPE GROWTH BEAR PALEOCLIMATE OSCILLATIONS STALAGMITES Physical Geography Geology Geography Physical Geosciences Multidisciplinary 期刊论文 2021 ftchinacascieeca https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3364 2023-05-08T13:25:23Z The Balkan Peninsula represents one of the most important human pathways into and out of Europe during the Pleistocene. Mishin Kamik cave, located in the karst region of Western Stara Planina, has a rich faunal content and shows promising features indicating a human occupation site with the discovery of potential bone artefacts and an intriguing accumulation of bear skulls and bones. Petrographic study and U-series dating of a stalagmite and other calcite deposits in the cave provide an absolute chronological frame for the detrital infillings and their archaeological content and inform the environmental and climatic context of the cave evolution. Most detrital deposits in the cave were probably deposited before Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 and the cave morphology and sedimentary deposits display current morphologies since similar to 135 ka. Consequently, the palaeontological and archaeological findings are older than similar to 135 ka. Calcite dated on and under the accumulation of bear skulls and bones suggests deposition during MIS 7. A first depositional contextualization of the bone accumulation does not allow us to discriminate between a natural or anthropogenic origin. The study emphasizes the added value of speleothem studies in archaeological sites and particularly in bringing a well-constrained chronological and environmental framework. Copyright (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Report Ice Sheet Institute of Earth Environment: IEECAS OpenIR (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Journal of Quaternary Science 36 7 1221 1233 |
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karst Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal MIS 6 speleothem SEA-LEVEL CLIMATE-CHANGE ICE-SHEET MIDDLE EUROPE GROWTH BEAR PALEOCLIMATE OSCILLATIONS STALAGMITES Physical Geography Geology Geography Physical Geosciences Multidisciplinary Verheyden, Sophie Marinova, Elena Ivanova, Stefanka Burlet, Christian Cheng, Hai Edwards, Lawrence R. Goovaerts, Thomas Gurova, Maria Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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The Balkan Peninsula represents one of the most important human pathways into and out of Europe during the Pleistocene. Mishin Kamik cave, located in the karst region of Western Stara Planina, has a rich faunal content and shows promising features indicating a human occupation site with the discovery of potential bone artefacts and an intriguing accumulation of bear skulls and bones. Petrographic study and U-series dating of a stalagmite and other calcite deposits in the cave provide an absolute chronological frame for the detrital infillings and their archaeological content and inform the environmental and climatic context of the cave evolution. Most detrital deposits in the cave were probably deposited before Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 and the cave morphology and sedimentary deposits display current morphologies since similar to 135 ka. Consequently, the palaeontological and archaeological findings are older than similar to 135 ka. Calcite dated on and under the accumulation of bear skulls and bones suggests deposition during MIS 7. A first depositional contextualization of the bone accumulation does not allow us to discriminate between a natural or anthropogenic origin. The study emphasizes the added value of speleothem studies in archaeological sites and particularly in bringing a well-constrained chronological and environmental framework. Copyright (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Verheyden, Sophie Marinova, Elena Ivanova, Stefanka Burlet, Christian Cheng, Hai Edwards, Lawrence R. Goovaerts, Thomas Gurova, Maria |
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria - A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans |
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speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the mishin kamik cave, nw bulgaria - a contribution to the archaeological study of the late pleistocene human occupation in the balkans |
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