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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106276
	Barozh 12: Formation processes of a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in western Armenia
	Glauberman P.; Gasparyan B.; Sherriff J.; Wilkinson K.; Li B.; Knul M.; Brittingham A.; Hren M.T.; Arakelyan D.; Nahapetyan S.; Raczynski-Henk Y.; Haydosyan H.; Adler D.S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	236
英文摘要	Barozh 12 is a Middle Paleolithic (MP) open-air site located near the Mt Arteni volcanic complex at the margins of the Ararat Depression, an intermontane basin that contains the Araxes River. Sedimentology, micromorphology, geochronology, biomarker evidence, together with an assessment of artifact taphonomy permits the modelling of site formation processes and paleoenvironment at a level of detail not previously achieved in this area. Obsidian MP artifacts were recovered in high densities at Barozh 12 from four stratigraphic units deposited during marine oxygen isotope stage 3 (MIS 3) (60.2 ± 5.7–31.3 ± 3 ka). The MIS 3 sequence commences with low energy alluvial deposits that have been altered by incipient soil formation, while artifact assemblages in these strata were only minimally reworked. After a depositional hiatus, further low energy alluvial sedimentation and weak soil formation occurred, followed by higher energy colluvial (re)deposition and then deflation. Artifacts in these last stratigraphic units were more significantly reworked than those below. Analysis of plant leaf wax (n-alkane) biomarkers shows fluctuating humidity throughout the sequence. Collectively the evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers equipped with MP lithic technology repeatedly occupied this site during variable aridity regimes, demonstrating their successful adaptation to the changing environments of MIS 3. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Armenia; Geoarchaeology; IRSL Dating; Late Pleistocene; Micromorphology; Middle Paleolithic; MIS 3; Sedimentology; Site formation
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Geochronology; Paraffins; Sedimentation; Stratigraphy; Weathering; Alluvial deposits; Alluvial sedimentation; Changing environment; Formation process; Marine oxygen isotopes; Micromorphologies; Paleo-environment; Stratigraphic units; Biomarkers; adaptation; artifact; biomarker; intermontane basin; oxygen isotope; paleoenvironment; Paleolithic; sedimentation; taphonomy; wax; Armenia [West Asia]
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151490
作者单位	Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia; Humanities and Social Sciences Cluster, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China; Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, United Kingdom; Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Geography, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom; Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia; Department of Anthropology, Old World Archaeology Program, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States; Department of Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States; Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia; De...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Glauberman P.,Gasparyan B.,Sherriff J.,et al. Barozh 12: Formation processes of a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in western Armenia[J],2020,236.
APA	Glauberman P..,Gasparyan B..,Sherriff J..,Wilkinson K..,Li B..,...&Adler D.S..(2020).Barozh 12: Formation processes of a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in western Armenia.Quaternary Science Reviews,236.
MLA	Glauberman P.,et al."Barozh 12: Formation processes of a late Middle Paleolithic open-air site in western Armenia".Quaternary Science Reviews 236(2020).