- University of Cantabria Spain
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Serbia
- University of Belgrade Serbia
- King’s University United States
- Sapienza University of Rome Italy
- University of York United Kingdom
- Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory United States
- Columbia University United States
- University of Belgrade, Faculty of Philosophy Serbia
- Juraj Dobrila University of Pula Croatia
- University of Central Lancashire United Kingdom
- Harvard University United States
- University of Oxford United Kingdom
- Cyprus Institute Cyprus
- University of Cambridge United Kingdom
Abstract: The article presents evidence about the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition interval in the karst area of the Danube Gorges in the Lower Danube Basin. We review the extant data and present new evidence from two recently investigated sites found on the Serbian side of the Danube River – Tabula Traiana and Dubočka‐Kozja caves. The two sites have yielded layers dating to both the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic and have been investigated by the application of modern standards of excavation and recovery along with a suite of state‐of‐the‐art analytical procedures. The presentation focuses on micromorphological analyses of the caves’ sediments, characterisation of cryptotephra, a suite of new radiometric dates (accelerator mass spectrometry and optically stimulated luminescence) as well as proteomics (zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry) and stable isotope data in discerning patterns of human occupation of these locales over the long term.
Funder: NOMIS Stiftung; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008483