The Later Upper Palaeolithic Recolonisation of Britain: New Results from AMS Radiocarbon Dating
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January 2011
Abstract
This chapter considers the chronological evidence from the British Isles for Later Upper Palaeolithic recolonisation as revealed by new ultrafiltered radiocarbon age determinations on bone collagen. Using Bayesian modelling, subtle differences in age and duration of occupation are apparent between find-spots, and for the first time it is possible to demonstrate the occupation of two areas (Cheddar Gorge and the Wye Valley) as beginning before the sudden warming of the Lateglacial Interstadial. We associate a Final Magdalenian (‘Creswellian’) with this recolonisation and show that this technology had a longer time-span than has previously been allowed—lasting through most of Greenland Interstadial 1e (Bølling).
Keywords
Radiocarbon Dating, Ultrafiltration, Later Upper Paleolithic, Magdalenian
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Article
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Developments in Quaternary Sciences, Vol. 14 (2011-01-01).
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SFS0063133_00001
Recommended Citation
Jacobi, Roger and Higam, Tom, "The Later Upper Palaeolithic Recolonisation of Britain: New Results from AMS Radiocarbon Dating" (2011). KIP Articles. 3223.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/3223