Arnaud Lenoble
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Arnaud Lenoble has a total of 251 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Pascal Bertran
Inrap, 140 avenue du Maréchal Leclerc 33130 Bègles France
13 shared publications - Corentin Bochaton
Institut des Sciences de l’Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD – Montpellier, France
10 shared publications - Jean-Baptiste Mallye
CNRS, UMR 5608 TRACES University of Toulouse Jean‐Jaurès Toulouse France
7 shared publications - Véronique Laroulandie
Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Ministère de la Culture, PACEA, UMR 5199 Pessac France
7 shared publications David Cochard
6 shared publicationsAurélien Royer
5 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 January 2023
- Published by OpenEdition in Paléo, Revue D'archéologie Préhistorique
- Vol. Hors-série, 196-207
Le littoral marocain entre Kénitra et Skhirat du Pléistocène moyen à l’actuel
Le littoral atlantique des environs de Rabat offre différentes configurations renseignant sur l’évolution du trait de côte depuis le Pléistocène moyen. La falaise vive de Salé-Kénitra, située immédiatement au nord de Rabat, porte à l’affleurement une succession de séquences sédimentaires du SIM 7 au SIM 5 (stade isotopique marin), l’ensemble étant recouvert par une grande dune avec intercalations de paléosols rougeâtres (SIM 4 à 2). Quelques kilomètres plus au sud, de Rabat à Témara, le trait de côte est formé de deux cordons : un cordon récent (SIM 5) armant la falaise vive d’un sillon intercordon appelé « Oulja », et un cordon intérieur (polyclique : SIM 11 à SIM 6), sculpté par une falaise fossile d’âge SIM 5e et riches en sites préhistoriques. Les mieux documentés de ces sites sont des grottes ouvertes sur la paléofalaise, et dont le contenu archéologique s’échelonne du Middle Stone Age au Néolithique. Durant l’Holocène ou lors des pulsations positives du niveau marin postérieur au SIM 5e, la géodynamique marine a façonné les anciens cordons pour offrir une variété de structures morphologiques : encoches, plateformes d’abrasion, lapiaz, falaises et microfalaises. Plus au sud encore, au niveau de Skhirat, le cordon holocène développé à la faveur de l’embouchure de l’oued Cherrat recèle la nécropole de Rouazi. Sa morphologie et ses structures sédimentaires indiquent que ce cordon résulte de dépôts de tempête dans sa partie basale, et de dépôts dunaires conjugués au développement des paléosols dans sa partie sommitale.
- 1 January 2023
- Published by OpenEdition in Paléo, Revue D'archéologie Préhistorique
- Vol. Hors-série, 196-207
Open AccessLe littoral marocain entre Kénitra et Skhirat du Pléistocène moyen à l’actuel
Le littoral atlantique des environs de Rabat offre différentes configurations renseignant sur l’évolution du trait de côte depuis le Pléistocène moyen. La falaise vive de Salé-Kénitra, située immédiatement au nord de Rabat, porte à l’affleurement une succession de séquences sédimentaires du SIM 7 au SIM 5 (stade isotopique marin), l’ensemble étant recouvert par une grande dune avec intercalations de paléosols rougeâtres (SIM 4 à 2). Quelques kilomètres plus au sud, de Rabat à Témara, le trait de côte est formé de deux cordons : un cordon récent (SIM 5) armant la falaise vive d’un sillon intercordon appelé « Oulja », et un cordon intérieur (polyclique : SIM 11 à SIM 6), sculpté par une falaise fossile d’âge SIM 5e et riches en sites préhistoriques. Les mieux documentés de ces sites sont des grottes ouvertes sur la paléofalaise, et dont le contenu archéologique s’échelonne du Middle Stone Age au Néolithique. Durant l’Holocène ou lors des pulsations positives du niveau marin postérieur au SIM 5e, la géodynamique marine a façonné les anciens cordons pour offrir une variété de structures morphologiques : encoches, plateformes d’abrasion, lapiaz, falaises et microfalaises. Plus au sud encore, au niveau de Skhirat, le cordon holocène développé à la faveur de l’embouchure de l’oued Cherrat recèle la nécropole de Rouazi. Sa morphologie et ses structures sédimentaires indiquent que ce cordon résulte de dépôts de tempête dans sa partie basale, et de dépôts dunaires conjugués au développement des paléosols dans sa partie sommitale.
- 1 January 2023
- Published by OpenEdition in Quaternaire
- Vol. 34/3 (3) , 161-203
Bird communities from the Guadeloupe islands over the last 30,000 yrs
Paleontological and archaeological data collected since the 1950s from the Guadeloupe Islands allow modern and past occurrences of bird species to be compared and changes (colonization, extirpation and extinction) in avian communities over the last 30,000 years to be highlighted. Here we report data from 24 assemblages from sites spread across Basse Terre, Grande Terre, La Désirade, Marie Galante and Les Saintes dating from the Late Pleistocene, before the arrival of humans, to the Historical period, subdivided into five main periods: pre‑human, Archaic, Ceramic, Contact and Colonial. At least 55 taxa have been identified, belonging to 26 families and 16 orders. Approximately 65 % of the identified taxa are the first fossil occurrences documented for the Guadeloupe or Lesser Antilles Islands (36 taxa) and provide a wealth of information for reconstructing the past geographic distribution of avian communities. Furthermore, a large part of the bird species became extinct (2 taxa) or were extirpated (17 taxa) from one or more islands of Guadeloupe, primarily during the Colonial period. Our results show direct and indirect human impact to be the main factor underlying the loss of avian biodiversity in the archipelago. These results are part of a modification of the Caribbean terrestrial vertebrate biocenosis in the second half of the Holocene, via the extinction of a significant number of non-volant terrestrial vertebrates. Among the terrestrial birds, these changes lead to a few extinctions, but mainly, to the local disappearance or reduction in habitat size of most forest birds.
- 1 January 2023
- Published by OpenEdition in Quaternaire
- Vol. 34/3 (3) , 161-203
Bird communities from the Guadeloupe islands over the last 30,000 yrs
Paleontological and archaeological data collected since the 1950s from the Guadeloupe Islands allow modern and past occurrences of bird species to be compared and changes (colonization, extirpation and extinction) in avian communities over the last 30,000 years to be highlighted. Here we report data from 24 assemblages from sites spread across Basse Terre, Grande Terre, La Désirade, Marie Galante and Les Saintes dating from the Late Pleistocene, before the arrival of humans, to the Historical period, subdivided into five main periods: pre‑human, Archaic, Ceramic, Contact and Colonial. At least 55 taxa have been identified, belonging to 26 families and 16 orders. Approximately 65 % of the identified taxa are the first fossil occurrences documented for the Guadeloupe or Lesser Antilles Islands (36 taxa) and provide a wealth of information for reconstructing the past geographic distribution of avian communities. Furthermore, a large part of the bird species became extinct (2 taxa) or were extirpated (17 taxa) from one or more islands of Guadeloupe, primarily during the Colonial period. Our results show direct and indirect human impact to be the main factor underlying the loss of avian biodiversity in the archipelago. These results are part of a modification of the Caribbean terrestrial vertebrate biocenosis in the second half of the Holocene, via the extinction of a significant number of non-volant terrestrial vertebrates. Among the terrestrial birds, these changes lead to a few extinctions, but mainly, to the local disappearance or reduction in habitat size of most forest birds.
- 17 May 2022
- Published by BirdsCaribbean in Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
- Vol. 35
Evidence of a Late Holocene giant barn owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) in Guadeloupe
This paper describes a partial pedal phalanx of an extinct species of barn owl from Guadeloupe. The morphology and size of the bone fragment allow it to be referred to as a giant Tyto without further specification. In addition to the Tyto noeli specimens described from a Quaternary deposit on Barbuda, this remain represents the second occurrence of a giant barn owl in the Lesser Antilles, and is the first record from Guadeloupe. The specimen was recovered from a pre-Columbian midden dated to between the 11th and 16th centuries, indicating that this tytonid had persisted in the Lesser Antilles up to the European colonization of the Caribbean. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the giant owl went extinct along with, and potentially because of, the disappearance of the endemic, medium-sized rodents on which they preyed. Keywords extinction, giant barn owl, Late Quaternary, Lesser Antilles Resumen Evidencia de una lechuza gigante del Holoceno tardío (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) en Guadalupe • Este artículo describe una falange pedal parcial de una especie extinta de lechuza de Guadalupe. La morfología y el tamaño del fragmento óseo permiten referirse a un Tyto gigante sin más especificaciones. Además de los ejemplares de Tyto noeli descritos en un yacimiento cuaternario de Barbuda, este resto representa la segunda aparición de una lechuza gigante en las Antillas Menores, y la primera mención en Guadalupe. El espécimen se recuperó de un basurero precolombino fechado entre los siglos XI y XVI, lo que indica que esta lechuza persistió en las Antillas Menores hasta la colonización europea del Caribe. Esto concuerda con la hipótesis de que el búho gigante se extinguió junto con, y potencialmente como consecuencia de, la desaparición de las especies endémicas de los roedores de tamaño medio sobre los que depredaban. Palabras clave Cuaternario tardío, extinción, lechuza gigante, Minores Antillas Résumé Découverte d’une Effraie géante (Aves : Strigiformes : Tytonidae) à l’Holocène tardif en Guadeloupe • Cet article présente une phalange partielle de la patte d’une espèce éteinte de chouette découverte en Guadeloupe. La morphologie et les dimensions du fragment osseux permettent de l’attribuer à une Tyto géante sans plus de précision. En sus des spécimens de Tyto noeli décrits dans le dépôt quaternaire de Barbuda, ce vestige représente la deuxième occurrence d'une chouette effraie géante dans les Petites Antilles, et la première mention en Guadeloupe. Le spécimen a été recueilli dans un dépotoir précolombien daté entre le 11ème et le 16ème siècle, indiquant que ce Tytonidae a pu persister dans les Petites Antilles jusqu’à la colonisation européenne des Caraïbes. Cette hypothèse est cohérente avec celle selon laquelle les chouettes géantes se sont éteintes en même temps, et potentiellement en raison de la disparition des espèces endémiques de rongeurs de taille moyenne dont elles se nourrissaient. Mots clés Chouette effraie géante, extinction, Petites Antilles, Quartenaire récent
- 17 May 2022
- Published by BirdsCaribbean in Journal of Caribbean Ornithology
- Vol. 35
Evidence of a Late Holocene giant barn owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) in Guadeloupe
This paper describes a partial pedal phalanx of an extinct species of barn owl from Guadeloupe. The morphology and size of the bone fragment allow it to be referred to as a giant Tyto without further specification. In addition to the Tyto noeli specimens described from a Quaternary deposit on Barbuda, this remain represents the second occurrence of a giant barn owl in the Lesser Antilles, and is the first record from Guadeloupe. The specimen was recovered from a pre-Columbian midden dated to between the 11th and 16th centuries, indicating that this tytonid had persisted in the Lesser Antilles up to the European colonization of the Caribbean. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the giant owl went extinct along with, and potentially because of, the disappearance of the endemic, medium-sized rodents on which they preyed. Keywords extinction, giant barn owl, Late Quaternary, Lesser Antilles Resumen Evidencia de una lechuza gigante del Holoceno tardío (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae) en Guadalupe • Este artículo describe una falange pedal parcial de una especie extinta de lechuza de Guadalupe. La morfología y el tamaño del fragmento óseo permiten referirse a un Tyto gigante sin más especificaciones. Además de los ejemplares de Tyto noeli descritos en un yacimiento cuaternario de Barbuda, este resto representa la segunda aparición de una lechuza gigante en las Antillas Menores, y la primera mención en Guadalupe. El espécimen se recuperó de un basurero precolombino fechado entre los siglos XI y XVI, lo que indica que esta lechuza persistió en las Antillas Menores hasta la colonización europea del Caribe. Esto concuerda con la hipótesis de que el búho gigante se extinguió junto con, y potencialmente como consecuencia de, la desaparición de las especies endémicas de los roedores de tamaño medio sobre los que depredaban. Palabras clave Cuaternario tardío, extinción, lechuza gigante, Minores Antillas Résumé Découverte d’une Effraie géante (Aves : Strigiformes : Tytonidae) à l’Holocène tardif en Guadeloupe • Cet article présente une phalange partielle de la patte d’une espèce éteinte de chouette découverte en Guadeloupe. La morphologie et les dimensions du fragment osseux permettent de l’attribuer à une Tyto géante sans plus de précision. En sus des spécimens de Tyto noeli décrits dans le dépôt quaternaire de Barbuda, ce vestige représente la deuxième occurrence d'une chouette effraie géante dans les Petites Antilles, et la première mention en Guadeloupe. Le spécimen a été recueilli dans un dépotoir précolombien daté entre le 11ème et le 16ème siècle, indiquant que ce Tytonidae a pu persister dans les Petites Antilles jusqu’à la colonisation européenne des Caraïbes. Cette hypothèse est cohérente avec celle selon laquelle les chouettes géantes se sont éteintes en même temps, et potentiellement en raison de la disparition des espèces endémiques de rongeurs de taille moyenne dont elles se nourrissaient. Mots clés Chouette effraie géante, extinction, Petites Antilles, Quartenaire récent
- Open Access
- 22 December 2021
- Published by Ubiquity Press, Ltd. in Open Quaternary
- Vol. 7 (1)
Investigating Past and Present Carpometacarpus Morphology in Mimidae: A Multi-Methods Approach to Evidence from the Guadeloupe Islands
Past bird communities are still under-studied in several Caribbean regions, including the Lesser Antilles. In order to improve our understanding of this area’s avifauna, we explore morphometrical variations of the carpometacarpus (CMC) within West Indies Mimidae species. We combine geometric morphometric (GMM) and conventional osteology focusing on characters of the entire or distal portion of the CMC. Morphological variation related to their phylogenetic history is investigated using uni- and multi-variate statistics, and the expression of certain osteological characters. Fossil bone remains from the Guadeloupe Islands were included in the datasets to test the applicability of these results to the archaeological and paleontological record.Our results are consistent with the known phylogeny of Mimidae. The GMM analysis clearly differentiated taxa at both inter- and intra-generic levels, which when combined with osteological characters, allow fossil specimens to be determined to species. For the fossil record of Guadeloupe Islands, this concerns three taxa: the Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca, the Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis, the first fossil occurrence of this bird in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and the Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda in Desirade and Marie-Galante, where the bird is now extirpated. These results are of particular interest for tracking the impact of environmental changes on the composition of West Indian bird communities.
- 22 December 2021
- Published by Ubiquity Press, Ltd. in Open Quaternary
- Vol. 7 (1)
Open AccessInvestigating Past and Present Carpometacarpus Morphology in Mimidae: A Multi-Methods Approach to Evidence from the Guadeloupe Islands
Past bird communities are still under-studied in several Caribbean regions, including the Lesser Antilles. In order to improve our understanding of this area’s avifauna, we explore morphometrical variations of the carpometacarpus (CMC) within West Indies Mimidae species. We combine geometric morphometric (GMM) and conventional osteology focusing on characters of the entire or distal portion of the CMC. Morphological variation related to their phylogenetic history is investigated using uni- and multi-variate statistics, and the expression of certain osteological characters. Fossil bone remains from the Guadeloupe Islands were included in the datasets to test the applicability of these results to the archaeological and paleontological record.Our results are consistent with the known phylogeny of Mimidae. The GMM analysis clearly differentiated taxa at both inter- and intra-generic levels, which when combined with osteological characters, allow fossil specimens to be determined to species. For the fossil record of Guadeloupe Islands, this concerns three taxa: the Scaly-breasted Thrasher Allenia fusca, the Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis, the first fossil occurrence of this bird in the Greater and Lesser Antilles, and the Brown Trembler Cinclocerthia ruficauda in Desirade and Marie-Galante, where the bird is now extirpated. These results are of particular interest for tracking the impact of environmental changes on the composition of West Indian bird communities.
- Open Access
- 21 May 2021
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 7 (21) , eabg2111
Large-scale reptile extinctions following European colonization of the Guadeloupe Islands
Indigenous human populations in Guadeloupe coexisted with island reptile species extinguished by later European colonialists.
- 21 May 2021
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science Advances
- Vol. 7 (21) , eabg2111
Open AccessLarge-scale reptile extinctions following European colonization of the Guadeloupe Islands
Indigenous human populations in Guadeloupe coexisted with island reptile species extinguished by later European colonialists.
- 15 February 2021
- Published by Magnolia Press in Zootaxa
- Vol. 4927 (3) , 383-409
Historical and fossil evidence of an extinct endemic species of Leiocephalus (Squamata: Leiocephalidae) from the Guadeloupe Islands
Documenting recent extinction events against the backdrop of increasing human-induced environmental pressure is complicated by the lack of historical and subfossil evidence for most parts of the world. This paucity of data renders it particularly difficult to evaluate the human impact on fragile environments, such as small islands, that may have been heavily altered by historical human exploitation. Here we describe a new species of an extinct Leiocephalus lizard from Guadeloupe, Leiocephalus roquetus sp. nov. based on recent discoveries of both a previously undocumented historically taxidermy specimen and of a large assemblage of subfossil bone remains from La Désirade Island. This new species presents a primitive morphology compared to all extant species of its genus and provides evidence for the past existence of a Lesser Antillean clade of Leiocephalus lizards that was completely wiped out in the centuries following the European colonization of these islands. Our study demonstrates how paleontological approaches can help to better understand the history of human environmental impact as well as the degree of degradation of modern ecosystems.
- 15 February 2021
- Published by Magnolia Press in Zootaxa
- Vol. 4927 (3) , 383-409
Historical and fossil evidence of an extinct endemic species of Leiocephalus (Squamata: Leiocephalidae) from the Guadeloupe Islands
Documenting recent extinction events against the backdrop of increasing human-induced environmental pressure is complicated by the lack of historical and subfossil evidence for most parts of the world. This paucity of data renders it particularly difficult to evaluate the human impact on fragile environments, such as small islands, that may have been heavily altered by historical human exploitation. Here we describe a new species of an extinct Leiocephalus lizard from Guadeloupe, Leiocephalus roquetus sp. nov. based on recent discoveries of both a previously undocumented historically taxidermy specimen and of a large assemblage of subfossil bone remains from La Désirade Island. This new species presents a primitive morphology compared to all extant species of its genus and provides evidence for the past existence of a Lesser Antillean clade of Leiocephalus lizards that was completely wiped out in the centuries following the European colonization of these islands. Our study demonstrates how paleontological approaches can help to better understand the history of human environmental impact as well as the degree of degradation of modern ecosystems.
- 1 January 2021
- Published by Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France in Anthropozoologica
- Vol. 56 (1) , 1-22
Histoire de la petite mangouste indienne Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836) dans les Antilles: une introduction aux conséquences sociétales et écologiques majeures
Les planteurs introduisirent la petite mangouste indienne, Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836), dans les « îles à sucre» des Antilles, entre 1870 et 1900, afin de lutter contre les rats, mais aussi contre les serpents venimeux dans les deux îles où ceux-ci étaient présents. L'espèce fait maintenant partie des écosystèmes et des agrosystèmes d'un nombre important d'îles. L'histoire des introductions de mangoustes à Trinidad, à la Jamaïque et dans les Antilles françaises, est revisitée ici à la lecture des documents disponibles et certaines dates d'introductions sont corrigées ou précisées. Après avoir réclamé son introduction, les sociétés coloniales antillaises ont très tôt dénoncé les conséquences négatives de la présence de la mangouste et cherché des moyens de lutte efficaces. Si l'on considère le fonctionnement des écosystèmes insulaires et la biodiversité, force est de constater que la présence de ce prédateur mammalien introduit a eu des conséquences importantes sur les densités de nombreuses espèces, ayant pu contribuer à l'extinction de certaines d'entre elles.
- 1 January 2021
- Published by Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France in Anthropozoologica
- Vol. 56 (1) , 1-22
Histoire de la petite mangouste indienne Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836) dans les Antilles: une introduction aux conséquences sociétales et écologiques majeures
Les planteurs introduisirent la petite mangouste indienne, Urva auropunctata (Hodgson, 1836), dans les « îles à sucre» des Antilles, entre 1870 et 1900, afin de lutter contre les rats, mais aussi contre les serpents venimeux dans les deux îles où ceux-ci étaient présents. L'espèce fait maintenant partie des écosystèmes et des agrosystèmes d'un nombre important d'îles. L'histoire des introductions de mangoustes à Trinidad, à la Jamaïque et dans les Antilles françaises, est revisitée ici à la lecture des documents disponibles et certaines dates d'introductions sont corrigées ou précisées. Après avoir réclamé son introduction, les sociétés coloniales antillaises ont très tôt dénoncé les conséquences négatives de la présence de la mangouste et cherché des moyens de lutte efficaces. Si l'on considère le fonctionnement des écosystèmes insulaires et la biodiversité, force est de constater que la présence de ce prédateur mammalien introduit a eu des conséquences importantes sur les densités de nombreuses espèces, ayant pu contribuer à l'extinction de certaines d'entre elles.
- 1 October 2020
- Published by Elsevier in Quaternary Science Reviews
- Vol. 245
Isotopic ecology and extirpation chronology of the extinct Lesser Antillean native rodent Antillomys rayi Brace et al. (2015)
- 1 October 2020
- Published by Elsevier in Quaternary Science Reviews
- Vol. 245
Isotopic ecology and extirpation chronology of the extinct Lesser Antillean native rodent Antillomys rayi Brace et al. (2015)
- Open Access
- 9 July 2020
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon
- Vol. 62 (5) , 1237-1260
THE ABRI CASSEROLE (DORDOGNE, FRANCE): REASSESSING THE14C CHRONOLOGY OF A KEY UPPER PALEOLITHIC SEQUENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE
Discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Abri Casserole (Dordogne, France) was the subject of salvage excavations in the early nineties. The fieldwork revealed a sequence of 13 archaeological levels that document human occupations from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian, including very rare and poorly known assemblages (e.g. Early Badegoulian, Protosolutrean) that afford a particular importance to this sequence. Results of a previous dating program that focused on the Badegoulian levels were obtained in 1994 but were neither extensively published nor discussed. Five AMS14C ages obtained for the Gravettian and Solutrean assemblages in the early 2010s served to complement the site’s chronology. However, since the beta counting ages for the Badegoulian levels were in conflict with the accepted AMS chronology for the region’s late Pleniglacial archaeological record, a new AMS dating program was implemented to renew the radiometric framework of this specific portion of the sequence. Compared to the previous beta counting measurements, the seven newly obtained AMS ages are about 1000 years older (23.3–20.5 cal ka BP) and congruent with other AMS-dated Badegoulian sequences. These results thereby restore the inter-site chronological coherence of the Solutrean–Badegoulian and Badegoulian–Magdalenian transitions.
- 9 July 2020
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Radiocarbon
- Vol. 62 (5) , 1237-1260
Open AccessTHE ABRI CASSEROLE (DORDOGNE, FRANCE): REASSESSING THE14C CHRONOLOGY OF A KEY UPPER PALEOLITHIC SEQUENCE IN SOUTHWESTERN FRANCE
Discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Abri Casserole (Dordogne, France) was the subject of salvage excavations in the early nineties. The fieldwork revealed a sequence of 13 archaeological levels that document human occupations from the Gravettian to the Magdalenian, including very rare and poorly known assemblages (e.g. Early Badegoulian, Protosolutrean) that afford a particular importance to this sequence. Results of a previous dating program that focused on the Badegoulian levels were obtained in 1994 but were neither extensively published nor discussed. Five AMS14C ages obtained for the Gravettian and Solutrean assemblages in the early 2010s served to complement the site’s chronology. However, since the beta counting ages for the Badegoulian levels were in conflict with the accepted AMS chronology for the region’s late Pleniglacial archaeological record, a new AMS dating program was implemented to renew the radiometric framework of this specific portion of the sequence. Compared to the previous beta counting measurements, the seven newly obtained AMS ages are about 1000 years older (23.3–20.5 cal ka BP) and congruent with other AMS-dated Badegoulian sequences. These results thereby restore the inter-site chronological coherence of the Solutrean–Badegoulian and Badegoulian–Magdalenian transitions.
- 1 January 2020
- Published by OpenEdition in Quaternaire
- Vol. 31/4, 327-340
Initial observations of the subfossil fauna from Tintamarre Island (Anguilla bank, Lesser Antilles)
- 1 January 2020
- Published by OpenEdition in Quaternaire
- Vol. 31/4, 327-340
Initial observations of the subfossil fauna from Tintamarre Island (Anguilla bank, Lesser Antilles)