Processes of change in Magdalenian societies in the Pyrenean isthmus (20–16 ky cal BP)

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...

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Published in:Antiquity 2011-09, Vol.85 (329), p.715-728
Main Author: Langlais, Mathieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archaeology
Archaeology and Prehistory
Debate
Economic change
Europe
France
Francia
Heinrich Stadial
Human beings
Human-environment interactions
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hunting implements
Influence on nature
Lithics
Magdalenian
Magdalenian societies
Nomads
Palaeolithic and mesolithic
Prehistory and protohistory
Pyrenees
Social change
Social evolution
Society
Surface water
Upper Palaeolithic
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00068265