82,000-year-old shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior
Abdeljalil Bouzouggar
(1)
,
Nick Barton
(2)
,
Marian Vanhaeren
(3)
,
Francesco d'Errico
(4)
,
Simon Collcutt
(5)
,
Tom Higham
(6)
,
Edward Hodge
(6)
,
Simon Parfitt
(7)
,
Edward Rhodes
(8)
,
Jean-Luc Schwenninger
(6)
,
Chris Stringer
(7)
,
Elaine Turner
(9)
,
Steven Ward
(10)
,
Abdelkrim Moutmir
(11)
,
Abdelhamid Stambouli
(11)
1
INSAP -
Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
2 Institute of Archaeology
3 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
4 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
5 Oxford Archaeological Associates Ltd
6 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
7 NHM - The Natural History Museum [London]
8 Research Schools of Earth Sciences and of Pacific and Asian Studies
9 Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz
10 Centre for the Environment
11 Laboratoire des Recherches d'Analyses Techniques et Scientifiques
2 Institute of Archaeology
3 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
4 PACEA - De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
5 Oxford Archaeological Associates Ltd
6 Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
7 NHM - The Natural History Museum [London]
8 Research Schools of Earth Sciences and of Pacific and Asian Studies
9 Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz
10 Centre for the Environment
11 Laboratoire des Recherches d'Analyses Techniques et Scientifiques
Nick Barton
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Résumé
The first appearance of explicitly symbolic objects in the archaeological record marks a fundamental stage in the emergence of modern social behavior in Homo. Ornaments such as shell beads represent some of the earliest objects of this kind. We report on examples of perforated Nassarius gibbosulus shell beads from Grotte des Pigeons (Taforalt, Morocco), North Africa. These marine shells come from archaeological levels dated by luminescence and uranium-series techniques to 82,000 years ago. They confirm evidence of similar ornaments from other less well dated sites in North Africa and adjacent areas of southwest Asia. The shells are of the same genus as shell beads from slightly younger levels at Blombos Cave in South Africa. Wear patterns on the shells imply that some of them were suspended, and, as at Blombos, they were covered in red ochre. These findings imply an early distribution of bead-making in Africa and southwest Asia at least 40 millennia before the appearance of similar cultural manifestations in Europe.
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Archéologie et PréhistoireFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Résumé |
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The first appearance of explicitly symbolic objects in the archaeological record marks a fundamental stage in the emergence of modern social behavior in Homo. Ornaments such as shell beads represent some of the earliest objects of this kind. We report on examples of perforated Nassarius gibbosulus shell beads from Grotte des Pigeons (Taforalt, Morocco), North Africa. These marine shells come from archaeological levels dated by luminescence and uranium-series techniques to 82,000 years ago. They confirm evidence of similar ornaments from other less well dated sites in North Africa and adjacent areas of southwest Asia. The shells are of the same genus as shell beads from slightly younger levels at Blombos Cave in South Africa. Wear patterns on the shells imply that some of them were suspended, and, as at Blombos, they were covered in red ochre. These findings imply an early distribution of bead-making in Africa and southwest Asia at least 40 millennia before the appearance of similar cultural manifestations in Europe.
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Titre |
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82,000-year-old shell beads from North Africa and implications for the origins of modern human behavior
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Auteur(s) |
Abdeljalil Bouzouggar
1
, Nick Barton
2
, Marian Vanhaeren
3
, Francesco d'Errico
4
, Simon Collcutt
5
, Tom Higham
6
, Edward Hodge
6
, Simon Parfitt
7
, Edward Rhodes
8
, Jean-Luc Schwenninger
6
, Chris Stringer
7
, Elaine Turner
9
, Steven Ward
10
, Abdelkrim Moutmir
11
, Abdelhamid Stambouli
11
1
INSAP -
Institut National des Sciences de l'Archéologie et du Patrimoine
( 6591 )
- Avenue John Kennedy, casier postal, Rabat, Maroc
- Maroc
2
Institute of Archaeology
( 106036 )
- Oxford OX1 2PG,
- Royaume-Uni
3
ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
( 1003 )
- MSH Mondes (bâtiment René-Ginouvès). 21, allée de l’Université 92023 NANTERRE Cedex
- France
4
PACEA -
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
( 205557 )
- Université de Bordeaux - Bâtiment B8 - CS50023 - Allée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire - 33615 Pessac Cedex
- France
5
Oxford Archaeological Associates Ltd
( 106037 )
- OX4 1LH
- Royaume-Uni
6
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
( 106038 )
- Oxford OX1 3QY
- France
7
NHM -
The Natural History Museum [London]
( 310641 )
- Royaume-Uni
8
Research Schools of Earth Sciences and of Pacific and Asian Studies
( 106040 )
- Canberra 0200 ACT
- Australie
9
Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz
( 106041 )
- Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit, 56567 Neuwied,
- Allemagne
10
Centre for the Environment
( 106042 )
- Oxford OX1 3QY
- Royaume-Uni
11
Laboratoire des Recherches d'Analyses Techniques et Scientifiques
( 106043 )
- 10001 Rabat
- Maroc
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2007
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Volume |
104
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Numéro |
24
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Page/Identifiant |
9964-9969
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Mots-clés |
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anatomically modern humans, Nassarius shells, modern behavior, Middle Palaeolithic, optically stimulated luminescence
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