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Can we still hear the Cro-magnon man?

Authors :
Puech PF
Puech B
Source :
Acta medico-historica adriatica : AMHA [Acta Med Hist Adriat] 2012; Vol. 10 (2), pp. 331-8.
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

This paper is an essay to connect with the stone Age coastal hunters who sheltered 28,000 years ago in the caves of today's italian Mediterranean sea shore cliffs. We have focused on the archaeological Gravettian layer in the Cavillon cave from Grimaldi occupied by Cro Magnons (informal name for Anatomically Modern Humans of the European Upper Paleolithic), which demonstrates the technical skills of the phase. Cro Magnons, like Neanderthals, were seasonally nomadic; however, the diversity of the resources exploited within the territory along the Grimaldi sea coast suggests a longer term site within which a complex symbolic culture developed.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1334-4366
Volume :
10
Issue :
2
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Acta medico-historica adriatica : AMHA
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
23560760