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The Middle Palaeolithic Record of Georgia: A Synthesis of the Technological, Economic and Paleoanthropological Aspects
Marie-Hélène Moncel
1
David Pleurdeau
1
François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec
2
Ron Pinhasi
3
Reuven Yeshurun
4, 3
Tamar Agapishvili
5
Tony Chevalier
1
Gérard Poupeau
2, 1
Sébastien Nomade
6
Richard Jennings
7, 8
Tom Higham
9
Nickolas Tushubramishvili
5
David Lordkipanidze
10
2
IRAMAT-CRP2A - IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie
IRAMAT - Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux
Marie-Hélène Moncel 1
Author IdHAL : marie-helene-moncel ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6203-786X
David Pleurdeau 1
Author
François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec 2
Author IdHAL : francois-xavier-le-bourdonnec ResearcherId : http://www.researcherid.com/rid/G-3824-2018 ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1051-5337
Ron Pinhasi 3
Author
Reuven R. Yeshurun 4, 3
Author
Tamar Agapishvili 5
Author
Tony Chevalier 1
Author
Gérard Poupeau 2, 1
Author
Sébastien Nomade 6
Author
Richard Jennings 7, 8
Author
Tom Higham 9
Author
Nickolas Tushubramishvili 5
Author
David Lordkipanidze 10
Author
1
HNHP - Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (Institut de Paléontologie Humaine - 1, rue René Panhard - 75013 Paris - France)
- MNHN - Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (57, rue Cuvier - 75231 Paris Cedex 05 - France)
- UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (52 avenue Paul Alduy - 66860 Perpignan Cedex 9 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7194 (France)
2
IRAMAT-CRP2A - IRAMAT-Centre de recherche en physique appliquée à l’archéologie (Maison de l’archéologie
Esplanade des Antilles
33607 Pessac Cedex - France)
- IRAMAT - Institut de Recherches sur les Archéomatériaux (Univ.de Techno.Belfort Montbél. Rue du Château 90010 BELFORT CEDEX - France)
- UTBM - Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard : UMR 5060 (France)
- Université Bordeaux Montaigne : UMR 5060 (France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR 5060 (France)
- UO - Université d'Orléans : UMR 5060 (Château de la Source - Avenue du Parc Floral - BP 6749 - 45067 Orléans cedex 2 - France)
3
School of Archaeology (Ireland)
- UCD - University College Dublin [Dublin] (Belfield, Dublin 4 - Ireland)
4
Smithsonian Institution (PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012 - United States)
5
Ilia State University [Tbilisi] (Tbilisi 0162, Georgia - Georgia)
6
LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (Bât. 12,
avenue de la Terrasse,
F-91198 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
- France)
- UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines : UMR8212 (55 avenue de Paris - 78035 Versailles cedex - France)
- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DRF/LSCE (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- Université Paris-Saclay (Espace Technologique, Bat. Discovery - RD 128 - 2e ét., 91190 Saint-Aubin - France)
- INSU - CNRS - Institut national des sciences de l'Univers : UMR8212 (INSU-CNRS 3 rue Michel-Ange, 75794 Paris Cedex 16 - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR8212 (France)
7
Department of Biology (United Kingdom)
- UCL - University College of London [London] (Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT - United Kingdom)
8
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art [Oxford] (36 Beaumont Street
Oxford OX1 2PG - United Kingdom)
- University of Oxford [Oxford] (Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD - United Kingdom)
9
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art (Oxford OX1 3QY - France)
- University of Oxford [Oxford] (Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD - United Kingdom)
10
The National Museum of Georgia (3 Purtseladze St., 0107 Tbilissi - Georgia)
Abstract : This paper presents an overview of the work carried out over the last decade on the Middle Palaeolithic of Georgia by a Georgian-French team, co-directed by the national Museums of Georgia and France. Since 2000, the importance of several Middle Palaeolithic key sites in the Rioni-Kvririla Basin (western Georgia) has been highlighted by this collaboration. Southern Caucasus/Transcaucasia was occupied by human groups throughout the Pleistocene. This is to some extent due to its geographic position at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the fact that the region offered a rich variety of ecological niches to hominin populations. The southern flanks of the Great Caucasus mountain range is an area particularly rich in Palaeolithic sites, which have revealed evidence of the local evolution of some regionally-specific Palaeolithic traditions, as well as broader regional influences, particularly in relation to the Levant. The archaeological record of these sites demonstrates the need for further investigation into the relationship between environmental and cultural changes in order to enhance our understanding of the role of the Caucasus Mountains during the Palaeolithic.
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Marie-Hélène Moncel, David Pleurdeau, François-Xavier Le Bourdonnec, Ron Pinhasi, Reuven Yeshurun, et al.. The Middle Palaeolithic Record of Georgia: A Synthesis of the Technological, Economic and Paleoanthropological Aspects. Anthropologie - International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution, Anthropos Institute, 2015, 53 (1-2), pp.93-125. ⟨hal-01172443⟩
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