A modelling approach to explore the origin(s) of the Blade-Trapeze Complex
Salvador Pardo-Gordó  1, *@  , Alfredo Cortell-Nicolau  2@  , Didier Binder  3@  , Lionel Gourichon  4@  , Oreto García Puchol  5@  
1 : Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga.Universitat de València  (UVEG)
Facultat de Geografia i Història (Edfici Principal: 6à planta i Edifici Departamental. 1a. i 2a. planta) Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 46010 València -  Espagne
2 : Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga. Universitat de València  (UV)
Facultat de Geografia i Història (Edfici Principal: 6à planta i Edifici Departamental. 1a. i 2a. planta) Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 46010 València -  Espagne
3 : Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age  (CEPAM)  -  Website
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis [UNS], CNRS : UMR7264, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS)
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Campus Saint-Jean-d'Angély - SJA3 24, avenue des Diables Bleus 06357 Nice Cedex 4 -  France
4 : Culture et Environnements, Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age  (CEPAM)
CNRS : UMR7264
Université Nice Sophia Antipolis Campus Saint-Jean-d'Angély - SJA3 24, avenue des Diables Bleus 06357 Nice Cedex 4 -  France
5 : Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga. Universitat de València  -  Website
Facultat de Geografia i Història (Edfici Principal: 6à planta i Edifici Departamental. 1a. i 2a. planta) Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28 46010 València -  Espagne
* : Corresponding author

The distribution throughout Europe of the Blade-Trapeze Complex (BTC) that covers less than one millennium, based on available radiometric information, suggests there may have been demic and/or cultural diffusion processes before the Neolithic. In this context, the BTC industries have generally been studied from a regional perspective with the exception of G. Clark's work, who analysed the spread of this complex in terms of demic diffusion. However, if there was a population movement, where did the last hunter-gatherers living in Southwestern Europe come from?

In recent years, the debate about the origin of the BTC phenomenon has pivoted between Crimea and North-western Africa following the excellent syntheses by Clark. In this talk, we will present a preliminary conceptualisation of an agent-based model to explore both origins based on radiocarbon dates and bioarchaeological data.


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