#3360. Speleothem-based chronology and environmental context of deposits from the Mishin Kamik Cave, NW Bulgaria – A contribution to the archaeological study of the Late Pleistocene human occupation in the Balkans

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Abstract:
The Balkan Peninsula represents one of the most important human pathways into and out of Europe during the Pleistocene. Petrographic study and U-series dating of a stalagmite and other calcite deposits in the cave provide an absolute chronological frame for the detrital infillings and their archaeological content and inform the environmental and climatic context of the cave evolution. The palaeontological and archaeological findings are older than ~135 ka. Calcite dated on and under the accumulation of bear skulls and bones suggests deposition during MIS 7. A first depositional contextualization of the bone accumulation does not allow us to discriminate between a natural or anthropogenic origin. The study emphasizes the added value of speleothem studies in archaeological sites and particularly in bringing a well-constrained chronological and environmental framework.
Keywords:
karst; Middle Palaeolithic; MIS 6; Neanderthal; speleothem

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