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SUMMARY:Palaeoenvironmental change and stability at Shanidar Cave: The evi
 dence from the micromammals - Emily Tilby\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20220617T123500Z
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CONTACT:Ruairidh Macleod
DESCRIPTION:Shanidar Cave is a key site for the study of the Middle and Up
 per Palaeolithic in Southwest Asia\, with deposits encompassing the extinc
 tion of Neanderthals and the expansion of Modern Humans (from ~50-30ka BP 
 in Eurasia). Various theories have been put forward to explain the replace
 ment of Neanderthals by Modern Humans\, and in recent years there has been
  a particular focus on whether Neanderthals were less resilient to abrupt 
 climate change than Modern Humans. This talk presents the results of a stu
 dy of the micromammal assemblage from Shanidar Cave (Iraqi Kurdistan) whic
 h was used to produce a palaeoenvironmental record for a stratigraphic seq
 uence dated from c.85\,000 to 30\,000 years ago\, encompassing periods of 
 Neanderthal and Modern Human occupation of the cave. A variety of methods 
 were applied to the material\, which altogether indicate a broadly stable 
 environment with smaller scale environmental fluctuations. The findings of
  this project emphasises the importance of investigating local environment
 al signals in addition to global signals.
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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