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Reassessing Mesolithic/

Neolithic gap:Mala Triglavca case

Dimitrij Mleku, Mihael Budja, Robert Payton and CliveBonsall

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from Biagi and Spataro 2000Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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R_Date Si-2225

R_Date Si-2228

R_Date Z-???

R_Date Si-2224

R_Date Si-2226

R_Date Si-2221

R_Date Z-413

R_Date Si-2220

R_Date Si-2227

R_Date Z-457

R_Date Si-2217

R_Date Si-2219

R_Date Si-2222

R_Date Z-412

R_Date Si-2223

12000 11000 10000 9000 8000 7000 6000 5000

Calibrated date calBC

OxCal v4.0.5 Bronk Ramsey (2007); r:5 IntCal04 atmospheric curve (Reimer et al 2004)

No Gap at all: Odmut

Mesolithic

Neolithic

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R_Date Benussi

R_Date Benussi

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Ciclami

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Benussi

R_Date Benussi

R_Date Benussi

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

R_Date Edera Cave

9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000

Calibrated date (calBC)

OxCal v4.0.5 Bronk Ramsey (2007); r:5 IntCal04 atmospheric curve (Reimer et al 2004)

No regional Gap:Caput Adriae

Mesolithic

Neolithic

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Haplogroup I1b* distribution

http://www.relativegenetics.com/

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5

10

15

20

25

7400

7200

7000

6800

6600

6400

6200

6000

5800

5600

5400

Number of circumadriatic 14C datesmedian probability

cal BC

N=99

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Figure 2. Stratigraphical tentative correlation ofthe deposit faciesin the Karst caves: (1) facies1; (2)

facies2; (3) facies3, (4) facies4; (5) erosion surfaces; (6) unknown on unclear stratigraphy.

Erosional surfaces in Karst caves

from Boschian and Montagnari Kokelj 200

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Neolithic fumier deposits

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from Leben 1988

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O C l 4 0 5 B k R (2007) 5 I tC l04 t h i (R i t l 2004)

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Radiocarbondates

R_Date Poz-15343

R_Date Poz-14242

R_Date Poz-14243

R_Date Poz-21395

R_Date OxA-15139

R_Date OxA-15134

R_Date OxA-15123

R_Date OxA-15137

R_Date OxA-15136

R_Date Poz-15232

R_Date Poz-15341

R_Date Poz-14245

R_Date Poz-14244

R_Date OxA-15138

R_Date OxA-15135

9000 8000 7000 6000 5000 4000 3000 2000

Calibrated date (calBC)

OxCal v4.0.5 Bronk Ramsey (2007); r:5 IntCal04 atmospheric curve (Reimer et al 2004)

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Lebenssection

6451 36

8225 40

3a3b

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2001Section

aiccerbLimit of Lebens excavation

Limit of 2001 re-excavation

2AB

3AB

4AB

5bAh

7bAh

6Bk

434.149 m

433.346 m

Ah

2m

Leben datum point

Large stone

Ash lens

Pottery

Bone tool

Soil thin section sample

Paleosurface

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Lebenssection

6451 36

8225 40

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Lebenssection

6451 36

8225 40

7255 407630 50

7950 50

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Lebenssection

6451 36

8225 40

7255 407630 50

7950 50

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Lebenssection

6451 36

8225 40

7255 407630 50

7950 50

6320 406647 37

7229 38

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Erosion planes

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MT 24/03

Pottery

from Gapariibrat 2004

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1

2

3

44a

3a

8

7

6

5

Dripline

2001section(Fig

.2c)

Lebenssection

(Fig.2a)

Distribution of pottery

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MT 24/03

Vlaka bowl with traces of milklipids

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Complex palimpsest series of

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Large stone

Ash lens

breccia

Limit of excavation

2m

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

Complex palimpsest, series ofsecondary deposits with residual finds

6451 36

8225 40

7255 407630 50

7950 50

6320 406647 37

7229 38

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Conclusions

Stratigraphic/radiocarbon sequences arecomplex palimpsests

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Conclusions

Gaps in the radiocarbon sequence do not

necessarily represent periods of abandonmentof a cave

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Conclusions

Gaps are perhaps symptoms of our approach

toward the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition