N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, 32А, Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119334, Russia [gerasimova.margarita@gmail.com]

N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, 32А, Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119334, Russia [nathal40@mail.ru]

N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, 32А, Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119334, Russia [xaxanat@gmail.com]

N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS, 32А, Leninskiy Prospekt, Moscow, 119334, Russia [vasbor1@yandex.ru]

 

Abstract. It has been almost fifty years since the first publication of the so called protomagdalenian skull from Abri-Pataud. Recently the skull in question, designated as Pataud 1, has been re-dated and attributed to the final stage of Gravettian. This important paleoanthropological find has never been described in detail in Russian scientific literature. Here, the authors present a re-description and new facial reconstruction of the skull based on the first-hand examination of the specimen. The article starts with an overview of the history of the study of Pataud 1 skull, after which it more specifically focuses on its metrics and detailed description of its cranial and dental traits. The comparison of Pataud 1 with the Upper Paleolithic humans from Italy and Moravia reveals a number of distinctive features in the morphology of the individual from Abri-Pataud.

Keywords: Upper Paleolithic, Abri Pataud, Gravettian, craniology, dental anthropology, Homo sapiens.

Received 01.09.2020, revised 15.10.2020, accepted 26.10.2020.

DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-2-5-37

For citation: Gerasimova M. M., Khaldeeva N. I., Kharlamova N. V., Vasiliev S. V. Upper Paleolithic skull from Abri Pataud (France, Dordogne): cranial and dental studies. Prehistoric Archaeology. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2020 (2), 5-37 (in Russ.). DOI: 10.31600/2658-3925-2020-2-5-37

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