Examining Gravettian and Magdalenian mobility and technological organization with IR spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT: Archaeologists can use the provenance of lithic raw materials to examine the movements, territories, and settlement dynamics of hunter-gatherers. Several studies have used macroscopic analyses to propose the long-distance transport of raw material during the Gravettian and the Magdalenian of the Swabian Jura in Central Europe. Until now hypotheses about raw material transport in this region were not based on reproducible analyses. This study aims to test some of the hypotheses about the origins of lithic raw materials during the Gravettian and Magdalenian, using infrared spectroscopic measurements. These analyses are based on differences and similarities in the mineralogy and crystallography of rocks. Using this method, we test for long-distance raw-material transport between the sites of

SUBMITTER: Schurch B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11730608 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature