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El Paleolítico Superior Temprano en Europa Oriental y las implicaciones para la dispersión de los humanos modernos
M V Anikovich1, A A Sinitsyn, John F Hoffecker
1Institute of the History of Material Culture, Russian Academy of Sciences, 191186 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|January 16, 2007
Resumen
Los humanos modernos ocuparon Europa Oriental hace 45.000-42.000 años, como lo demuestran los artefactos y las conchas importadas en los sitios de Kostenki. Este hallazgo sitúa la presencia humana moderna temprana en el norte de Eurasia tan temprano como en cualquier otro lugar.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Arqueología paleolítica Arqueología paleolítica
- Los orígenes del hombre.
- La cronoestratigrafía es una técnica de cronoestratigrafía.
Sus antecedentes:
- El período del Paleolítico Superior marca una transición significativa en la historia de la humanidad.
- Comprender el momento y la ubicación de la dispersión de los primeros humanos modernos es crucial para la investigación de los orígenes humanos.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar la edad de la ocupación humana temprana en sitios arqueológicos en el río Don, Rusia.
- Para investigar la presencia más temprana de los humanos modernos en Europa del Este.
Principales métodos:
- La datación por radiocarbono fue
- La luminiscencia estimulada ópticamente (OSL, por sus siglas en inglés)
- La estratigrafía magnética es una estratigrafía magnética.
Principales resultados:
- Las capas de ocupación en los sitios de Kostenki datan de hace 45.000-42.000 años.
- Estas capas se encuentran por debajo de la tefra Campana Ignimbrita Y5 (datada en ~40.000 años).
- Los artefactos incluyen herramientas de hueso y marfil, posible arte figurativo y conchas importadas de más de 500 km de distancia.
Conclusiones:
- Los humanos modernos habitaron Europa central y oriental hace 45.000 años.
- Esta evidencia sugiere que la llegada de los primeros humanos modernos al norte de Eurasia ocurrió tan pronto como los sitios previamente conocidos.
- Los hallazgos destacan la movilidad avanzada y las prácticas culturales de las primeras poblaciones del Paleolítico Superior.
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