The Early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula and the Western Mediterranean: A Review of the Evidence on Migration
The first use of domestic plants and animals in the Western Mediterranean has been a matter of debate, since there are no native ancestors for these elements. The current paradigmatic position favors an introduction by human migrants who reached southern France and the Iberian Peninsula through seaf...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Publication Date: | 2012 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repository: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/342250 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/342250 https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84870516772 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Western Mediterranean Archaeology Colonization Early Neolithic Iberian Peninsula ddc:930 |
| Summary: | The first use of domestic plants and animals in the Western Mediterranean has been a matter of debate, since there are no native ancestors for these elements. The current paradigmatic position favors an introduction by human migrants who reached southern France and the Iberian Peninsula through seafaring. The settlers would have introduced the whole economic and cultural Neolithic background. This paper reviews some of the available archaeological, paleobiological and chronological evidence for the Early Neolithic in the Western Mediterranean, and specifically the Iberian Peninsula, and its use by those who support migration. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York. |
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