The grand abri at La Ferrassie (France) has been a key site for Palaeolithic research since the early part of the 20th century. It became the eponymous site for one variant of Middle Palaeolithic stone tools, and its sequence was used to define stages of the Aurignacian, an early phase of the Upper Palaeolithic. Several Neanderthal remains, including two relatively intact skeletons, make it one of the most important sites for the study of Neanderthal morphology and one of the more important data sets when discussing the Neanderthal treatment of the dead. However, the site has remained essentially undated. Our goal here is to provide a robust chronological framework of the La Ferrassie sequence to be used for broad regional models about human behaviour during the late Middle to Upper Palaeolithic periods. To achieve this goal, we used a combination of modern excavation methods, extensive geoarchaeological analyses, and radiocarbon dating. If we accept that Neanderthals were responsible for the Châtelperronian, then our results suggest an overlap of ca. 1600 years with the newly arrived Homo sapiens found elsewhere in France. © 2020 The Authors. Journal of Quaternary Science Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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法国 La Ferrassie 旧石器时代遗址的新 14 C 年表：尼安德特人的消失和智人在法国的到来

自 20 世纪初期以来，La Ferrassie（法国）的大 abri 一直是旧石器时代研究的重要场所。它成为旧石器时代中期石器一种变体的同名遗址，其序列被用来定义奥里尼亚克阶，即旧石器时代晚期的早期阶段。几具尼安德特人遗骸，包括两具相对完整的骨骼，使其成为研究尼安德特人形态学的最重要地点之一，也是讨论尼安德特人对死者的治疗方式时更重要的数据集之一。然而，该网站基本上没有过时。我们在这里的目标是提供一个强大的 La Ferrassie 序列的时间顺序框架，用于关于旧石器时代晚期中晚期到晚期人类行为的广泛区域模型。为了实现这一目标，我们结合了现代挖掘方法、广泛的地质考古分析和放射性碳测年。如果我们接受尼安德特人对 Châtelperronian 负责，那么我们的结果表明大约有重叠。1600 年来，在法国其他地方发现了新抵达的智人。© 2020 作者。John Wiley & Sons Ltd 出版的第四纪科学杂志