Palaeoenvironmental and chronological context of human occupations at El Cierro Cave (Northern Spain) during the transition from the late upper Pleistocene to the early Holocene
El Cierro Cave possesses one of the few sequences in SW Europe in which archaeological levels cover the transition from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene. Information contributed by the palynological and anthracological studies indicates that this transition was marked by a steady expansion...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión borrador |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/154164 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/154164 |
| Access Level: | acceso embargado |
| Palavra-chave: | Climate change Palaeoeconomy Human adaptations Radiocarbon dates Azilian Mesolithic Cantabrian Spain Cambio climático Paleoeconomía Adaptaciones humanas Datación con radiocarbono Aziliense Mesolítico España cantábrica 5504.05 Prehistoria 5505.01 Arqueología |
| Resumo: | El Cierro Cave possesses one of the few sequences in SW Europe in which archaeological levels cover the transition from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene. Information contributed by the palynological and anthracological studies indicates that this transition was marked by a steady expansion of broadleaf woodland and a reduction in herbaceous-shrub communities. Archaeofaunal studies reveal continuity in subsistence strategies throughout the sequence. This was based on specialisation in hunting red deer, fishing, and gathering molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderm species on rocky shores. The difference between the Azilian and Mesolithic occupations lies in the replacement of some marine invertebrate species and the decrease in limpet sizes. The abiotic evidence is characterised by a lithic assemblage with allochthonous flint types, which has been interpreted as continuity of the raw material procurement strategies inherited from the Magdalenian. |
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