The last foragers in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence of human occupation during the seventh/sixth millennia cal BC
Evidence of human occupation of Catalonia, in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula, is scarce during the seventh millennium cal BC. Until recently only two sites, Font del Ros and Bauma del Serrat del Pont, have provided dates between c. 6767–6071 cal BC. Recent research in the Montsant massif (C...
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| Tipo de recurso: | otro |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/237060 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/237060 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Last foragers Neolithic transition Chronology Iberian Peninsula |
| Sumario: | Evidence of human occupation of Catalonia, in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula, is scarce during the seventh millennium cal BC. Until recently only two sites, Font del Ros and Bauma del Serrat del Pont, have provided dates between c. 6767–6071 cal BC. Recent research in the Montsant massif (Catalonia, Spain) has provided new evidence of Mesolithic human occupation. Coves del Fem is a rockshelter with a well-preserved stratigraphy and several occupation levels dated to the sixth millennium cal BC. In the upper part of the sequence, several occupation levels of the first farmers with ‘cardial’ pottery have also been documented. Lower layers contain evidence of occupation by hunter-gatherers and have provided dates covering the transition from the seventh to the sixth millennium cal BC. This paper discusses the significance of the site in the context of the last foragers in the region. |
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