Kolejny publiczny wyk\u0142ad (w j\u0119zyku angielskim) organizowany przez europejski projekt IPERION HS. Tym razem po\u015bwi\u0119cony b\u0119dzie radiodatowaniu w zastosowaniu do bada\u0144 pocz\u0105tk\u00f3w cywilizacji.<\/p>\n
Oto pe\u0142na informacja o wyk\u0142adzie:<\/strong><\/p>\n You are invited to join 5th HS Academy Lecture of the series \u201eCurrent Topics in Heritage Science\u201d: Timing the spread of creative innovations by Homo sapiens and Neanderthals using the radiocarbon dating method that will be delivered by Prof. Sahra Talamo on Thursday, January 19th, at 3 pm PM CET.<\/strong><\/p>\n The lecture series \u201cCurrent Topics in Heritage Science\u201d of the IPERION HS Academy aims at providing online training on fundamental aspects of heritage science, such as techniques and methodologies, as well as on specific heritage typologies and other topics of interest to the field. The lectures are targeted at emerging professionals, such as students and young researchers, but also advanced conservators, curators, restorers, and other cultural heritage stakeholders. The lectures are organized by a team of emerging professionals and are held online through Zoom webinar every third Thursday of the month, starting from September 2022. The attendance is free and the lectures are typically 30 min long, followed by Q&A.<\/em><\/p>\n Topic:\u00a0Timing the spread of creative innovations by Homo sapiens and Neanderthals using the radiocarbon dating method<\/strong><\/p>\n It may be a clich\u00e9 to say that Art is a form of symbolic behaviour and modern cognition as old as humankind itself. However, in Europe, the so far evidence showed that artistic expression, like any kind of personal ornaments, is associated with the emergence of cultural innovations introduced by Homo sapiens in the Initial Upper Palaeolithic, as demonstrated by the earliest unsophisticated manipulation of animal teeth in Bulgaria, around 46,000 years BP. Similar behaviour is documented in Southwestern France within the Neanderthal groups. Key topics we\u2019ll cover<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nOn the other hand, the elaborate and highly standardized manufacturing processes are recognized in the Early Aurignacian culture, done by Homo sapiens, prior to 40,000 years BP. The cultural innovation and the production of highly symbolic values from complex technological processes, like figurines or punctate decoration objects, started to be recognised across Europe.
\nHowever, the question around the beginning of the artistic explosion and the timing of these behavioural innovations is still challenging, especially if precious and unique objects will be damaged.
\nIn this lecture, I will talk about how we can overcome the fire of destroying precious objects and directly date them using the updated radiocarbon pretreatment, the latest AMS instrumental advances, and the new IntCal20 calibration curve. Only with these new developments we can increase precision in establishing the true age of the item itself and fill the gap in the most intriguing puzzle about symbolic behaviour and modern cognition in Human Evolution.<\/p>\n\n