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The Aurignacian (/ ɔːr ɪ ɡ ˈ n eɪ ʃ ən /) is an archaeological industry of the Upper Paleolithic associated with Early European modern humans (EEMH) lasting from 43,000 to 26,000 years ago.
Assemblages of Aurignacian tool making tradition can be found in the cultural sediments of numerous sites from around 45,000 years BP to around 26,000 years BP. [2] In recognition of its significance for various scientific fields and the 19th-century pioneering work of Édouard Lartet the Cave of Aurignac was officially declared a national ...
The open-air site Breitenbach is located at the northern boundary of the Aurignacian oikumene, from which only few sites are currently known.It is also one of the few Aurignacian open-air sites known from Central Europe – knowledge about modern human spatial behaviour and subsistence practices during the Aurignacian derives primarily from cave sites.
The Levantine Aurignacian (35,000-29,000 BP, calibrated, 32,000-26,000 BP, non-calibrated) [6] is an Upper Paleolithic culture of the Near-Eastern Levant that evolved from the Emiran culture. [6] It was named so because of the similarity of stone tools with the Aurignacian culture in Europe. [ 6 ]
Cro-Magnon 1 (Musée de l'Homme, Paris) Two views of Cro-Magnon 2 (1875) [7]In 1868, workmen found animal bones, flint tools, and human skulls in the rock shelter. French geologist Louis Lartet was called for excavations, and found the partial skeletons of four prehistoric adults and one infant, along with perforated shells used as ornaments, an object made from ivory, and worked reindeer antler.
The caves of the Swabian Jura are particularly famous for their high density of artifacts from the Aurignacian tradition, ranging from roughly 43,000 to 26,000 years ago. The Aurignacian tradition is characterized by the advent of symbolic communication (in the form of beads and pendants), specialized flint blades, and figurative art, all of ...
The object (or 'plate') is an exceptional artwork, demonstrating a highly developed aesthetic ability within early Upper Palaeolithic, Aurignacian culture.. It is one of several figurative works of art of the Upper Palaeolithic discovered in the cave.
Articles relating to the Aurignacian, an archaeological industry of the Upper Paleolithic which is associated with Early European modern humans (EEMH), lasting from 43,000 to 26,000 years ago. Pages in category "Aurignacian"