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SUMMARY:Animal material resources at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria): bone tool
 s\, personal ornaments\, and human behaviour during the Initial Upper Pala
 eolithic. - Dr. Naomi Martisius (University of Tulsa)
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DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* A multi-faceted understanding of the Palaeolithic 
 landscape and the organisms that lived and interacted within it is critica
 l to any question regarding the evolution of our species. _Homo sapiens_ e
 xpanded out of Africa\, replacing or absorbing all other hominin populatio
 ns. To understand this process is to understand how _Homo sapiens_ interac
 ted with the resources available to them as well as other hominin groups. 
 In considering resources\, artifacts made from hard animal tissues from la
 yers at Bacho Kiro Cave (Bulgaria) are of special interest. These artifact
 s have been attributed to the Initial Upper Palaeolithic (IUP) and are dir
 ectly associated with Homo sapiens remains dated to approximately 45 ka. B
 acho Kiro Cave is one of the largest and best-preserved sites attributed t
 o the earliest _Homo sapiens_ in Europe\, in a location that represents a 
 crossroads to western Europe and Eurasia. In this talk\, I present the oss
 eous artifact collection from Bacho Kiro Cave. The assemblage includes obj
 ects made from taxa such as cervids\, large bovids\, and cave bear. Both f
 ormal and informal bone tools reflect a diverse technological approach for
  conducting various on-site activities\, including the processing of anima
 l skins–likely for cold-weather clothing. Technological flexibility is a
 lso evident\, particularly in the manufacture of personal ornaments made f
 rom both carnivore and herbivore teeth. The osseous artifacts from Bacho K
 iro Cave provide a series of direct insights into the bone technology\, an
 d indirect implications of social behaviour during a time when similar hum
 an behaviours are found in nearby regions. Bacho Kiro Cave is a key piece 
 of a large and complex system of widespread movement and change.\n\nTo rec
 eive a Zoom link\, please register "here.":https://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeti
 ng/register/tJ0kdeuoqjsqHtV68jGNAI9JT_ficZtvXtp7
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology/Zoom
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