Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences
Radiocarbon sequences from some northern Mediterranean cave sites show a temporal gap between Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations. Some authors regard this as a regional phenomenon and have sought to explain it in terms of a general population decline in the late Mesolithic, which facilitated the r...
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| author | Dimitrij Mlekuž Mihael Budja Robert Payton Clive Bonsall Andreja Žibrat Gašparič |
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| description | Radiocarbon sequences from some northern Mediterranean cave sites show a temporal gap between Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations. Some authors regard this as a regional phenomenon and have sought to explain it in terms of a general population decline in the late Mesolithic, which facilitated the replacement of indigenous foragers by immigrant farmers. New evidence from the rockshelter site of Mala Triglavca, in Slovenia, leads us to question this view. The results of AMS radiocarbon dating of samples recovered in excavations in the 1980s and associated soil/sediment analyses reveal evidence of substantial postdepositional disturbance of the cave sediments by human agency and geomorphological processes, which have created ‘temporal gaps’ and ‘inversions’ in the radiocarbon sequence and secondary deposits with residual finds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8f6497b594a4f43bced8817040ffc0f2023-01-18T09:21:23ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922008-12-013510.4312/dp.35.18Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequencesDimitrij Mlekuž0Mihael Budja1Robert Payton2Clive Bonsall3Andreja Žibrat Gašparič4Department of archaeology, Faculty of Arts Ljubljana UniversityDepartment of archaeology, Faculty of Arts Ljubljana UniversitySchool of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon TyneSchool of Arts, Culture and Environment, University of Edinburgh, EdinburghDepartment of archaeology, Faculty of Arts Ljubljana UniversityRadiocarbon sequences from some northern Mediterranean cave sites show a temporal gap between Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations. Some authors regard this as a regional phenomenon and have sought to explain it in terms of a general population decline in the late Mesolithic, which facilitated the replacement of indigenous foragers by immigrant farmers. New evidence from the rockshelter site of Mala Triglavca, in Slovenia, leads us to question this view. The results of AMS radiocarbon dating of samples recovered in excavations in the 1980s and associated soil/sediment analyses reveal evidence of substantial postdepositional disturbance of the cave sediments by human agency and geomorphological processes, which have created ‘temporal gaps’ and ‘inversions’ in the radiocarbon sequence and secondary deposits with residual finds.https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2072MesolithicNeolithiccave sequencesradiocarbon datingMala Triglavca |
| spellingShingle | Dimitrij Mlekuž Mihael Budja Robert Payton Clive Bonsall Andreja Žibrat Gašparič Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences Documenta Praehistorica Mesolithic Neolithic cave sequences radiocarbon dating Mala Triglavca |
| title | Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences |
| title_full | Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences |
| title_fullStr | Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences |
| title_short | Reassessing the Mesolithic\Neolithic ‘gap’ in Southeast European cave sequences |
| title_sort | reassessing the mesolithic neolithic gap in southeast european cave sequences |
| topic | Mesolithic Neolithic cave sequences radiocarbon dating Mala Triglavca |
| url | https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2072 |
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