Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081758%3A_____%2F25%3A00638719" target="_blank" >RIV/68081758:_____/25:00638719 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70006?src=getftr&utm_source=scopus&getft_integrator=scopus" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/gea.70006?src=getftr&utm_source=scopus&getft_integrator=scopus</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.70006" target="_blank" >10.1002/gea.70006</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Fire Use During the Last Glacial Maximum: Evidence From the Epigravettian at Korman' 9, Middle Dniester Valley, Ukraine
Original language description
The Last Glacial maximum (LGM), spanning from 26.5 to 19 thousand years before present (ka bp), is a period of extreme climatic degradation associated with reduced biomass production and resource stress throughout Eurasia. Arguably, one of the most fundamental tools for human survival during this cold and arid period was the ability to create, maintain and use fire. While fire is widely considered a ubiquitous tool in modern human behaviour, there are surprisingly few well-described combustion features during the LGM in Europe. In this paper, we provide high-resolution geoarchaeological research into three combustion features associated with Epigravettian occupations at the site of Korman' 9 (Ukraine) with ages falling in the LGM. Our results show distinct variations in the size and structure of the combustion features, potentially indicating multiple occupations within the same layer or reflect differences in site organization or function during a single occupation. Additionally, our analysis shows clear evidence of the effect of solifluction and the lack of preservation of the ash layer(s) of the combustion features, as well as the development of bioturbation features enhanced by anthropogenic input. To better estimate heating temperatures of the combustion events, we employed a novel approach using colour analysis showing temperatures reaching 600 degrees C in the substrate underlying the combustion features. In all, the combustion features at Korman' 9 provide invaluable new insights as well as high resolution description of pyrotechnological behaviours during the LGM, which has been lacking during this critical period in our evolutionary history.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Geoarchaeology: an international journal
ISSN
0883-6353
e-ISSN
1520-6548
Volume of the periodical
40
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
e70006
UT code for WoS article
001456250700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105002078388