The cultural dynamics that led to the appearance of the Aurignacian have intrigued archaeologists since the start of Paleolithic research. However, cultural reconstructions have often focused on a restricted region of Europe, namely the northern Aquitaine Basin. The Mediterranean Basin, though, is also a region worthy of consideration when testing if the Protoaurignacian was followed by the Early Aurignacian adaptive system. Fumane Cave is a pivotal site for tackling this issue because it contains evidence of repeated human occupations during the time span of the European Aurignacian. Here we investigate the diachronic variability of the lithic assemblages from five cultural units at Fumane Cave using a combination of reduction sequence and attribute analyses. This paper also reassesses the presence and stratigraphic reliability of the organic artifacts recovered at Fumane Cave. Our results show that the features of the Protoaurignacian techno-typology are present throughout the stratigraphic sequence, and by extension, to the onset of Heinrich Event 4. Additionally, the appearance of split-based points in the youngest phase is evidence of extensive networks that allowed this technological innovation to spread across different Aurignacian regions.

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突破阿基坦框架：从南欧的一个关键记录看，重新评估欧瑞格纳纪时期区域变体的重要性

自旧石器时代研究开始以来，导致 Aurignacian 出现的文化动态就引起了考古学家的兴趣。然而，文化重建往往集中在欧洲的一个限制区域，即阿基坦盆地北部。然而，在测试 Protoaurignacian 是否遵循早期 Aurignacian 适应系统时，地中海盆地也是一个值得考虑的地区。Fumane Cave 是解决这个问题的关键地点，因为它包含在欧洲 Aurignacian 的时间跨度内重复人类占领的证据。在这里，我们使用还原序列和属性分析的组合来研究 Fumane Cave 五个文化单元的岩屑组合的历时变异性。本文还重新评估了在 Fumane Cave 发现的有机文物的存在和地层可靠性。我们的结果表明，Protoaurignacian 技术类型学的特征存在于整个地层序列中，并延伸到海因里希事件 4 的开始。此外，在最年轻的阶段出现基于分裂的点是广泛网络的证据允许这种技术创新传播到不同的 Aurignacian 地区。