Mid-late Holocene environmental and cultural dynamics at the south-west tip of Europe (Doñana National Park, SW Iberia, Spain)

A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study (pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, charcoal particles, mollusk macrofauna) of coastal marshland in Doñana National Park (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) was undertaken to trace environmental change, human activities related to woodland clearance, and past land-...

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Autores: López Sáez, José Antonio, Pérez Díaz, Sebastián, Rodríguez-Ramírez, Antonio, Blanco González, Antonio, Villarías-Robles, Juan J. R., Luelmo Lautenschlaeger, Reyes, Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo, Celestino Pérez, Sebastián, Cerrillo Cuenca, Enrique, Pérez-Asensio, José Noel, León Conde, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/172847
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/172847
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Holocene
Extreme wave events
Anthropization
Southwest Iberia
Climate change
Pollen analysis
Marshland ecosystems
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Sumario:A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study (pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, charcoal particles, mollusk macrofauna) of coastal marshland in Doñana National Park (southwestern Iberian Peninsula) was undertaken to trace environmental change, human activities related to woodland clearance, and past land-use during the mid-late Holocene (~5000–2800 cal BP). The results of this study are combined with archaeological data from the Copper and Bronze Ages and are subsequently compared with those of similar research carried out at the south-westernmost part of Europe with the aim of discerning regional differences or similarities. Our research has allowed us to recognize climate changes and four extreme wave events in the Guadalquivir paleoestuary, which might have contributed to both the cultural change that is observed in the archaeological record at the end of the Chalcolithic and the subsequent population decline during much of the Bronze Age.