Research Compendium for 'Tracking the emergence of the Upper Palaeolithic with Multiple Correspondence Analysis of Protoaurignacian and southern Ahmarian lithic assemblages'
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description: Compendium DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14843408 The content available at the provided DOI reproduces the results as documented in the publication. The files hosted at https://github.com/ArmandoFalcucci/EUP_Comparison represent the developmental versions and might have undergone modifications since the paper's publication. Maintainers of this Repository: Armando Falcucci (armando.falcucci@uni-tuebingen.de) Jacopo Gennai (jacopo.gennai@cfs.unipi.it) Abstract: Reconstructing changes in human behaviour during the Pleistocene, particularly when based on lithic or other artefact types, is often hindered by the traditional categorisation of these materials into discrete entities. The Early Upper Paleolithic of Mediterranean Eurasia comprising the Protoaurignacian, Early Aurignacian, Northern Ahmarian, and Southern Ahmarian technocomplexes represents the first emergence of a pan-European cultural unit. However, this conventional categorisation into discrete entities obscures a deeper understanding of the dynamics of Homo sapiens' dispersal across Eurasia during this period. In this study, we apply Multiple Correspondence Analysis to assess patterns of reduction processes, technological variability, and inter-assemblage homogeneity across technocomplexes. Using the comprehensive dataset provided in this paper, we analyse variability by grouping it into three key domains: platform preparation, convexity management, and retouch. Solutrean Upper Paleolithic assemblages from the Iberian Peninsula are used as an outgroup. Our results confirm the distinctiveness of Early Upper Paleolithic technologies relative to Solutrean ones. More importantly, they reveal strong technological similarities between the Southern Ahmarian and the Protoaurignacian, particularly in bladelet productiona defining feature of Early Upper Paleolithic technologyand reinforce the role of bladelets as a primary production target. This study aims to establish a foundation for renewed efforts to unders…
publication date: 2025-02-10T00:00:00Z
author: Armando Falcucci
author: Jacopo Gennai
author: Vincent Niochet
author: Marco Peresani
author: Juergen Richter
author: Marie Soressi
Zenodo ID: 14843409
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14843409
copyright license: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dataset version identifier: v.0.1.1
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