Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 44-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany

Elizabeth Velliky

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Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 44-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany

Elizabeth Velliky

School of Social Sciences

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Abstract

This study investigated the selection and use of red ochre, a mineral pigment, from Hohle Fels cave in southwestern Germany,
and revealed 27 previously undocumented anthropogenically modified ochre artefacts and 871 non-modified pieces from the
Upper Palaeolithic sequence (44-12.5 kya). The diachronic shifts in ochre selection were further investigated using geochemical
methods and show that collection strategies were generally local and regional. Distant sources were particularly accessed in
the Aurignacian (ca. 44-34 ka). These data, combined with other changes in climate and behaviour, show that ochre played an
important role throughout the Upper Palaeolithic for the inhabitants of Hohle Fels.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia University of Tübingen
Supervisors/Advisors	Smith, Benjamin, Supervisor McDonald, Jo, Supervisor Porr, Martin, Supervisor Conard, Nicholas, Supervisor, External person
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	25 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/5eb0b6e62119f
Publication status	Unpublished - 2019

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Identifying diachronic changes in ochre behaviours throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (ca. 44-12.5 kya) of Southwestern Germany

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