Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals

Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest le...

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Autores: Cortés Sánchez, Miguel, Morales Muñiz, Arturo, Simón Vallejo, María Dolores, Lozano Francisco, María C., Vera Peláez, José L., Finlayson, Clive, Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín, Delgado Huertas, Antonio, Jiménez Espejo, Francisco J., Martínez Ruiz, Francisca, Martínez Aguirre, Aranzazu M., Pascual Granged, Arturo J., Bergadà i Zapata, M. Mercè, Gibaja, Juan F. (Juan Francisco), Riquelme Cantal, José Antonio, López Sáez, José Antonio, Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta, Sakai, Saburo, Finlayson, Geraldine, Bicho, Nuno F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/42020
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/42020
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Home de Neandertal
Península Ibèrica
Recursos marins
Neanderthals
Iberian Peninsula
Marine resources
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Sumario:Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest level of the archaeological sequence at Bajondillo Cave (Málaga, Spain), dated during the MIS 6. The paper describes the taxonomical and taphonomical features of the mollusk assemblages from this level Bj19 and briefly touches upon those retrieved in levels Bj18 (MIS 5) and Bj17 (MIS 4), evidencing a continuity of the shellfishing activity that reaches to MIS 3. This evidence is substantiated on 29 datings through radiocarbon, thermoluminescence and U series methods. Obtained dates and paleoenvironmental records from the cave include isotopic, pollen, lithostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses and they are fully coherent with paleoclimate conditions expected for the different stages. We conclude that described use of shellfish resources by Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis) in Southern Spain started ~150 ka and were almost contemporaneous to Pinnacle Point (South Africa), when shellfishing is first documented in archaic modern humans.

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