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Papers by Aleta Guadelli
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 12, 2018
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jul 11, 2016
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2005
Collection of conference abstracts presented at the vDEUQUA2021 (2021-09-30 to 2021-09-01), the v... more Collection of conference abstracts presented at the vDEUQUA2021 (2021-09-30 to 2021-09-01), the virtual meeting of the German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA).
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2010
The last 30,000 to 700,000 years ago: Unravelling the timing of human settlement for the Palaeolithic site of Kozarnika, 2022
Kozarnika cave is a renowned prehistoric site in the Balkans, which contributes significantly to ... more Kozarnika cave is a renowned prehistoric site in the Balkans, which contributes significantly to our understanding of the human past due to its rich assemblages associated with the Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. Various dating methods have been employed to unravel the timing of human occupations in Kozarnika. Radiocarbon dating was used to unfold the time frame for the Kozarnikian lithic tradition uncovered in the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of the cave, and palaeomagnetic dating assigned the BrunheseMatuyama reversal to the layer beneath the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages. In this study, we employed luminescence-dating methods, including a body of different signals to date sediment layers from the top to the bottom of the sequence covering the period of ca 30 to 700 ka. Our investigations revealed that the Kozarnikian tradition in layers 5a-c falls between 30 and 35 ka. Following that, we suggest that the Middle Palaeolithic period initiated between 250 and 309 ka and lasted until 40e53 ka. More importantly, we have updated the age of the Neanderthal radius discovered in the Mousterian assemblages to 201 ± 17 ka. Our dating resulted in a period of ca 300e700 ka for the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages in the cave. Although this age range fits perfectly with the palaeomagnetic boundary <780 ka established for Kozarnika, the possibility of reaching the threshold of luminescence dating cannot be ruled out. Thus, at this stage, this age range may represent the minimum age for the Lower Palaeolithic.
International audienceKozarnika Cave (north-western Bulgaria) delivered a long archaeological seq... more International audienceKozarnika Cave (north-western Bulgaria) delivered a long archaeological sequence that covers almost the entire Pleistocene. Lower levels dated by faunal associations between the second half of the Early Pleistocene (between the MNQ 18 and MNQ 19) and the first half of the Middle Pleistocene (MNQ 20-21) yielded some assemblages with non-Acheulean core-and-flake (and not pebble-core) industries. Middle Palaeolithic levels of Balkan Levallois-Mousterian with leaf points date of OIS 6-3 pro parte. The Upper Palaeolithic sequence is dated by 14C AMS between about 52.5 ka calBP and about 13.6 ka calBP. This long monotonous archaeological sequence (about 39 ka), begins in the vestibule of the cave (sectors I and II) with an Initial Upper Palaeolithic lamellar type industry with marginally backed bladelets which has no Aurignacian elements – the Early Kozarnikian – a possible precursor of the local tradition related to a technocomplex of lamellar industries containing backed pieces in overlaying levels. This absence of Aurignacian elements is also confirmed in the bone industry found in sectors I and II. On the other hand, the recent excavations in sector III have provided us all the data to prove that at least one Aurignacian level is intercalated in the Kozarnikian sequence. Because of successive Palaeolithic sequences in Kozarnika Cave and its geographical position, this site is a milestone for the understanding of the different phases of the earliest colonization and migrations to Europe.La grotte de Kozarnika (nord-ouest de la Bulgarie) a livré une longue séquence archéologique qui couvre la quasi-totalité du Pléistocène. Les niveaux inférieurs datés par des associations fauniques entre la seconde moitié du Pléistocène inférieur (entre le MNQ 18 et le MNQ 19) et la première moitié du Pléistocène moyen (MNQ 20-21) ont livré quelques assemblages non acheuléen à nuclei et éclats (sans pebble-cores). Les niveaux Paléolithique moyen levallois-Moustérien à pointes foliacées bifaces datent des OIS 6 à 3 pro parte. La séquence du Paléolithique supérieur est datée par 14C AMS entre environ 52,5 ka calBP et environ 13,6 ka calBP. Cette longue séquence archéologique monotone (environ 39 ka), débute dans le vestibule de la grotte (secteurs I et II) par une industrie lamellaire du Paléolithique supérieur initial à lamelles à dos marginal qui ne comporte aucun élément aurignacien – le Kozarnikien initial – un possible précurseur de la tradition locale de technocomplexes d'industries lamellaires contenant des pièces à dos dans les niveaux supérieurs. Cette absence d'éléments aurignaciens se confirme également dans l'industrie osseuse des secteurs I et II. En revanche, les fouilles récentes du secteur III nous ont fourni toutes les données pour prouver qu'au moins un niveau aurignacien est intercalé dans la séquence kozarnikienne. En raison des séquences paléolithiques successives de la grotte de Kozarnika et de sa position géographique, ce site est un jalon important pour la compréhension des différentes phases de colonisations et de migrations vers l'Europe
The article presents the main results of the field archaeological survey on the territory of Kalu... more The article presents the main results of the field archaeological survey on the territory of Kalugerovo, Pamidovo, Dinkata and Shtarkovo villages, Lesichovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, conducted in November 2017. Based on the analysis of the information obtained, some observations were made on the development of the settlement pattern in the different periods.
Presentation des principaux resultats de la campagne de fouilles 2013 : techno-complexes lithique... more Presentation des principaux resultats de la campagne de fouilles 2013 : techno-complexes lithiques du Paleolithique moyen (A. Turq, J.-Ph. Faivre), matieres premieres lithiques (P. Fernandes, J.-P. Raynal), Traceologie (J. Rios-Garaizar), Industries en matieres dures animales (A. Guadelli), Paleontologie, Archeozoologie, Taphonomie (J.-L. Guadelli, Ph. Fernandez), Geoarcheologie (A. Lenoble, A. Queffelec), Geomorphologie, karst et remplissages (L. Bruxelles)
Redaka II cave is located at the entrance of village Salash, district of Belogradchik, North-west... more Redaka II cave is located at the entrance of village Salash, district of Belogradchik, North-west Bulgaria. The overall length is of 97m. Prospected by I. Krumov the previous years, Redaka II cave had been the subject in 2005 and 2006 of two surveys-tests which permitted to collect fauna as well as small series of lithic artefacts- Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. The study of fauna allowed, for the first time in Bulgaria, to highlight a Hyenas den [1]. In 2008 the more systematic excavations were started and we began a preliminary space analysis to be able to distinguish the two sequences of the occupations by the hyena. We have also carried out a data processing in 3D for a better understanding of the formation of the layers and the development of the archaeological sequence in comparison to that of the presence of hyena. Because this first step didn’t solve the problem of the interaction between man and hyena occupations, in our future works we planned to add others criteria like t...
Journal of Human Evolution, 2017
Excavations conducted by a Bulgarian-French team at Kozarnika Cave (Balkans, Bulgaria) during sev... more Excavations conducted by a Bulgarian-French team at Kozarnika Cave (Balkans, Bulgaria) during several seasons yielded a long Paleolithic archaeological sequence and led to the discovery of important faunal, lithic, and human samples. This paper aims to describe the unpublished radius shaft of an infant who died approximately before the sixth month postnatal that was recovered from layer 10b, which contained East Balkan Levallois Mousterian with bifacial leaf points. The layer was dated between 130 and 200 ka (large mammals biochronology) and between 128 ± 13 ka and 183 ± 14 ka (OSL), i.e. OIS6. Here we show that, given the scarcity of Middle Pleistocene infant remains in general, and Middle Paleolithic human remains from this part of Eastern Europe in particular, the study of the Kozarnika specimen is of special interest. We discuss its place in the Middle Pleistocene European hominine record and substantiate the hypothesis of early Neanderthal presence in the eastern Balkans.
Pradayrol is located in the southern part of the Causse de Gramat (Caniac-du-Causse, Lot, France)... more Pradayrol is located in the southern part of the Causse de Gramat (Caniac-du-Causse, Lot, France) on the edge of a sinkhole.This is a complex karst today extended by a rockshelter. Discovered and excavated between 1998 and 2005 by M.-R. Seronie-Vivien, Pradayrol delivered a Middle Pleistocene sequence of more than 2 m thick dated between 420 and 335 ky. He has found a fauna which includes Canis etruscus, Ursus deningeri and Hystrix cristata, an Early Middle Palaeolithic industry on quartzite and a human tooth (uppercentralincisor) in layer2 (dated 335ky). The resumption of excavations in 2010 by Jean-Luc Guadelli and AlainTurq taking into account all of the deposit showed the complexity of the site. The exploration of the shelter and terrace showed from one hand a more recent sequence (Upper Pleistocene) on the terrace containing a Mousterian in the context of a hyena den and from another hand an older sequence in breccias preserved on the roof of the rockselter, in some pillars (inside and outside) and on the terrace. Only partially explored this layer contains a lithic industry on quartzite and an abundant fauna (including Xenocyon, Ursus cf. etruscus, Dicerorhinus cf. etruscus, Equus sp., ...), which allows us to hypothesize that they could be dated between the late Lower Pleistocene and the early Middle Pleistocene i.e. between MNQ 19 and MNQ 20; it is at least older than 900 ka. Even if part of the lithic and bone found today in the brecciasis in a derived position (geological observations and the presence of a blunt or a polish on some pieces), Pradayrol, should quickly reach the rare French sites set delivering so old industry andfaunainstratigraphic context.
Kozarnika cave is situated in the northwestern part of the lower Balkans near the Danube plain. T... more Kozarnika cave is situated in the northwestern part of the lower Balkans near the Danube plain. The archaeological layers are 6-7m in depth (Guadelli et al. 2005; Sirakov et al. 2010). The Kozarnika Upper Palaeolithic sequence presents several phases: the initial Upper Palaeolithic, a very early stage, a middle stage and a late phase of the Kozarnika culture: a sequence of an original Palaeolithic bladelet industry with backed pieces called Kozarnikian. The Upper Palaeolithic sequence yielded 235 artefacts. In the layers with retouchers there are 218, with a total of 35 retouchers, the subject of this paper. Less typical, but noteworthy, are retouchers, the only one type that has developed since the Middle Paleolithic. They are mostly made from large fragments of long bones. The surfaces were often prepared by scraping, which allows the possibility for greater precision in retouching. For the more highly developed phase of the Kozarnika culture, we noted the appareance of retouchers with two areas of use. The final stage of Late Palaeolithic consists of very small nondiagnostic artefacts. The retouchers parallel the very few found in Temnata dupka. Unfortunately, while studying the bone assemblages from Bacho Kiro, Samuilitsa and the other sites that yielded Upper Palaeolithic finds, we couldn't find the artefacts mentioned in the publications.
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Sep 12, 2018
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Jul 11, 2016
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2005
Collection of conference abstracts presented at the vDEUQUA2021 (2021-09-30 to 2021-09-01), the v... more Collection of conference abstracts presented at the vDEUQUA2021 (2021-09-30 to 2021-09-01), the virtual meeting of the German Quaternary Association (DEUQUA).
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), 2010
The last 30,000 to 700,000 years ago: Unravelling the timing of human settlement for the Palaeolithic site of Kozarnika, 2022
Kozarnika cave is a renowned prehistoric site in the Balkans, which contributes significantly to ... more Kozarnika cave is a renowned prehistoric site in the Balkans, which contributes significantly to our understanding of the human past due to its rich assemblages associated with the Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. Various dating methods have been employed to unravel the timing of human occupations in Kozarnika. Radiocarbon dating was used to unfold the time frame for the Kozarnikian lithic tradition uncovered in the Upper Palaeolithic sequence of the cave, and palaeomagnetic dating assigned the BrunheseMatuyama reversal to the layer beneath the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages. In this study, we employed luminescence-dating methods, including a body of different signals to date sediment layers from the top to the bottom of the sequence covering the period of ca 30 to 700 ka. Our investigations revealed that the Kozarnikian tradition in layers 5a-c falls between 30 and 35 ka. Following that, we suggest that the Middle Palaeolithic period initiated between 250 and 309 ka and lasted until 40e53 ka. More importantly, we have updated the age of the Neanderthal radius discovered in the Mousterian assemblages to 201 ± 17 ka. Our dating resulted in a period of ca 300e700 ka for the Lower Palaeolithic assemblages in the cave. Although this age range fits perfectly with the palaeomagnetic boundary <780 ka established for Kozarnika, the possibility of reaching the threshold of luminescence dating cannot be ruled out. Thus, at this stage, this age range may represent the minimum age for the Lower Palaeolithic.
International audienceKozarnika Cave (north-western Bulgaria) delivered a long archaeological seq... more International audienceKozarnika Cave (north-western Bulgaria) delivered a long archaeological sequence that covers almost the entire Pleistocene. Lower levels dated by faunal associations between the second half of the Early Pleistocene (between the MNQ 18 and MNQ 19) and the first half of the Middle Pleistocene (MNQ 20-21) yielded some assemblages with non-Acheulean core-and-flake (and not pebble-core) industries. Middle Palaeolithic levels of Balkan Levallois-Mousterian with leaf points date of OIS 6-3 pro parte. The Upper Palaeolithic sequence is dated by 14C AMS between about 52.5 ka calBP and about 13.6 ka calBP. This long monotonous archaeological sequence (about 39 ka), begins in the vestibule of the cave (sectors I and II) with an Initial Upper Palaeolithic lamellar type industry with marginally backed bladelets which has no Aurignacian elements – the Early Kozarnikian – a possible precursor of the local tradition related to a technocomplex of lamellar industries containing backed pieces in overlaying levels. This absence of Aurignacian elements is also confirmed in the bone industry found in sectors I and II. On the other hand, the recent excavations in sector III have provided us all the data to prove that at least one Aurignacian level is intercalated in the Kozarnikian sequence. Because of successive Palaeolithic sequences in Kozarnika Cave and its geographical position, this site is a milestone for the understanding of the different phases of the earliest colonization and migrations to Europe.La grotte de Kozarnika (nord-ouest de la Bulgarie) a livré une longue séquence archéologique qui couvre la quasi-totalité du Pléistocène. Les niveaux inférieurs datés par des associations fauniques entre la seconde moitié du Pléistocène inférieur (entre le MNQ 18 et le MNQ 19) et la première moitié du Pléistocène moyen (MNQ 20-21) ont livré quelques assemblages non acheuléen à nuclei et éclats (sans pebble-cores). Les niveaux Paléolithique moyen levallois-Moustérien à pointes foliacées bifaces datent des OIS 6 à 3 pro parte. La séquence du Paléolithique supérieur est datée par 14C AMS entre environ 52,5 ka calBP et environ 13,6 ka calBP. Cette longue séquence archéologique monotone (environ 39 ka), débute dans le vestibule de la grotte (secteurs I et II) par une industrie lamellaire du Paléolithique supérieur initial à lamelles à dos marginal qui ne comporte aucun élément aurignacien – le Kozarnikien initial – un possible précurseur de la tradition locale de technocomplexes d'industries lamellaires contenant des pièces à dos dans les niveaux supérieurs. Cette absence d'éléments aurignaciens se confirme également dans l'industrie osseuse des secteurs I et II. En revanche, les fouilles récentes du secteur III nous ont fourni toutes les données pour prouver qu'au moins un niveau aurignacien est intercalé dans la séquence kozarnikienne. En raison des séquences paléolithiques successives de la grotte de Kozarnika et de sa position géographique, ce site est un jalon important pour la compréhension des différentes phases de colonisations et de migrations vers l'Europe
The article presents the main results of the field archaeological survey on the territory of Kalu... more The article presents the main results of the field archaeological survey on the territory of Kalugerovo, Pamidovo, Dinkata and Shtarkovo villages, Lesichovo municipality, Pazardzhik Province, conducted in November 2017. Based on the analysis of the information obtained, some observations were made on the development of the settlement pattern in the different periods.
Presentation des principaux resultats de la campagne de fouilles 2013 : techno-complexes lithique... more Presentation des principaux resultats de la campagne de fouilles 2013 : techno-complexes lithiques du Paleolithique moyen (A. Turq, J.-Ph. Faivre), matieres premieres lithiques (P. Fernandes, J.-P. Raynal), Traceologie (J. Rios-Garaizar), Industries en matieres dures animales (A. Guadelli), Paleontologie, Archeozoologie, Taphonomie (J.-L. Guadelli, Ph. Fernandez), Geoarcheologie (A. Lenoble, A. Queffelec), Geomorphologie, karst et remplissages (L. Bruxelles)
Redaka II cave is located at the entrance of village Salash, district of Belogradchik, North-west... more Redaka II cave is located at the entrance of village Salash, district of Belogradchik, North-west Bulgaria. The overall length is of 97m. Prospected by I. Krumov the previous years, Redaka II cave had been the subject in 2005 and 2006 of two surveys-tests which permitted to collect fauna as well as small series of lithic artefacts- Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. The study of fauna allowed, for the first time in Bulgaria, to highlight a Hyenas den [1]. In 2008 the more systematic excavations were started and we began a preliminary space analysis to be able to distinguish the two sequences of the occupations by the hyena. We have also carried out a data processing in 3D for a better understanding of the formation of the layers and the development of the archaeological sequence in comparison to that of the presence of hyena. Because this first step didn’t solve the problem of the interaction between man and hyena occupations, in our future works we planned to add others criteria like t...
Journal of Human Evolution, 2017
Excavations conducted by a Bulgarian-French team at Kozarnika Cave (Balkans, Bulgaria) during sev... more Excavations conducted by a Bulgarian-French team at Kozarnika Cave (Balkans, Bulgaria) during several seasons yielded a long Paleolithic archaeological sequence and led to the discovery of important faunal, lithic, and human samples. This paper aims to describe the unpublished radius shaft of an infant who died approximately before the sixth month postnatal that was recovered from layer 10b, which contained East Balkan Levallois Mousterian with bifacial leaf points. The layer was dated between 130 and 200 ka (large mammals biochronology) and between 128 ± 13 ka and 183 ± 14 ka (OSL), i.e. OIS6. Here we show that, given the scarcity of Middle Pleistocene infant remains in general, and Middle Paleolithic human remains from this part of Eastern Europe in particular, the study of the Kozarnika specimen is of special interest. We discuss its place in the Middle Pleistocene European hominine record and substantiate the hypothesis of early Neanderthal presence in the eastern Balkans.
Pradayrol is located in the southern part of the Causse de Gramat (Caniac-du-Causse, Lot, France)... more Pradayrol is located in the southern part of the Causse de Gramat (Caniac-du-Causse, Lot, France) on the edge of a sinkhole.This is a complex karst today extended by a rockshelter. Discovered and excavated between 1998 and 2005 by M.-R. Seronie-Vivien, Pradayrol delivered a Middle Pleistocene sequence of more than 2 m thick dated between 420 and 335 ky. He has found a fauna which includes Canis etruscus, Ursus deningeri and Hystrix cristata, an Early Middle Palaeolithic industry on quartzite and a human tooth (uppercentralincisor) in layer2 (dated 335ky). The resumption of excavations in 2010 by Jean-Luc Guadelli and AlainTurq taking into account all of the deposit showed the complexity of the site. The exploration of the shelter and terrace showed from one hand a more recent sequence (Upper Pleistocene) on the terrace containing a Mousterian in the context of a hyena den and from another hand an older sequence in breccias preserved on the roof of the rockselter, in some pillars (inside and outside) and on the terrace. Only partially explored this layer contains a lithic industry on quartzite and an abundant fauna (including Xenocyon, Ursus cf. etruscus, Dicerorhinus cf. etruscus, Equus sp., ...), which allows us to hypothesize that they could be dated between the late Lower Pleistocene and the early Middle Pleistocene i.e. between MNQ 19 and MNQ 20; it is at least older than 900 ka. Even if part of the lithic and bone found today in the brecciasis in a derived position (geological observations and the presence of a blunt or a polish on some pieces), Pradayrol, should quickly reach the rare French sites set delivering so old industry andfaunainstratigraphic context.
Kozarnika cave is situated in the northwestern part of the lower Balkans near the Danube plain. T... more Kozarnika cave is situated in the northwestern part of the lower Balkans near the Danube plain. The archaeological layers are 6-7m in depth (Guadelli et al. 2005; Sirakov et al. 2010). The Kozarnika Upper Palaeolithic sequence presents several phases: the initial Upper Palaeolithic, a very early stage, a middle stage and a late phase of the Kozarnika culture: a sequence of an original Palaeolithic bladelet industry with backed pieces called Kozarnikian. The Upper Palaeolithic sequence yielded 235 artefacts. In the layers with retouchers there are 218, with a total of 35 retouchers, the subject of this paper. Less typical, but noteworthy, are retouchers, the only one type that has developed since the Middle Paleolithic. They are mostly made from large fragments of long bones. The surfaces were often prepared by scraping, which allows the possibility for greater precision in retouching. For the more highly developed phase of the Kozarnika culture, we noted the appareance of retouchers with two areas of use. The final stage of Late Palaeolithic consists of very small nondiagnostic artefacts. The retouchers parallel the very few found in Temnata dupka. Unfortunately, while studying the bone assemblages from Bacho Kiro, Samuilitsa and the other sites that yielded Upper Palaeolithic finds, we couldn't find the artefacts mentioned in the publications.
Българска археология 2014: каталог към изложба, 2015
Българска археология 2013: каталог към изложба, 2014
Българска археология 2013: каталог към изложба, 2014
Българска археология 2013: каталог към изложба, 2014
Българска археология 2011: каталог към изложба, 2012
Българска археология 2011: каталог към изложба, 2012
Българска археология 2010: каталог към изложба, 2011
Българска археология 2009: каталог към изложба, 2010
Българска археология 2008: каталог към изложба, 2008
Fossil mollusc shell exploitation for personal ornaments of first anatomically modern human (Homo... more Fossil mollusc shell exploitation for personal ornaments of first anatomically modern human (Homo sapiens sapiens) populations in Europe: interdisciplinary research of the Late Palaeolithic archaeological record at Kozarnika cave, NW Bulgaria Използване на фосилни молюски за лични украшения от първите популации на анатомично модерния човек (Homo sapiens sapiens) в Европа: интердисциплинарно проучване на археологически материал от късния палеолит в пещера Козарника, СЗ България
Maritsa Project Volume 2. Yabalkovo Volume 1. , 2014
