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The origin of chert in the Aurignacian of Vogelherd Cave investigated by infrared spectroscopy

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  • Benjamin Schürch
  • Stefan Wettengl
  • Simon Fröhle
  • Nicholas Conard
  • Patrick Schmidt

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The analyses of raw material provenance offers the possibility of tracing short and long-distance raw material transport. So far, most studies of raw material of flint and chert in Europe have been based on macroscopic analyses. We apply infrared spectroscopy to Aurignacian assemblages from Vogelherd cave and to the Magdalenian site Randecker Maar in southwestern Germany. We compare raw material samples from three chert-bearing areas in Germany with archaeological samples from Vogelherd. Our results show that infrared spectroscopy can distinguish between different raw materials. Our archaeological samples from Vogelherd correspond to the sampled geological cherts in terms of their spectral signature. Our comparison of reference samples and archaeological samples highlights problems in commonly used macroscopic identifications of chert raw materials.

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  • Benjamin Schürch & Stefan Wettengl & Simon Fröhle & Nicholas Conard & Patrick Schmidt, 2022. "The origin of chert in the Aurignacian of Vogelherd Cave investigated by infrared spectroscopy," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(8), pages 1-13, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0272988
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272988
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