Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Department of Chemistry G. Ciamician, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna, Italy.
Sci Rep. 2021 Nov 25;11(1):22078. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-01221-6.
Evidence of mobiliary art and body augmentation are associated with the cultural innovations introduced by Homo sapiens at the beginning of the Upper Paleolithic. Here, we report the discovery of the oldest known human-modified punctate ornament, a decorated ivory pendant from the Paleolithic layers at Stajnia Cave in Poland. We describe the features of this unique piece, as well as the stratigraphic context and the details of its chronometric dating. The Stajnia Cave plate is a personal 'jewellery' object that was created 41,500 calendar years ago (directly radiocarbon dated). It is the oldest known of its kind in Eurasia and it establishes a new starting date for a tradition directly connected to the spread of modern Homo sapiens in Europe.
移动艺术和身体修饰的证据与智人在旧石器时代晚期开始引入的文化创新有关。在这里，我们报告了在波兰斯塔尼亚洞穴的旧石器时代地层中发现的最古老的已知人类修饰点状装饰，一个装饰象牙吊坠。我们描述了这个独特的物品的特征，以及它的地层背景和年代测定的细节。斯塔尼亚洞穴板块是一个个人的“珠宝”物品，它是在 41500 年前创建的（直接放射性碳定年）。它是欧亚大陆已知最古老的同类物品，它为与现代智人在欧洲的传播直接相关的传统确立了一个新的起始日期。
