The Palaeolithic colonization of Europe: an archaeological and biogeographic perspective
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https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.1992.v49.i0.508Keywords:
Lower Palaeolithic colonization of Europe, “Pebble-Culture”, Acheulian, “Early European Palaeolithic Horizon”, Handaxes/c1eavers, Homo erectus, Biogeography, Mammalian dispersal events, African carnivores, Dispersal corridor, Filter route, End-Villafranchian/ Galerian dispersal event, Palaeogeography, Levant corridor, Maghreb, Ibero-Moroccan landbridge, Central Asia, Geochronology, Lower-middle Pleistocene, Jaramillo event, Late Matuyama epoch, Brunhes epochAbstract
Current knowledge on the Lower Palaeolithic peopling of Europe is synthesized, using toolmaking repertoires, geochronological. biogeographical and palaegeographic evidence. The oldest traces belong to a non-Acheulian horizon, dating between 0.90 to 0.55 my. Tracing hominid geographic origin and dispersal routes into Europe identifies three alternatives: through the Levant corridor, across Gibraltar strait or more remotely, from a Central Asia filter route. No conclusive proof exists for any of these but there is more coherent empirical support for Central Asia where a non-Acheulian industry is also present. In this alternative, ancient hominid colonization of Europe was synchronous with a major Pleistocene mamalian turnover, the end-Villafranchian/Galerian dispersal event, originating in Central Asia.
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1992-12-30
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Rolland, N. (1992). The Palaeolithic colonization of Europe: an archaeological and biogeographic perspective. Trabajos De Prehistoria, 49, 69–111. https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.1992.v49.i0.508
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