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A structure from the sixth millennium cal BC with no artifactual content at San Quirce (Palencia, Spain): a multidisciplinary study

Marcos Terradillos-Bernal, Ethel Allué, Ángel Carrancho, J. Carlos Díez Fernández-Lomana, more

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences > 2019 > 11 > 9 > 4873-4890

During the course of the excavations of the San Quirce open-air archaeological site in Spain, an unusual negative structure was identified in the Holocene level dated ca. sixth millennium cal BC. A fire pit alongside a single post-hole and intense fire-burning activity was recorded. Yet, the most striking feature of the structure is the absence of any artifactual or faunal record associated to it,...

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The last hornbeam forests in SW Europe: new evidence on the demise of Carpinus betulus in NW Iberia

Castor Muñoz Sobrino, Iria García-Moreiras, Luis Gómez-Orellana, María José Iriarte-Chiapusso, more

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany > 2018 > 27 > 4 > 551-576

Carpinus betulus L. is a mesic, usually considered late-successional tree widely distributed in Europe, but almost absent from Iberia, where it is generally assumed that disappeared during the coldest stages of the Würm. High-resolution pollen analyses were carried out in ¹⁴C dated sediments from a drowned estuary (ria) and a small mountain lake. Carpinus pollen identification was confirmed by comparative...

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Selection and Exploitation of Macro‐Vertebrate Resources During the Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Spain. New Evidence from Coímbre Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias)

José Yravedra, David Álvarez‐Alonso, Verónica Estaca, Pablo López‐Cisneros, more

Oxford Journal of Archaeology > 36 > 4 > 331 - 354

The exploitation of ungulates in the Cantabrian region during the Upper Palaeolithic is characterized by the appearance of progressively specialized hunting strategies, especially during the Magdalenian. This specialization focused on either Iberian ibex or red deer, depending on environmental or topographic features. Red deer, for instance, was hunted mostly on the plains while ibex and/or chamois was hunted in rocky and mountainous areas. Here we present new zooarchaeological and taphonomic evidence from Coímbre cave (northern Spain), a site located in the rugged region between the Picos de Europa and Sierra del Cuera (Asturias) which has evidence for specialized ibex hunting. We discuss the possible reasons for such a selective hunting pattern. While the predominance of mountain species such as Iberian ibex or chamois in the Magdalenian levels suggests prey selection based on topographic or environmental criteria, the predominance of large bovids in the Gravettian level could imply that other alternatives were available. We also provide evidence of a pattern of rabbit exploitation which is unusual by comparison with other Upper Palaeolithic sites of northern Spain, and which taphonomic evidence suggests was due to human activity.

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A new Late Pleistocene non-anthropogenic vertebrate assemblage from the northern Iberian Peninsula: Artazu VII (Arrasate, Basque Country)

Aitziber Suárez-Bilbao, Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Jone Castaños, Pedro Castaños, more

Comptes Rendus Palevol > 2016 > 15 > 8 > 950-957

Late Pleistocene palaeontological sites without human intervention are limited in the Cantabrian region, and even more so those with a good state of preservation and rich biodiversity. A new vertebrate fossiliferous locality discovered at Kobate Quarry (Arrasate, northern Iberian Peninsula) is presented in this article. This site, in which remains of 40 different vertebrate taxa were accumulated,...

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The contribution of open-air sites to the environmental reconstruction of the Gravettian at the “Basque Crossroads” (North Iberia)

María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Quaternary International > 2016 > 412 > PA > 54-65

The reconstruction of the Cantabrian Gravettian and its palaeoenvironmental sequence is based on cave stratigraphies, which generally indicate a very rigorous climate (intense cold, occasionally dry and other times attenuated by the humidity). However, as open-air deposits are increasingly studied (Ametzagaina, Irikaitz and Mugarduia South), other situations are being detected in the Gravettian, with...

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Looking at the sky, walking on the earth. Climatic changes and historical evolution in the Mesolithic and Neolithic of Western Europe

Iñigo García-Martínez de Lagrán, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso

Quaternary International > 2016 > 403 > C > 132

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The vegetational and climatic contexts of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain): implications related to human behavior

María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

Journal of Archaeological Science > 2015 > 60 > Complete > 66-74

This paper presents and discusses the results of the studies of pollen and micro-mammal remains associated with the human burial in El Mirón Cave, dated in the Lower Magdalenian. The sedimentological integrity of the deposit has been confirmed through its comparison with the penecontemporaneous level in other parts of the cave. From the environmental point of view, this unit, like others of the same...

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The return to the Iberian Peninsula: first Quaternary record of Muscardinus and a palaeogeographical overview of the genus in Europe

Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Juan Rofes, more

Quaternary Science Reviews > 2015 > 119 > C > 106-115

Although the earliest record of the genus Muscardinus dates from the Middle Miocene in Spain, no mention has been reported since the Lower Pliocene in the Iberian Peninsula. In this paper, Quaternary fossil remains of a hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) are described, for the first time, in the Iberian Peninsula. These remains constitute the south-westernmost record of the genus in the Eurasian...

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The Late Holocene in the western Pyrenees: A critical review of the current situation of palaeopalynological research

Begoña Hernández-Beloqui, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Amaya Echazarreta-Gallego, Miren Ayerdi

Quaternary International > 2015 > 364 > Complete > 78-85

As the vegetation is a social product resulting from the interaction of human beings with the environment, its study contributes towards an understanding of past human cultures. In particular, during the Late Holocene, the socio-cultural evolution of humans has undergone a series of major changes, which have impacted on their environmental setting. In this way, palynological analysis has been able...

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Beginnings, settlement and consolidation of the production economy in the Basque region

Javier Fernández-Eraso, José Antonio Mujika-Alustiza, Lydia Zapata-Peña, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, more

Quaternary International > 2015 > 364 > Complete > 162-171

The introduction of the Neolithic cultural and economic practices in the Basque region has been traditionally understood as a late process, in parallel to the achievement of the production of the first metals in neighbouring areas where the production economy has been considered to arrive much earlier. This paper presents an updated view of the beginnings and consolidation of the Neolithic practices...

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Short-term Neandertal occupations in the late Middle Pleistocene of Arlanpe (Lemoa, northern Iberian Peninsula)

Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Diego Garate Maidagan, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Eneko Iriarte, more

Comptes rendus - Palevol > 2015 > 14 > 3 > 233-244

The end of the Middle Pleistocene is an interesting period for investigating the transformation of Neandertal behavior from the early Middle Paleolithic to the late Middle Paleolithic. Few sites in the Iberian Peninsula have sequences corresponding to the last interglacial (MIS5) and even fewer in the Cantabrian Region. One of the best places to investigate this subject is the sequence recently excavated...

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