Journal article
Earliest occupation of the Central Aegean (Naxos), Greece: Implications for hominin and Homo sapiens’ behavior and dispersals
Abstract
We present evidence of Middle Pleistocene activity in the central Aegean Basin at the chert extraction and reduction complex of Stelida (Naxos, Greece). Luminescence dating places ~9000 artifacts in a stratigraphic sequence from ~13 to 200 thousand years ago (ka ago). These artifacts include Mousterian products, which arguably provide first evidence for Neanderthals in the region. This dated material attests to a much earlier history of …
Authors
Carter T; Contreras DA; Holcomb J; Mihailović DD; Karkanas P; Guérin G; Taffin N; Athanasoulis D; Lahaye C
Journal
Science Advances, Vol. 5, No. 10,
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publication Date
October 11, 2019
DOI
10.1126/sciadv.aax0997
ISSN
2375-2548