Geochemical Evidence for the Control of Fire by Middle Palaeolithic Hominins
Alex Brittingham; Michael T. Hren; Gideon Hartman; Keith Wilkinson; Carolina Mallol; Boris Gasparyan, and D. Adler · 2019
Catalogue summary
At Lusakert Cave, heavy polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons correlate with Middle Palaeolithic artifact density while light wildfire markers do not, supporting controlled hominin fire use independent of natural burns.
Why this matters
The geochemical pattern supplies site-specific evidence about technology and occupation intensity in prehistoric Armenia, not merely a general chronology of fire use.
Citation
Alex Brittingham; Michael T. Hren; Gideon Hartman; Keith Wilkinson; Carolina Mallol; Boris Gasparyan, and D. Adler 2019. Geochemical Evidence for the Control of Fire by Middle Palaeolithic Hominins. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51433-0
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