Azilian culture
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The Azilian culture was a Late Upper Paleolithic to Early Mesolithic archaeological culture in Western Europe, characterized by microlithic stone tools, painted pebbles, and a hunter-gatherer lifestyle following the Magdalenian period.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Epipaleolithic culture
ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ hunter-gatherer culture ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
cave sites
ⓘ
open-air sites ⓘ rock shelters ⓘ |
| artForm |
decorated pebbles
ⓘ
portable art ⓘ |
| artStyle |
geometric
ⓘ
schematic ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
post-glacial environmental changes
ⓘ
reorganization of hunter-gatherer settlement patterns ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | transitional between Paleolithic and Mesolithic in Western Europe ⓘ |
| climateContext |
Late Glacial
ⓘ
Younger Dryas NERFINISHED ⓘ early Holocene ⓘ |
| economy | broad-spectrum foraging ⓘ |
| follows | Magdalenian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
backed bladelets
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decline of naturalistic cave art ⓘ emergence of schematic and abstract symbolism ⓘ geometric microliths ⓘ microlithic stone tools ⓘ painted pebbles ⓘ pebble art with red and black motifs ⓘ reduced use of elaborate bone and antler tools compared to Magdalenian ⓘ simple bone industry ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cantabrian region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
France ⓘ Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Mas d’Azil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period |
Early Mesolithic
ⓘ
Late Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Sauveterrian culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tardenoisian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsistenceStrategy | hunting and gathering ⓘ |
| temporalRange |
circa 10,500 BCE to 7,500 BCE
ⓘ
circa 12,500 BP to 9,500 BP ⓘ |
| toolMaterial |
antler
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bone ⓘ flint ⓘ |
| typeSite | Mas d’Azil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeSiteLocatedIn | Ariège, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalGame |
fish
ⓘ
red deer ⓘ roe deer ⓘ small game ⓘ wild boar ⓘ |
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