Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments

Abstract Mobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns...

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Autores principales:	Nina Kowalik, Robert Anczkiewicz, Jarosław Wilczyński, Piotr Wojtal, Wolfgang Müller, Luca Bondioli, Alessia Nava, Mihály Gasparik
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7ba75821e9794ceca610b6c2cf13c87e2021-12-02T17:45:18ZTracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments10.1038/s41598-020-67017-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/7ba75821e9794ceca610b6c2cf13c87e2020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67017-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Mobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns of objects’ transportation across Central Europe. We investigated the origin of four ornaments made of European elk (Alces alces L.) incisors recovered at Borsuka Cave – the oldest known burial site in Poland, possibly a child grave. Laser-ablation plasma source mass spectrometric analyses of trace elements and Sr isotopic compositions revealed that one elk was roaming within a geologically uniform area while the others changed their pastures during their lifetimes. The non-local origin of the elk teeth is inferred from their exotic Sr isotopic compositions and the lack of evidence for the presence of elk in this territory during the Pleistocene. Instead, the elks’ Sr isotopic composition show good agreement with sites near the Austria-Slovakia border region and northern Hungary, ~250 km away from the study site. We argue that the artefacts were most likely brought to Borsuka Cave by humans or by a network of exchange, so far never reported in the time range 32.5–28.8 ka cal BP for Southern Poland.Nina KowalikRobert AnczkiewiczJarosław WilczyńskiPiotr WojtalWolfgang MüllerLuca BondioliAlessia NavaMihály GasparikNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Nina Kowalik Robert Anczkiewicz Jarosław Wilczyński Piotr Wojtal Wolfgang Müller Luca Bondioli Alessia Nava Mihály Gasparik Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
description	Abstract Mobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns of objects’ transportation across Central Europe. We investigated the origin of four ornaments made of European elk (Alces alces L.) incisors recovered at Borsuka Cave – the oldest known burial site in Poland, possibly a child grave. Laser-ablation plasma source mass spectrometric analyses of trace elements and Sr isotopic compositions revealed that one elk was roaming within a geologically uniform area while the others changed their pastures during their lifetimes. The non-local origin of the elk teeth is inferred from their exotic Sr isotopic compositions and the lack of evidence for the presence of elk in this territory during the Pleistocene. Instead, the elks’ Sr isotopic composition show good agreement with sites near the Austria-Slovakia border region and northern Hungary, ~250 km away from the study site. We argue that the artefacts were most likely brought to Borsuka Cave by humans or by a network of exchange, so far never reported in the time range 32.5–28.8 ka cal BP for Southern Poland.
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author	Nina Kowalik Robert Anczkiewicz Jarosław Wilczyński Piotr Wojtal Wolfgang Müller Luca Bondioli Alessia Nava Mihály Gasparik
author_facet	Nina Kowalik Robert Anczkiewicz Jarosław Wilczyński Piotr Wojtal Wolfgang Müller Luca Bondioli Alessia Nava Mihály Gasparik
author_sort	Nina Kowalik
title	Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
title_short	Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
title_full	Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
title_fullStr	Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
title_full_unstemmed	Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments
title_sort	tracing human mobility in central europe during the upper paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved sr isotope records in ornaments
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/7ba75821e9794ceca610b6c2cf13c87e
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Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments

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