Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition

A strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and findin...

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Autores: Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián, Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica, López Sáez, José Antonio, Alday, Alfonso, Cava-Almuzara, Ana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Palaeoenvironment
Archaeological site
Rock shelter
Late Pleistocene
Early Holocene
Northern Iberian Peninsula
Archaeological sites
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spelling Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transitionPérez-Díaz, SebastiánRuiz-Alonso, MónicaLópez Sáez, José AntonioAlday, AlfonsoCava-Almuzara, AnaPalaeoenvironmentArchaeological siteRock shelterLate PleistoceneEarly HoloceneNorthern Iberian PeninsulaArchaeological sitesA strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and finding which regions are more or less sensitive to climate change are among the key topics of environmental research today. Throughout the past millennia, some of the most abrupt environmental upheavals were the successive phases of the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene transition, ranging from cold and dry to mild and damp climates. These phases differed in intensity and effects across all regions of the planet. In this paper, the long-term changes to both vegetation cover and human settlements within the upper Ebro river basin (northern Iberia, western Mediterranean) are shown by new palaeoenvironmental sequences from two archaeological sites dated between ca. 14,000 and 8,000 cal BP, which serve as proxy evidence for past vegetation cover. Summed radiocarbon probability distributions of other nearby archaeological sites were also used to study the dynamics of land occupation throughout the period. The main findings point to vegetation changes changing from the dominance of open landscapes with pines and deciduous woods during the late Pleistocene to the dominance of deciduous forest cover with few areas with open landscapes and far fewer pinewoods during the early Holocene.This work has been developed under the “Gaps and Dates. Cultural dynamics in the Prehistoric Ebro Basin” project (PID2020-116598GB-I00-MCIN/AEI, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y la Agencia Estatal de Innovación); “Le Tardiglaciaire dans l’Arc atlantique: Interactions techniques, socio-économiques et graphiques entre communautés Humaines et Animales durant la transition Pléistocène-Holocène (14500–11000 cal bp), the TAIHA project (Agence National pour la Recherche 21-CE27-0007-01) and “Geología geocronología y paleobiología de los yacimientos de la sierra de Atapuerca VII” project ((2018-093925-B-C33- MCIU/AEI).Peer reviewedSpringerMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián [0000-0002-2702-0058]Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica [0000-0002-7794-4451]López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744]Alday, Alfonso [0000-0002-0024-3462]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242023info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/362550reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-116598GB-I00info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PGC2018-093925-B-C33https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-023-00942-0Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3625502026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
title Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
spellingShingle Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián
Palaeoenvironment
Archaeological site
Rock shelter
Late Pleistocene
Early Holocene
Northern Iberian Peninsula
Archaeological sites
title_short Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
title_full Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
title_fullStr Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
title_full_unstemmed Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
title_sort Environmental dynamics of the western European Mediterranean landscape during the Pleistocene to Holocene transition
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián
Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica
López Sáez, José Antonio
Alday, Alfonso
Cava-Almuzara, Ana
author Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián
author_facet Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián
Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica
López Sáez, José Antonio
Alday, Alfonso
Cava-Almuzara, Ana
author_role author
author2 Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica
López Sáez, José Antonio
Alday, Alfonso
Cava-Almuzara, Ana
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián [0000-0002-2702-0058]
Ruiz-Alonso, Mónica [0000-0002-7794-4451]
López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744]
Alday, Alfonso [0000-0002-0024-3462]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Palaeoenvironment
Archaeological site
Rock shelter
Late Pleistocene
Early Holocene
Northern Iberian Peninsula
Archaeological sites
topic Palaeoenvironment
Archaeological site
Rock shelter
Late Pleistocene
Early Holocene
Northern Iberian Peninsula
Archaeological sites
description A strategic aim of research into climate change in the distant past is to respond to the contemporary challenges of global warming at the present. Determining the processes of adaptation by ecosystems to these challenges, evaluating the effects of environmental change on human communities and finding which regions are more or less sensitive to climate change are among the key topics of environmental research today. Throughout the past millennia, some of the most abrupt environmental upheavals were the successive phases of the Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene transition, ranging from cold and dry to mild and damp climates. These phases differed in intensity and effects across all regions of the planet. In this paper, the long-term changes to both vegetation cover and human settlements within the upper Ebro river basin (northern Iberia, western Mediterranean) are shown by new palaeoenvironmental sequences from two archaeological sites dated between ca. 14,000 and 8,000 cal BP, which serve as proxy evidence for past vegetation cover. Summed radiocarbon probability distributions of other nearby archaeological sites were also used to study the dynamics of land occupation throughout the period. The main findings point to vegetation changes changing from the dominance of open landscapes with pines and deciduous woods during the late Pleistocene to the dominance of deciduous forest cover with few areas with open landscapes and far fewer pinewoods during the early Holocene.
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