Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece
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Resumo: | We investigated the magnetostratigraphy of the Megalopolis basin in central Peloponnese, Greece, which encompasses a record of Pleistocene lacustrine and lignite-bearing sedimentation, where lithic tools stratigraphically associated with remnants of an almost complete skeleton of Palaeoloxodon antiquus were recently found at the Marathousa 1 site. A magnetic polarity reversal was observed within a similar to 10 m-thick lignite seam at the base of the (exposed) stratigraphic sequence, and it was interpreted as a record of the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78 Ma). Assuming that lignite seams were deposited generally under warm and humid climate conditions, this finding is in agreement with data from the literature indicating that the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary occurs within warm Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 19. We then attempted to correlate the remainder of the lacustrine and lignite-bearing intervals above the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary to a standard oxygen isotope record of Pleistocene climate variability. Two age models of sedimentation were generated: according to preferred option #1, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic units of the Marathousa 1 site should have an age between similar to 0.48 Ma and similar to 0.42 Ma, while according to alternative option #2, the archaeological layers would have an age between similar to 0.56 Ma and similar to 0.54 Ma. Option #1 is at present considered the preferred option as it is in closer agreement with preliminary post-IR IRSL and ESR dates from the Marathousa 1 site. This age model has been exported to other areas of the Megalopolis basin, where additional archaeological and/or palaeontological sites could be present, by means of correlations to lithostratigraphic logs derived from commercial drill cores taken in the 1960s and 1970s for lignite exploitation. |
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Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, GreeceMegalopolisGreeceMiddle PleistoceneMagnetostratigraphyLithic artifactsPalaeoloxodon antiquusWe investigated the magnetostratigraphy of the Megalopolis basin in central Peloponnese, Greece, which encompasses a record of Pleistocene lacustrine and lignite-bearing sedimentation, where lithic tools stratigraphically associated with remnants of an almost complete skeleton of Palaeoloxodon antiquus were recently found at the Marathousa 1 site. A magnetic polarity reversal was observed within a similar to 10 m-thick lignite seam at the base of the (exposed) stratigraphic sequence, and it was interpreted as a record of the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78 Ma). Assuming that lignite seams were deposited generally under warm and humid climate conditions, this finding is in agreement with data from the literature indicating that the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary occurs within warm Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 19. We then attempted to correlate the remainder of the lacustrine and lignite-bearing intervals above the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary to a standard oxygen isotope record of Pleistocene climate variability. Two age models of sedimentation were generated: according to preferred option #1, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic units of the Marathousa 1 site should have an age between similar to 0.48 Ma and similar to 0.42 Ma, while according to alternative option #2, the archaeological layers would have an age between similar to 0.56 Ma and similar to 0.54 Ma. Option #1 is at present considered the preferred option as it is in closer agreement with preliminary post-IR IRSL and ESR dates from the Marathousa 1 site. This age model has been exported to other areas of the Megalopolis basin, where additional archaeological and/or palaeontological sites could be present, by means of correlations to lithostratigraphic logs derived from commercial drill cores taken in the 1960s and 1970s for lignite exploitation.European Research Council (ERC)Ministry of CultureFondo Scavi Archeologici - Universita degli Studi di MilanoEberhard Karls Univ Tubingen, Senckenberg Ctr Human Evolut & Palaeoenvironm, Palaeoanthropol, Rumelinstr 23, D-72070 Tubingen, GermanyUniv Milan, Dipartimento Sci Terra, Via Mangiagalli 34, I-20133 Milan, ItalyAmer Sch Class Studies Athens, Malcolm H Wiener Lab Archaeol Sci, Soudias 54, Athens 10676, GreeceUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, BrazilEphoreia Palaeoanthropol Speleol Greece, Ardittou 34b, Athens 11636, GreeceUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Geociencias & Ciencias Exatas, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, BrazilEuropean Research Council (ERC): 283503European Research Council (ERC): 724703Elsevier B.V.Eberhard Karls Univ TubingenUniv MilanAmer Sch Class Studies AthensUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Ephoreia Palaeoanthropol Speleol GreeceTourloukis, VangelisMuttoni, GiovanniKarkanas, PanagiotisMonesi, EdoardoScardia, Giancarlo [UNESP]Panagopoulou, EleniHarvati, Katerina2019-10-04T18:35:35Z2019-10-04T18:35:35Z2018-12-20info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article154-169http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.043Quaternary International. Oxford: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, v. 497, p. 154-169, 2018.1040-6182http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18630810.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.043WOS:000452436500013Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengQuaternary Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-22T22:24:15Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/186308Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462021-10-22T22:24:15Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false |
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Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
title |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
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Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece Tourloukis, Vangelis Megalopolis Greece Middle Pleistocene Magnetostratigraphy Lithic artifacts Palaeoloxodon antiquus |
title_short |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
title_full |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
title_fullStr |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
title_full_unstemmed |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
title_sort |
Magnetostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the Marathousa 1 Lower Palaeolithic site and the Middle Pleistocene deposits of the Megalopolis basin, Greece |
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Tourloukis, Vangelis |
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Tourloukis, Vangelis Muttoni, Giovanni Karkanas, Panagiotis Monesi, Edoardo Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Panagopoulou, Eleni Harvati, Katerina |
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author |
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Muttoni, Giovanni Karkanas, Panagiotis Monesi, Edoardo Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Panagopoulou, Eleni Harvati, Katerina |
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author author author author author author |
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Eberhard Karls Univ Tubingen Univ Milan Amer Sch Class Studies Athens Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Ephoreia Palaeoanthropol Speleol Greece |
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Tourloukis, Vangelis Muttoni, Giovanni Karkanas, Panagiotis Monesi, Edoardo Scardia, Giancarlo [UNESP] Panagopoulou, Eleni Harvati, Katerina |
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Megalopolis Greece Middle Pleistocene Magnetostratigraphy Lithic artifacts Palaeoloxodon antiquus |
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Megalopolis Greece Middle Pleistocene Magnetostratigraphy Lithic artifacts Palaeoloxodon antiquus |
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We investigated the magnetostratigraphy of the Megalopolis basin in central Peloponnese, Greece, which encompasses a record of Pleistocene lacustrine and lignite-bearing sedimentation, where lithic tools stratigraphically associated with remnants of an almost complete skeleton of Palaeoloxodon antiquus were recently found at the Marathousa 1 site. A magnetic polarity reversal was observed within a similar to 10 m-thick lignite seam at the base of the (exposed) stratigraphic sequence, and it was interpreted as a record of the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary (0.78 Ma). Assuming that lignite seams were deposited generally under warm and humid climate conditions, this finding is in agreement with data from the literature indicating that the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary occurs within warm Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 19. We then attempted to correlate the remainder of the lacustrine and lignite-bearing intervals above the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary to a standard oxygen isotope record of Pleistocene climate variability. Two age models of sedimentation were generated: according to preferred option #1, the artifact-bearing stratigraphic units of the Marathousa 1 site should have an age between similar to 0.48 Ma and similar to 0.42 Ma, while according to alternative option #2, the archaeological layers would have an age between similar to 0.56 Ma and similar to 0.54 Ma. Option #1 is at present considered the preferred option as it is in closer agreement with preliminary post-IR IRSL and ESR dates from the Marathousa 1 site. This age model has been exported to other areas of the Megalopolis basin, where additional archaeological and/or palaeontological sites could be present, by means of correlations to lithostratigraphic logs derived from commercial drill cores taken in the 1960s and 1970s for lignite exploitation. |
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