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- Title
Processes of change in Magdalenian societies in the Pyrenean isthmus (20-16 ky cal BP).
- Authors
Langlais, Mathieu
- Abstract
The author uses a detailed analysis of lithic assemblages to propose a major social and economic change in the Pyrenees around 18 ky cal BC, roughly the watershed between the Lower and Middle Magdalenian periods. Nomadic groups begin to settle down, occupy loose territories, move raw materials over vast distances and specialise in manufacture for hunting and domestic use. These trends coincide with a cold period and an increase in grassland, the Heinrich Stadial.
- Subjects
PYRENEES; MAGDALENIAN culture; STONE implements; PALEOLITHIC Period; PREHISTORIC hunting; PREHISTORIC weapons; CLIMATE change; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Antiquity, 2011, Vol 85, Issue 329, p715
- ISSN
0003-598X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003598X00068265