<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the paper is to present a new chronological model of recolonisation of the area located north of the Sudetes and the Carpathians after Late Glacial Maximum (LGM). Until recently, it was believed that reoccupation of these areas occurred only due to the Magdalenian people. New chronometric data (radiocarbon and optoluminescence ones) coming from the Magdalenian and Epigravettian sites together with the application of Bayesian modelling of new records allowed us to present another model. In the light of the new research, it seems that the groups classified as the Epigravettian and Magdalenian could have coexisted at the same time in the same areas. The new model states that it is possible to assume coexistence of these groups during the period of 2300 years between 16500 and 14200 years BP.</p></abstract>

The aim of the paper is to present a new chronological model of recolonisation of the area located north of the Sudetes and the Carpathians after Late Glacial Maximum (LGM). Until recently, it was believed that reoccupation of these areas occurred only due to the Magdalenian people. New chronometric data (radiocarbon and optoluminescence ones) coming from the Magdalenian and Epigravettian sites together with the application of Bayesian modelling of new records allowed us to present another model. In the light of the new research, it seems that the groups classified as the Epigravettian and Magdalenian could have coexisted at the same time in the same areas. The new model states that it is possible to assume coexistence of these groups during the period of 2300 years between 16500 and 14200 years BP.

The Epigravettian and the Magdalenian in Poland: New chronological data and an old problem

Geochronometria

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The aim of the paper is to present a new chronological model of recolonisation of the area located north of the Sudetes and the Carpathians after Late Glacial...

The Epigravettian and the Magdalenian in Poland: New chronological data and an old problem

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2017

Pages: 16 - 29

Reçu: 30 août 2016

Accepté: 15 nov. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0052

Mots clés
chronological records, Bayesian method, recolonization, Epigravettian, Magdalenian, Poland

© 2016 A. Wiśniewski.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Epigravettian and the Magdalenian in Poland: New chronological data and an old problem

Publié en ligne: 30 mars 2017

Pages: 16 - 29

Reçu: 30 août 2016

Accepté: 15 nov. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/geochr-2015-0052

Mots cléschronological records, Bayesian method, recolonization, Epigravettian, Magdalenian, Poland

© 2016 A. Wiśniewski.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
chronological records, Bayesian method, recolonization, Epigravettian, Magdalenian, Poland