Journal Articles Quaternary International Year : 2021

A Neolithic population model based on new radiocarbon dates from mining, funerary and population scaled activity in the Saint-Gond Marshes region of North East France

Kevan Edinborough
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Stephan Shennan
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Marie Imbeaux
Anthony Dumontet
P. Schauer
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Gordon Cook
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Abstract

We present and model new radiocarbon data for the Neolithic marshes of Marais de Saint-Gond Marne in France. We then provide the first radiocarbon-based synthesis of human activity in this region. The earliest flint mine pits dug in France were dated to between 7518 and 7356 cal BC (95% probability) in the Mesolithic period. A Neolithic sequence of activity has been reconstructed in detail for the mine and hypogeums in the Vert-laGravelle ?La Craye`re? site. Using summed probability distribution frequencies with new radiocarbon results from flint mines, hypogeum-burials and settlements, we show the peak of regional population is consistent with the advent of the hypogeum construction during the Ne?olithique re?cent/Ne?olithique final between 3650 and 2900 cal BC (95% probability).
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hal-03500373 , version 1 (07-01-2025)

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Kevan Edinborough, Rémi Martineau, Alexa Dufraisse, Stephan Shennan, Marie Imbeaux, et al.. A Neolithic population model based on new radiocarbon dates from mining, funerary and population scaled activity in the Saint-Gond Marshes region of North East France. Quaternary International, 2021, 586, pp.121-132. ⟨10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.001⟩. ⟨hal-03500373⟩
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