Changing Perceptions of the Gravettian: from Culture to Technocomplex
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Culture, Complex, Technocomplex, Particularism, Perigordian, Gravettian
Abstract
This article gives a historiographic overview of the evolution of the concept of Gravettian, showing how the perceptionof this phenomenon has changed. It was originally regarded as a culture, but is now considered to be a technocomplex,despite the fact that the overall theoretical base has hardly changed. The article also advocates caution with regard tothe current popularity of the technological perspective, which, paradoxically, restricts the understanding of this periodof the European Upper Paleolithic to the old sphere of particularism. This situation appears to be the result of a lackof precision as regards Upper Paleolithic terminology.Downloads
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2012-06-26
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de la Peña Alonso P. (2012). Changing Perceptions of the Gravettian: from Culture to Technocomplex. Complutum, 23(1), 41-62. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CMPL.2012.v23.n1.39530
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