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First direct dating of the Late Neanderthal remains from Subalyuk Cave in Northern Hungary

2023; E. Schweizerbart; Volume: 81; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1127/anthranz/2023/1716

2363-7099

Zsolt Mester, Hélène Coqueugniot, Anne-Marie Tillier, Wilfried Rosendahl, Ronny Friedrich, Albert Zink, Frank Maixner, Olivier Dutour, Zsolt Bereczki, Mihály Gasparik, Ildikó Pap, György Pálfi,

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

The Subalyuk hominin remains were uncovered in 1932 in a cave of the same name in the Bükk Mountains, near the village of Cserépfalu in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Northern Hungary. The remains represent two individuals, an adult and a young child who have been described in a few publications since their discovery, providing substantial anthropological data and general assessments of their Neanderthal affiliation. They were associated with Late Mousterian industry. Thus, the Bükk Mountains gain importance in the discussion concerning the contribution of East Central European sites to the debate on the peopling history of Europe during the Late Middle to Early Upper Palaeolithic transition. In this paper, we summarize the archaeological and chronological context of the two individuals, and publish the first direct dating results that place them among the Last Neanderthals of Central Europe.