Territoriality and the organization of technology during the Last Glacial Maximum in southwestern Europe.

ABSTRACT: Climate changes that occurred during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) had significant consequences in human eco-dynamics across Europe. Among the most striking impacts are the demographic contraction of modern humans into southern refugia and the potential formation of a population bottleneck. In Iberia and southern France transformations also included the occurrence of significant technological changes, mostly marked by the emergence of a diverse set of bifacially-shaped stone projectiles. The rapid dissemination of bifacial technologies and the geographical circumscription of specific projectile morphologies within these regions have been regarded as evidence for: (1) the existence of a system of long-distance exchange and social alliance networks; (2) the organization of human groups into

SUBMITTER: Cascalheira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6905521 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature