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Neanderthal Acculturation in Western Europe? A Critical Review of the Evidence and Its Interpretation
Abstract
The presence of bone tools, personal ornaments, and apparently “modern” stone tools in European late Middle Paleolithic or pre‐Aurignacian Paleolithic contexts is generally interpreted as the result of the acculturation of final Neanderthal populations by anatomically modern humans. Analysis of the stratigraphic, chronological, and archaeological data from the key site of Grotte du Renne (Arcy‐sur‐Cure, France) shows that the notion of acculturation, as commonly understood, is inconsistent with the evidence. It is argued here that this site is not an exceptional case and is best explained by models of independent development that are supported by a reevaluation of Chãtelperronian technology and by the patterns of chronological and geographical distribution of Aurignacian, Chãtelperronian, Uluzzian, and late Mousterian settlements.
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- Authors
- d'Errico, F., Zilhão, J., Julien, M., Baffier, D., & Pelegrin, J.
- Venue
- Current Anthropology
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1998-06
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- S1-S44
- ISSN
- 0011-3204 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5382
- OpenAlex
- W2063272890
- Cited by
- 584
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 117.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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