Stone Age

Epigravettian

Late Ice Age foragers of southern Europe whose lineage largely replaced earlier European hunter-gatherers after the Last Glacial Maximum.

Period: Upper Paleolithic (c. 21,000–10,000 BCE)
Region: Italy and the Balkans
Samples: 13
Groups: 2

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Archaeological groups included

Italy Sicily EpigravettianItaly Abruzzo Epigravettian

Notable Epigravettian samples

Showing 13 of 13 individuals.

Related populations

Linear Pottery Culture (LBK)Early Neolithic (c. 5,500–4,500 BCE)Çatalhöyük & Anatolian NeolithicNeolithic (c. 7,100–5,700 BCE)Samara EneolithicEneolithic (c. 5,200–4,000 BCE)Iron Gates MesolithicMesolithic (c. 9,500–6,000 BCE)