Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Doyon, Luc"
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A 115,000-year-old expedient bone technology at Lingjing, Henan, China
Doyon, Luc; Li, Z; Wang, H; Geis, L; d'Errico, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Activities attested since at least 2.6 Myr, such as stone knapping, marrow extraction, and woodworking may have allowed early hominins to recognize the technological potential of discarded skeletal remains and equipped ... -
A 38,000-year-old carving from Grotte des Gorges, Amange, Jura, France
d'Errico, Francesco; David, Serge; Coqueugniot, Hélène; Meister, Christian; Dutkiewicz, Ewa; Pigeaud, Romain; Sitzia, Luca; Cailhol, Didier; Bosq, Mathieu; Griggo, Christophe; Affolter, Jehanne; Queffelec, Alain; Doyon, Luc (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The earliest European carvings, made of mammoth ivory, depict animals, humans, and anthropomorphs. They are found at Early Aurignacian sites of the Swabian Jura in Germany. Despite the wide geographical spread of the ... -
A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain
Doyon, Luc; Faure, T; Sanz, M; Daura, J; Cassard, Laura; d'Errico, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped osseous artifacts. These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features present on human and animal ... -
Engraved bones from the archaic hominin site of Lingjing,Henan Province
Li, Zhanyang; Doyon, Luc; Li, Hao; Wang, Quiang; Zhang, zhongqiang; Zhao, Qingpo; d'Errico, Francesco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The production of abstract engravings is considered an indicator of modern human cognition and a means for the long-term recording and transmission of information. This article reports the discovery of two engraved bones ... -
A Palaeolithic bird figurine from the Lingjing site, Henan, China
Li, Z; Doyon, Luc; Fang, Hui; Ledevin, Ronan; Queffelec, Alain; Raguin, Emilie; d'Errico, Francesco (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-10)The recent identification of cave paintings dated to 42–40 ka BP in Borneo and Sulawesi highlights the antiquity of painted representations in this region. However, no instances of three-dimensional portable art, well ... -
Technological and functional analysis of 80–60 ka bone wedges from Sibudu (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
d'Errico, Francesco; Backwell, Lucinda R.; Wadley, Lyn; Geis, Lila; Queffelec, Alain; Banks, William E.; Doyon, Luc (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Fully shaped, morphologically standardized bone tools are generally considered reliable indicators of the emergence of modern behavior. We report the discovery of 23 double-beveled bone tools from ~ 80,000–60,000-year-old ... -
Zhoukoudian Upper Cave personal ornaments and ochre: Rediscovery and reevaluation
d'Errico, Francesco; Pitarch Martí, Africa; Wei, Yi; Gao, Xing; Vanhaeren, Marian; Doyon, Luc (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Personal ornaments have become a key cultural proxy to investigate cognitive evolution, modern human dispersal, and population dynamics. Here, we reassess personal ornaments found at Zhoukoudian Upper Cave and compare them ...