Reassessment of the Neandertal fossil collection from Abri Suard (La Chaise de Vouthon, Charente, France)

Abri Suard is one of the sites localized at La Chaise de Vouthon in Charente. La Chaise is a well-known prehistoric place, historically and archaeologically as it preserved long stratigraphic sequences documenting Lower to Upper Palaeolithic human occupations. A substantial number of Neandertal hum...

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Auteurs principaux: Couture-Veschambre, Christine, López-Onaindia, Diego, Sala, Nohemi, Arlegi, Mikel, Balzeau, Antoine, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Maureille, Bruno, Tournepiche, Jean-François, Gómez-Olivencia, Asier
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris 2021
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Abri Suard is one of the sites localized at La Chaise de Vouthon in Charente. La Chaise is a well-known prehistoric place, historically and archaeologically as it preserved long stratigraphic sequences documenting Lower to Upper Palaeolithic human occupations. A substantial number of Neandertal human remains have been discovered in a sedimentary unit associated to MIS 6-5 (250-120 kya) from Abri Suard, which makes them some of the earliest Western European Neandertals. Although most of the N...