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The Epigravettian (Greek: epi "above, on top of", and Gravettian) was one of the last archaeological industries and cultures of the European Upper Paleolithic. It emerged after the Last Glacial Maximum around ~21,000 cal. BP or 19,050 BC. It succeeds the Gravettian culture in Italy. Initially named Tardigravettian (Late Gravettian) in 1964 by Georges Laplace in reference to several lithic industries found in Italy, it was later renamed in order to better emphasize its independent character.

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Archaeological culture.name
Epigravettian
Archaeological culture.map
Europe20000ya.png
Archaeological culture.mapcaption
European LGM refuges, c. 20,000 BP
Archaeological culture.mapalt
The Epigravettian in dark magenta.
Archaeological culture.altnames
Tardigravettian
Archaeological culture.region
Southern and Eastern Europe
Archaeological culture.period
Late Upper Paleolithic
Archaeological culture.dates
~21,000 – 10,000 cal. BP
Archaeological culture.typesite
None (because likely a continuation of the Gravettian)
Archaeological culture.majorsites
Paglicci, Arene Candide, , Dolní Věstonice
Archaeological culture.precededby
Gravettian
Archaeological culture.followedby
Magdalenian, Mesolithic cultures
Archaeological culture.definedby
, 1958 (broader-than-modern meaning) Broglio, Laplace et al., 1963 (modern meaning, as "Tardigravettiano")

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end time
8000-00-00
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Epigravettian
start time
21000-00-0

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The Epigravettian (Greek: epi "above, on top of", and Gravettian) was one of the last archaeological industries and cultures of the European Upper Paleolithic. It emerged after the Last Glacial Maximum around ~21,000 cal. BP or 19,050 BC. It succeeds the Gravettian culture in Italy. Initially named Tardigravettian (Late Gravettian) in 1964 by Georges Laplace in reference to several lithic industries found in Italy, it was later renamed in order to better emphasize its independent character.

Three subphases, the Early Epigravettian (20,000 to 16,000 BP), the Evolved Epigravettian (16,000 to 14,000 BP) and the Final Epigravettian (14,000 to 8,000 BP), have been established, that were further subdivided and reclassified. In this sense, the Epigravettian is simply the Gravettian after ~21,000 BP, when the Solutrean had replaced the Gravettian in most of France and Spain.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Epigravettian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.