A Neolithic population model based on new radiocarbon dates from mining, funerary and population scaled activity in the Saint-Gond Marshes region of North East France
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| Titre | A Neolithic population model based on new radiocarbon dates from mining, funerary and population scaled activity in the Saint-Gond Marshes region of North East France |
| Type de publication | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Auteurs | Edinborough K, Martineau R, Dufraisse A, Shennan S, Imbeaux M, Dumontet A, Schauer P, Cook G |
| Journal | QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL |
| Volume | 586 |
| Pagination | 121-132 |
| Date Published | JUN 10 |
| Type of Article | Article |
| ISSN | 1040-6182 |
| Mots-clés | France, Hypogeums, Mesolithic, Mining, Neolithic, Radiocarbon |
| Résumé | We present and model new radiocarbon data for the Neolithic marshes of Marais de Saint-Gond Marne in France. We then provide the first radiocarbon-based synthesis of human activity in this region. The earliest flint mine pits dug in France were dated to between 7518 and 7356 cal BC (95% probability) in the Mesolithic period. A Neolithic sequence of activity has been reconstructed in detail for the mine and hypogeums in the Vert-laGravelle ?La Craye`re? site. Using summed probability distribution frequencies with new radiocarbon results from flint mines, hypogeum-burials and settlements, we show the peak of regional population is consistent with the advent of the hypogeum construction during the Ne?olithique re?cent/Ne?olithique final between 3650 and 2900 cal BC (95% probability). |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.001 |