Edinborough, K;
Martineau, R;
Dufraisse, A;
Shennan, S;
Imbeaux, M;
Dumontet, A;
Schauer, P;
(2021)
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.
Quaternary International
, 586
pp. 121-132.
10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.001.
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Abstract
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-la-Gravelle “La Crayère” 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 Néolithique récent/Néolithique final between 3650 and 2900 cal BC (95% probability).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | 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 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.001 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Neolithic, Mesolithic, Mining, Hypogeums, Radiocarbon, France |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10126088 |
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