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Multiproxy evidence for environmental stability in the lesser caucasus during the late pleistocene

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Antonosyan,  Mariya       
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Roberts,  Patrick
isoTROPIC Independent Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Mkrtchyan,  Satenik
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Lucas,  Mary
isoTROPIC Independent Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Boxleitner,  Kseniia
Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Spengler,  Robert
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;
Domestication and Anthropogenic Evolution Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Boivin,  Nicole
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Amano,  Noel
Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;
isoTROPIC Independent Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Antonosyan, M., Roberts, P., Aspaturyan, N., Mkrtchyan, S., Lucas, M., Boxleitner, K., et al. (2024). Multiproxy evidence for environmental stability in the lesser caucasus during the late pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 330: 108559. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108559.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000F-0C9C-5
Abstract
The Lesser Caucasus, situated between Asia and Europe, has long been recognised as a key region for the study of human evolution in terms of the timing and routes of dispersal, as well as, ecological adaptations. In particular, scholars have argued whether stable environments persisted in the region throughout the last glaciation, serving as a refugium for temperate biota, likely attracting human settlement and use. Here, we present the results of a multidisciplinary study of Karin Tak Cave, which contains sediments that accumulated between 48,000 and 24,000 cal yr BP. We examined biostratigraphic changes at the site by looking at the composition of fauna, which we hypothesise to be naturally accumulated, in different stratigraphic phases using traditional zooarchaeological approaches combined with collagen fingerprinting (ZooMS, Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry). To gain further insights into regional palaeoenvironmental conditions, we also applied stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses to faunal tooth enamel. The obtained results suggest that the onset of the last glaciation did not cause dramatic changes in regional environments, indicating that the Lesser Caucasus was a climatically and ecologically stable region despite significant global climatic changes during this period.