Journal
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume 540, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109527
Keywords
Magdalenian; Paleoclimate; Bioclimatic model; Tundra; Bone collagen; Heterogeneity
Funding
- Ministerium fur Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Wurttemberg (MWKBW) as part of the Evolution of Cultural Modernity Project at the University of Tubingen
- MWKBW
- Verein fur Eiszeitkunst im Lonetal
- Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tubingen
- Biogeology Working Group, Department of Geosciences, University of Tiibingen
- Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung
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Paleoenvironmental and climatic reconstructions are reported for latest Pleistocene (Paleolithic) contexts from the Swabian Jura of southwestern Germany. In particular, we focus on the late glacial interval, similar to 18,000 to 11,600 cal yr BP, using faunal remains from Langmandhalde, a recently excavated Late Magdalenian site in the Lone Valley. We use two different proxies for reconstruction: (1) stable isotope analysis (delta C-13 and delta N-15) of bone collagen from reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and horse (Equus ferus) and (2) the application of a bioclimatic model to the micromammal assemblage from the site. We use these results to discuss the environmental context of Magdalenian hunter-gatherers in the Lone Valley and argue that, although they generally lived in tundra environments, their landscape was heterogeneous and likely had pockets of trees and/or denser vegetation. Our study documents warmer winter temperatures, increased precipitation, and longer vegetative activity periods than those of modern tundra environments.
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