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The deposition of tephra, such as volcanic ash and other pyroclastics, can provide important chronological context in archaeological records where standard geochronometers are ambiguous. An example of this are the caves in the Vârghiș (Vargyas) Gorges, close to the volcanic massif of Ciomadul (Csomád) where human presence has been documented since the Middle Palaeolithic. Here, the chronology offered by tephra occurrences can be corroborated with archaeological, archaeozoological, and radiometric dating efforts to outline not only time spans of human presence, but also potential scenarios for the Palaeolithic human abandonment of the area.
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Cosac, M. et al. (2022). The Palaeolithic in the Karst Area of Vârghiș (Vargyas) Gorges. In: Karátson, D., Veres, D., Gertisser, R., Magyari, E.K., Jánosi, C., Hambach, U. (eds) Ciomadul (Csomád), The Youngest Volcano in the Carpathians. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89140-4_14
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