SubsidieMeestersExploring Mammoth Bone Accumulations In Central Europe
This project aims to investigate the formation and function of mammoth bone accumulations in the West Carpathian forelands, revealing interactions between humans and mammoths during significant environmental changes.
Projectdetails
Introduction
The discovery of large accumulations of woolly mammoth remains together with Upper Palaeolithic artefacts has fascinated both researchers and the general public since the 19th century. Despite many years of scientific research and dispute, our knowledge about these sites and the relationship between mammoths and contemporaneous Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers remains incomplete.
Project Focus
This project focuses on the mammoth bone accumulations found in the West Carpathian forelands and seeks to establish:
- Why these accumulations formed.
- Their function for hunter-gatherer groups 35,000-25,000 years ago – a period of major techno-cultural and environmental change in approaching the Last Glacial Maximum.
For the first time, we will study materials covering the full chronological range of this archaeological phenomenon, considering both existing collections alongside new fieldwork at the key sites of Dolní Věstonice I, Kraków Spadzista, and Langmannersdorf.
Methodology
Site-specific signals of human-mammoth interaction within their local palaeoenvironmental context will be used to investigate chrono-spatial changes in both mammoth populations and hunter-gatherer societies. We will employ standardized field and laboratory protocols that utilize recent methodological and technological advances in:
- Ancient DNA research
- Stable isotope studies
- Radiometric dating
- Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
- Palaeodemographic modelling
Expected Outcomes
The resulting dataset will allow an integrated investigation of the formation of mammoth bone accumulations and produce a statistically analysable dataset expected to reveal the interactions between human and mammoth populations in Central Europe in the context of palaeoenvironmental changes.
This will have great impact not only for Upper Palaeolithic research in Central Europe but will also contribute to an improved understanding of human behaviour, cultural developments, and human adaptation to dynamically changing climatic and environmental conditions.
Financiële details & Tijdlijn
Financiële details
| Subsidiebedrag | € 1.992.304 |
| Totale projectbegroting | € 1.992.304 |
Tijdlijn
| Startdatum | 1-7-2022 |
| Einddatum | 30-6-2027 |
| Subsidiejaar | 2022 |
Partners & Locaties
Projectpartners
- INSTYTUT SYSTEMATYKI I EWOLUCJI ZWIERZAT POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUKpenvoerder
- ARCHEOLOGICKY USTAV AV CR BRNO VVI
- NATURHISTORISKA RIKSMUSEET
- THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
- SENCKENBERG GESELLSCHAFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG
- OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN
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