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Upper Paleolithic skull from Abri Pataud (France, Dordogne): cranial and dental studies

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: It has been almost ifty years since the irst publica- tionofthesocalledprotomagdalenianskull from Abri-Pataud. Recently the skull in ques- tion,designatedasPataud1,hasbeenre-dat- ed and attributed to the inal stage of Gravet- tian. This important paleoanthropological ind has never been described in detail in Russian scientiic literature. Here, the authors present a re-description and new facial reconstruction oftheskullbasedontheirst-handexamina- tion of the specimen. The article starts with an overview of the history of the study of Pa- taud1skull,afterwhichitmorespeciicallyfo- cuses on its metrics and detailed description of its cranial and dental traits. The compari- son of Pataud 1 with the Upper Paleolithic hu- mans from Italy and Moravia reveals a number ofdistinctivefeaturesinthemorphologyofthe individual from Abri-Pataud.

Source: Prehistoric Archaeology Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-2-5-37

Authors: M.M. Gerasimova, N.I. Khaldeeva, N.V. Kharlamova, S.V. Vasiliev

Language: English

Topic: Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3112076162

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