Human ecological niches and ranges during the LGM in Europe derived from an application of eco-cultural niche modeling
William E. Banks
(1)
,
Francesco d'Errico
(1)
,
A. Townsend Peterson
(2)
,
Marian Vanhaeren
(3)
,
M. Kageyama
(4, 5)
,
P. Sepulchre
(4, 5)
,
G. Ramstein
(4, 5)
,
Anne Jost
(6)
,
Daniel Lunt
(7)
1
PACEA -
De la Préhistoire à l'Actuel : Culture, Environnement et Anthropologie
2 KU - University of Kansas [Lawrence]
3 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
4 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
5 CLIM - Modélisation du climat
6 SISYPHE - Structure et fonctionnement des systèmes hydriques continentaux
7 School of Geographical Sciences [Bristol]
2 KU - University of Kansas [Lawrence]
3 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
4 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
5 CLIM - Modélisation du climat
6 SISYPHE - Structure et fonctionnement des systèmes hydriques continentaux
7 School of Geographical Sciences [Bristol]
William E. Banks
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Francesco d'Errico
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M. Kageyama
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P. Sepulchre
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Anne Jost
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Daniel Lunt
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Résumé
We apply eco-cultural niche modeling (ECNM), an heuristic approach adapted from the biodiversity sciences, to identify habitable portions of the European territory for Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), circumscribe potential geographic extents of the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes, evaluate environmental and adaptive factors that influenced their distributions, and discuss this method's potential to illuminate past human-environment interaction. Our ECNM approach employed the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) and used as input a combination of archaeological and geographic data, in conjunction with high-resolution paleoclimatic simulations for this time frame. The archaeological data consist of geographic coordinates of sites dated by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry to the LGM and attributed to the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes. The areas predicted by ECNM consistently outline the northern boundary of human presence at 22,000–20,000 cal BP. This boundary is mainly determined by climatic constraints and corresponds well to known southern limits of periglacial environments and permafrost conditions during the LGM. Differences between predicted ecological niches and known ranges of the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes are interpreted as Solutrean populations being adapted to colder and more humid environments and as reflecting influences of ecological risk on geographic distributions of cultures.
Domaines
Archéologie et PréhistoireFormat du dépôt | Fichier |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Résumé |
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We apply eco-cultural niche modeling (ECNM), an heuristic approach adapted from the biodiversity sciences, to identify habitable portions of the European territory for Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), circumscribe potential geographic extents of the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes, evaluate environmental and adaptive factors that influenced their distributions, and discuss this method's potential to illuminate past human-environment interaction. Our ECNM approach employed the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) and used as input a combination of archaeological and geographic data, in conjunction with high-resolution paleoclimatic simulations for this time frame. The archaeological data consist of geographic coordinates of sites dated by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry to the LGM and attributed to the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes. The areas predicted by ECNM consistently outline the northern boundary of human presence at 22,000–20,000 cal BP. This boundary is mainly determined by climatic constraints and corresponds well to known southern limits of periglacial environments and permafrost conditions during the LGM. Differences between predicted ecological niches and known ranges of the Solutrean and Epigravettian technocomplexes are interpreted as Solutrean populations being adapted to colder and more humid environments and as reflecting influences of ecological risk on geographic distributions of cultures.
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Titre |
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Human ecological niches and ranges during the LGM in Europe derived from an application of eco-cultural niche modeling
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Auteur(s) |
William E. Banks
1
, Francesco d'Errico
1
, A. Townsend Peterson
2
, Marian Vanhaeren
3
, M. Kageyama
4, 5
, P. Sepulchre
4, 5
, G. Ramstein
4, 5
, Anne Jost
6
, Daniel Lunt
7
1
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
2
KU -
University of Kansas [Lawrence]
( 87313 )
- 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045
- États-Unis
3
ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
( 1003 )
- MSH Mondes (bâtiment René-Ginouvès). 21, allée de l’Université 92023 NANTERRE Cedex
- France
4
LSCE -
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
( 518 )
- Bât. 12,
avenue de la Terrasse,
F-91198 GIF-SUR-YVETTE CEDEX
- France
5
CLIM -
Modélisation du climat
( 1007954 )
- LSCE. CEA Paris-Saclay. Orme des merisiers. 91190 Saint-Aubin.
- France
6
SISYPHE -
Structure et fonctionnement des systèmes hydriques continentaux
( 142101 )
- 4 Pl. Jussieu 75252 Paris cedex 05
- France
7
School of Geographical Sciences [Bristol]
( 27275 )
- University of Bristol, University Road Bristol, BS8 1SS United Kingdom
- Royaume-Uni
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Date de publication |
2008-01-18
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Volume |
35
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Numéro |
2
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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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Page/Identifiant |
481-491
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Domaine(s) |
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Mots-clés |
en
Eco-Cultural niche modeling, GARP, LGM, Solutrean, Epigravettian, Western Europe, Upper Paleolithic, Human Adaptation
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.011 |
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