@article{MTMT:34134323, title = {New Pleistocene vertebrate assemblages from the Villány Hills (SW Hungary): Siklós and Palkonya}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34134323}, author = {Sebe, Krisztina and Gasparik, Mihály and Szentesi, Zoltán and Surányi, Gergely and Novothny, Ágnes and Pandolfi, Luca}, doi = {10.17111/FragmPalHung.2023.38.75}, journal-iso = {FRAGM PALAEONTOL HUNG}, journal = {FRAGMENTA PALAEONTOLOGICA HUNGARICA}, volume = {38}, unique-id = {34134323}, issn = {1586-930X}, abstract = {The Villány Hills in SW Hungary have the richest archive of Pliocene–Quaternary vertebrate faunas in the Pannonian Basin, mostly in karstic cavities. Here we present three new sites that extend the list of Pleistocene vertebrate locations for the area and add information to the evolution history of the region. In the northern part of the Siklós quarry, bone breccia was found coming from fissures in Jurassic or Cretaceous limestones. Its lithofacies and fossil content are similar to those of other well-known Plio-Pleistocene karst infills of the region. As it contained mostly snake vertebrae, its age could not be constrained precisely. In the southern part of the same quarry, two vertical shaft s were discovered, which are unusual in several respects. Th ey formed in a Middle Triassic dolomite succession, a rock type generally not prone to karstification. Th ey might have been created by gravitational deformation of the relatively steep slope, probably at diff erent times. One of them was closed from above and contained fl owstones precipitated during the late Middle Pleistocene, during the late Rissian MIS7 interglacial. The other one was filled from above with loess, rock fragments and remains of large mammals – Equus cf. ferus, Bos primigenius and Coelodonta antiquitatis –, possibly between 140–40 ka, during one of the stadials of the Weichselian or the latest Saalian. The site shows that fossil-bearing cavities could also form in lithologies not favourable for karstification, which then trapped fossils in a similar way karstic cavities do. In contrast with the previous two and with most of the other known vertebrate sites of the Villány Hills, the Palkonya outcrop is not a karst cavity fill but was deposited on the (palaeo)surface. Bison sp., possibly B. schoetensacki remains were found between the Triassic basement and Quaternary slope sediments, and within the latter succession. The Bison bones are probably Middle Pleistocene or late Early Pleistocene, older than ~300 ka. The overlying slope sediments originate from the reworking of various older deposits. Th ey were covered with loess in the Weichselian (~22 ka ago), then again with slope deposits. The abundance of bones in and around the outcrop suggests that this site acted as a fossil trap as well. Bones probably enriched in the sediments during reworking of older deposits. In cold periods, loess deposition decreased (subdued) the relief through infilling the depressions. With 21 figures and 3 tables.}, year = {2023}, pages = {75-94}, orcid-numbers = {Sebe, Krisztina/0000-0002-4647-2199; Szentesi, Zoltán/0000-0002-7019-5478; Novothny, Ágnes/0000-0003-3513-0406} } @article{MTMT:33786764, title = {Multi‐disciplinary study of a late Pleistocene woolly rhinoceros found in the Pannonian Basin and implications for the contemporaneous palaeoenvironment}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33786764}, author = {Gasparik, Mihály and Major, István and Lisztes-Szabó, Zsuzsa and Magyari, Enikő Katalin and Szabó, Bence and Pandolfi, Luca and Borel, Antony and Futó, István and Horváth, Anikó and Kiss, Gabriella Ilona and Molnár, Mihály and Csík, Attila and Markó, András}, doi = {10.1002/jqs.3533}, journal-iso = {J QUATERNARY SCI}, journal = {JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE}, volume = {38}, unique-id = {33786764}, issn = {0267-8179}, year = {2023}, eissn = {1099-1417}, pages = {1159-1170}, orcid-numbers = {Major, István/0000-0003-4675-9875; Lisztes-Szabó, Zsuzsa/0000-0002-6322-8542; Magyari, Enikő Katalin/0000-0002-2844-8937; Borel, Antony/0000-0002-6014-1863; Csík, Attila/0000-0002-8173-9653; Markó, András/0000-0002-7556-0091} } @article{MTMT:32795556, title = {Mammal extinction facilitated biome shift and human population change during the last glacial termination in East-Central Europe}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32795556}, author = {Magyari, Enikő Katalin and Gasparik, Mihály and Major, István and Lengyel, György and Pál, Ilona and Virág, Attila and Korponai, János and Haliuc, Aritina and Szabó, Zoltán and Pazonyi, Piroska}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-10714-x}, journal-iso = {SCI REP}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, volume = {12}, unique-id = {32795556}, abstract = {The study of local extinction times, together with the associated environmental and human population changes in the last glacial termination, provides insights into the causes of mega- and microfauna extinctions. In East-Central (EC) Europe, groups of Palaeolithic humans were present throughout the last glacial maximum, but disappeared suddenly around 15,200 cal BP. In this study cave sediment profiles dated using radiocarbon techniques and a large set of mammal bones dated directly by AMS 14C were used to determine local extinction times. These were, in turn, compared to changes in the total megafauna population of EC Europe derived from coprophilous fungi, the Epigravettian population decline, quantitative climate models, pollen and plant macrofossil inferred climate, as well as to biome reconstructions. The results suggest that the population size of large herbivores decreased in the area after 17,700 cal BP, when temperate tree abundance and warm continental steppe cover both increased in the lowlands. Boreal forest expansion started around 16,200 cal BP. Cave sediments show the decline of narrow-headed vole and arctic lemming populations specifically associated with a tundra environment at the same time and the expansion of the common vole, an inhabitant of steppes. The last dated appearance of arctic lemming was at ~ 16,640 cal BP, while that of the narrow-headed vole at ~ 13,340, and the estimated extinction time of woolly mammoth was either at 13,830 (GRIWM) or 15,210 (PHASE), and reindeer at 11,860 (GRIWM) or 12,550 cal BP (PHASE). The population decline of the large herbivore fauna slightly preceded changes in terrestrial vegetation, and likely facilitated it via a reduction in the intensity of grazing and the concomitant accumulation of plant biomass. Furthermore, it is possible to conclude that the Late Epigravettian population had high degree of quarry-fidelity; they left the basin when these mammals vanished.}, year = {2022}, eissn = {2045-2322}, orcid-numbers = {Magyari, Enikő Katalin/0000-0002-2844-8937; Major, István/0000-0003-4675-9875; Lengyel, György/0000-0002-7803-3043; Pál, Ilona/0000-0002-4227-6107; Virág, Attila/0000-0002-5530-0065; Korponai, János/0000-0003-0211-192X} } @article{MTMT:32249517, title = {The Epigravettian chronology and the human population of eastern Central Europe during MIS2}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32249517}, author = {Lengyel, György and Bárány, Annamária and Béres, Sándor and Cserpák, F and Gasparik, Mihály and Major, István and Molnár, Mihály and Nadachowski, A and Nemergut, A and Svoboda, J and Verpoorte, A and Wojtal, P and Wilczyński, J}, doi = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107187}, journal-iso = {QUATERN SCI REV}, journal = {QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS}, volume = {271}, unique-id = {32249517}, issn = {0277-3791}, year = {2021}, eissn = {1873-457X}, orcid-numbers = {Lengyel, György/0000-0002-7803-3043; Major, István/0000-0003-4675-9875} } @article{MTMT:32074189, title = {A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum Őslénytani és Földtani Tárának Vizsgálatiminta Gyűjteménye}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32074189}, author = {Dulai, Alfréd and Gasparik, Mihály and Szives, Ottilia}, doi = {10.53019/AnnlsMusHistNatHung.2020.112.69}, journal-iso = {ANNLS MUS HIST-NAT HUNG}, journal = {ANNALES MUSEI HISTORICO-NATURALIS HUNGARICI}, volume = {112}, unique-id = {32074189}, issn = {0521-4726}, year = {2020}, pages = {69-83}, orcid-numbers = {Szives, Ottilia/0000-0002-7279-6568} } @article{MTMT:31477897, title = {Tracing human mobility in central Europe during the Upper Paleolithic using sub-seasonally resolved Sr isotope records in ornaments}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31477897}, author = {Kowalik, Nina and Anczkiewicz, Robert and Wilczynski, Jaroslaw and Wojtal, Piotr and Mueller, Wolfgang and Bondioli, Luca and Nava, Alessia and Gasparik, Mihály}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-67017-2}, journal-iso = {SCI REP}, journal = {SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, volume = {10}, unique-id = {31477897}, abstract = {Mobility of people and goods during the Upper Paleolithic has proven difficult to reconstruct given the relative rareness of remains. Nevertheless, archaeological contexts like the Late Pleistocene horizon of Borsuka Cave (Southern Poland) represent a unique opportunity to explore patterns of objects' transportation across Central Europe. We investigated the origin of four ornaments made of European elk (Alces alces L.) incisors recovered at Borsuka Cave - the oldest known burial site in Poland, possibly a child grave. Laser-ablation plasma source mass spectrometric analyses of trace elements and Sr isotopic compositions revealed that one elk was roaming within a geologically uniform area while the others changed their pastures during their lifetimes. The non-local origin of the elk teeth is inferred from their exotic Sr isotopic compositions and the lack of evidence for the presence of elk in this territory during the Pleistocene. Instead, the elks' Sr isotopic composition show good agreement with sites near the Austria-Slovakia border region and northern Hungary, similar to 250km away from the study site. We argue that the artefacts were most likely brought to Borsuka Cave by humans or by a network of exchange, so far never reported in the time range 32.5-28.8 ka cal BP for Southern Poland.}, year = {2020}, eissn = {2045-2322}, orcid-numbers = {Wilczynski, Jaroslaw/0000-0002-9786-0693; Wojtal, Piotr/0000-0002-0393-1105} } @CONFERENCE{MTMT:31391948, title = {Megafauna extinction, faunal turnover, terrestrial vegetation and climate change during the Last Glacial termination in Hungary: leads and lags}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/31391948}, author = {Magyari, Enikő Katalin and Pazonyi, Piroska and Pál, Ilona and Gasparik, Mihály and Virág, Attila and Vincze, Ildikó and Korponai, János and Szabó, Zoltán and Major, István}, booktitle = {20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)}, unique-id = {31391948}, year = {2019}, orcid-numbers = {Magyari, Enikő Katalin/0000-0002-2844-8937; Pál, Ilona/0000-0002-4227-6107; Virág, Attila/0000-0002-5530-0065; Korponai, János/0000-0003-0211-192X; Major, István/0000-0003-4675-9875} } @article{MTMT:30899044, title = {Assessment and Development of Bone Preparation for Radiocarbon Dating at HEKAL}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30899044}, author = {Major, István and Futó, István and Dani, János and Cserpák-Laczi, Orsolya and Gasparik, Mihály and Jull, Timothy AJ and Molnár, Mihály}, doi = {10.1017/RDC.2019.60}, journal-iso = {RADIOCARBON}, journal = {RADIOCARBON}, volume = {61}, unique-id = {30899044}, issn = {0033-8222}, year = {2019}, eissn = {1945-5755}, pages = {1551-1561}, orcid-numbers = {Major, István/0000-0003-4675-9875; Jull, Timothy AJ/0000-0002-4079-4947} } @article{MTMT:30649758, title = {First supplement to the catalogue of invertebrate and vertebrate palaeontological type specimens of the Hungarian Natural History Museum: 2008–2018}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30649758}, author = {Dulai, Alfréd and Gasparik, Mihály and Szentesi, Zoltán and Pálfy, József}, doi = {10.17111/FragmPalHung.2018.35.3}, journal-iso = {FRAGM PALAEONTOL HUNG}, journal = {FRAGMENTA PALAEONTOLOGICA HUNGARICA}, volume = {35}, unique-id = {30649758}, issn = {1586-930X}, year = {2018}, pages = {3-59}, orcid-numbers = {Szentesi, Zoltán/0000-0002-7019-5478; Pálfy, József/0000-0001-9686-1849} } @article{MTMT:30624488, title = {The macromammal remains and revised faunal list of the Somssich Hill 2 locality (late Early Pleistocene, Hungary) and the Epivillafranchian faunal change}, url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/30624488}, author = {Gasparik, Mihály and Pazonyi, Piroska}, doi = {10.17111/FragmPalHung.2018.35.153}, journal-iso = {FRAGM PALAEONTOL HUNG}, journal = {FRAGMENTA PALAEONTOLOGICA HUNGARICA}, volume = {35}, unique-id = {30624488}, issn = {1586-930X}, year = {2018}, pages = {153-178} }