Dataset Information

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans.

ABSTRACT: The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River - Tabula Traiana and Dubočka-Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standards of excavation and recovery along with a suite of state-of-the-art analytical procedures. The presentation focuses on micromorphological analyses of the caves' sediments, characterisation of cryptotephra, a suite of new radiometric dates (accelerator mass spectrometry and optically stimulated luminescence) as well as proteomics (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry) and stable isotope data in discerning patterns of human occupation of these locales over the long term.

SUBMITTER: Boric D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

ACCESS DATA

Publications

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans.

Borić Dušan D Cristiani Emanuela E Hopkins Rachel R Schwenninger Jean-Luc JL Gerometta Katarina K French Charly A I CAI Mutri Giuseppina G Ćalić Jelena J Dimitrijević Vesna V Marín-Arroyo Ana B AB Jones Jennifer R JR Stevens Rhiannon R Masciana Alana A Uno Kevin K Richter Kristine Korzow KK Antonović Dragana D Wehr Karol K Lane Christine C White Dustin D

Journal of quaternary science 20210825 2

The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River - Tabula Traiana and Dubočka-Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standa ...[more]

PMID: 35874300

Similar Datasets

Project description:The SHERPA tool was used to assess the major pollution sources and the geographical areas impacting on the PM2.5 of the main cities in the Danube and Western Balkans regions. The activity sectors influencing most the PM2.5 levels in the study area are energy production (22%), agriculture (19%), residential combustion (16%) and road transport (7%). The energy production in inefficient coal-fuelled power plants was identified as one of main source of PM2.5 in the Western Balkans. As for the geographical origin of PM2.5, the transboundary pollution is confirmed as the main origin of PM2.5 (44%) in the investigated cities, while the city own emissions and the national sources outside the concerned city impact on average 22% and 15%, respectively. An association was observed between the long-range transport and the impact of agriculture and energy production, while both local urban emissions and long-range transport were associated with the residential sector. A special attention is given in this study to biomass, a renewable source, which use is often promoted in the frame of climate and energy policies. Nevertheless, the combustion of biomass in inefficient small appliances has considerable particulate matter emissions and therefore this type of practice impacts negatively on air quality. Considering that biomass is traditionally used in South-East Europe as fuel for residential heating, the interpretation of the model results was supported with the estimation of biomass burning contributions to PM2.5 obtained with receptor models and data on biomass fuel consumption from the literature. The analysis of the contributions from biomass burning derived from receptor models suggests that biomass burning is the dominant source within the residential heating sector in the studied area and that the emissions from this source are likely underestimated. This study concludes that more effort is needed to improve the estimations of biomass burning emissions and that policies to improve air quality in the cities should involve a geographic context wider than the city level.

Dataset Information

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans.

Publications

Neanderthals on the Lower Danube: Middle Palaeolithic evidence in the Danube Gorges of the Balkans.

Similar Datasets

OmicsDI is part of the ELIXIR infrastructure

Tweets