Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France)

Verpoorte, A; Cosgrove, Richard; Wood, R; Petchey, F; Lenoble, A; Chadelle, JP; Smith, Colin; Kamermans, H; Roebroeks, W

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.11.017

Improving the chronological framework for Laugerie-Haute Ouest (Dordogne, France)

journal contribution

posted on 2025-04-29, 06:55 authored by A Verpoorte, Richard CosgroveRichard Cosgrove, R Wood, F Petchey, A Lenoble, JP Chadelle, Colin SmithColin Smith, H Kamermans, W Roebroeks

Laugerie-Haute is one of the key sequences of the European Upper Paleolithic. However, the absolute chronology of the sequence is not well-established, and recently the integrity of the layers has been called into question. In this paper, we present new radiocarbon dating results for the entire sedimentary sequence at Laugerie-Haute Ouest, which contains important “Aurignacian V” and Solutrean assemblages. Our results show that the entire Laugerie-Haute Ouest sequence was deposited in a period of 8500–10,000 years, dating between 28 and 19 cal. kBP.

Funding

DP120100580

This work was also supported by the Department of Archeology, Department of the Dordogne, France.

History

Publication Date

2019-02-01

Journal

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volume

23

Pagination

9p. (p. 574-582)

Publisher

Elsevier

ISSN

2352-409X

Rights Statement

© 2018 The Authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, whereby credit must be given to the creator, only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted and no derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/