Short-term occupations at high elevation during the Middle Paleolithic at Kalavan 2 (Republic of Armenia)
Ariel Malinsky‐Buller; Phil Glauberman; Vincent Ollivier; Tobias Lauer; Rhys Timms; Ellery Frahm; Alexander Brittingham; Benno Triller; Lutz Kindler; Monika V. Knul; Masha Krakovsky; Sébastien Joannin; Michael T. Hren; Olivier Bellier; Alexander Clark; Simon Blockley; Dimidry Arakelyan; João Marreiros; Eduardo Paixaco; Ivan Calandra; Robert Ghukasyan; David Nora; Nadav Nir; Ani Adigyozalyan; Hayk Haydosyan, and Boris Gasparyan · 2021
Catalogue summary
Excavations at Kalavan 2 identify repeated short occupations between roughly sixty and forty-five millennia ago, using stratigraphy, faunal remains, and stone artifacts to interpret high-elevation hunting mobility.
Why this matters
It supplies rare behavioral evidence for how Paleolithic groups used Armenia's mountainous environments seasonally.
Citation
Ariel Malinsky‐Buller; Phil Glauberman; Vincent Ollivier; Tobias Lauer; Rhys Timms; Ellery Frahm; Alexander Brittingham; Benno Triller; Lutz Kindler; Monika V. Knul; Masha Krakovsky; Sébastien Joannin; Michael T. Hren; Olivier Bellier; Alexander Clark; Simon Blockley; Dimidry Arakelyan; João Marreiros; Eduardo Paixaco; Ivan Calandra; Robert Ghukasyan; David Nora; Nadav Nir; Ani Adigyozalyan; Hayk Haydosyan, and Boris Gasparyan 2021. Short-term occupations at high elevation during the Middle Paleolithic at Kalavan 2 (Republic of Armenia). PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245700
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