El Periodo Cuaternario: La Historia Geológica de la Prehistoria

Barroso, Pablo Gabriel Silva; Bardajı́, Teresa; Roquero, Elvira; Baena-Preysler, Javier; Cearreta, Alejandro; Rodríguez-Pascua, Miguel Ángel; Rosas, Antonio; Zazo, Caridad; Goy, José Luis Goy

doi:10.17735/cyg.v31i3-4.55588

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“…The long paleontological and archaeological research traditions of the Iberian Peninsula have favored a rigorous method for excavation and contextualization of the fossil and archaeological records. This, together with the presence of large basins with Quaternary sedimentary deposits and areas with karstic activity [19], creates very favorable conditions to house a fossil record of great interest. A better understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution of hippopotamuses on the Iberian Peninsula is necessary to improve the paleoenvironmental interpretation of their habitats at times of coexistence with human populations and to better understand how their ecosystems changed.…”

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An Updated Review of The Quaternary Hippopotamus Fossil Records from the Iberian Peninsula

Fidalgo,

Madurell-Malapeira,

Martino

et al. 2024

Quaternary

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This work presents a comprehensive review of the Quaternary fossil records of hippopotamuses from the Iberian Peninsula, unveiling biogeographical insights of global significance. The results presented herein include the inference of a delayed arrival of Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus antiquus) populations onto the Iberian Peninsula compared to other European Mediterranean regions, with an estimated age of ca. 1.7 Ma, in contrast to 2.1–2.2 Ma elsewhere. Moreover, we hypothesize the possibility of a short-lived coexistence between H. antiquus and Hippopotamus amphibius, close to the extinction of the former taxon (ca. 0.45 Ma). The local extinction of all hippopotamus populations on the Iberian Peninsula between MIS 5 and 3 is suggested here, mirroring proposals made for the Italian peninsula. Notable aspects of this fossil record include the abundance of specimens, previously undocumented anatomical elements, and partially complete individuals with articulated body segments. The remains analyzed herein also present different ontogenetic stages and sexual dimorphism. Moreover, the presence of specimens displaying paleopathologies provides valuable insights into ethological and paleoecological studies. The exceptional record of at least three events of human exploitation of hippopotamus stands out, with this being a rarity in the broader context of the archaeological and paleontological record of the European continent.

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An Updated Review of The Quaternary Hippopotamus Fossil Records from the Iberian Peninsula

Fidalgo,

Madurell-Malapeira,

Martino

et al. 2024

Quaternary

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“…The erosive-structural origin or lithological-structural control of this platform has already been described previously in a range of studies (Silva, 1988;Goy et al, 1989;Silva et al, 1999;Bárez and Pérez-González, 2007;Baena et al, 2008Baena et al, , 2011Baena et al, , 2015. However, it was not until the work of Bárez et al (2016) that the MJIP was accorded recognition as a geomorphological entity (Figs.…”

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The Acheulian site of Cantera Vieja (Madrid, Spain) and the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition in central Spain

Torres,

Tapias,

Demuro

et al. 2024

Preprint

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The Cantera Vieja archaeological site is situated in Madrid, Spain, an area rich in Miocene flint and that has revealed several quarries at Lower and Middle Palaeolithic sites in recent years. Our study presents a multidisciplinary examination of the site, featuring an analysis of its geological context, site formation processes, chronological framework, and assemblage characteristics. Formed on the interfluvial platform between the Manzanares and Jarama Rivers, the Cantera Vieja site was created during the late Middle Pleistocene (194 ± 13 to 215 ± 16 ka) by alternating alluvial and mass-movement colluvial processes. The site boasts a typical Acheulian assemblage, characterized by numerous handaxes and preforms, and bifacial shaping flakes and fragments, with a limited number of flake supports, non-Levallois flaking elements, and a few final retouched tools. However, comparison of the archaeological assemblages across the Iberian Peninsula, including Cantera Vieja, with those reported from other contemporaneous sites across different parts of Europe indicates that this technocomplex could have slight location-specific differences in its industrial evolution. Our study at Cantera Vieja allows us to discuss the presence of specific lithic expression in the context of the western Acheulian in general and its transition to the Middle Palaeolithic in Iberia in particular. At the same time, the characteristics of the Cantera Vieja assemblage provide potentially generalizable insights into the social organization of lithic production during the late Middle Pleistocene. We consider that Cantera Vieja must have fulfilled an essential role as a place for training and learning biface knapping.

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“…The relief and current landscapes are generated in response to temporal and spatial changes, which give evidence of the past of a territory [22,32]. In this context, it is defined that the hydrographic unit of the Culebrillas Lagoon System corresponds to a fluvial system, whose origin is linked to the melting of It is known that the climatic variations that occurred at the end of the Pleistocene era have left traces in the Andean rock massifs, generating the construction of glacial valleys due to the retreat of glacial tongues, sediment deposits of glacial origin, and other morphologies of glacial deposition and erosion [29,30], complemented by other tectonic processes which compete with erosive effects [31]. The relief and current landscapes are generated in response to temporal and spatial changes, which give evidence of the past of a territory [22,32].…”

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Characterization of Geoheritage and Geotourism Potential of the Fluvial-Glacial Landscapes in the Culebrillas Lagoon (Ecuador)

Sánchez-Cortez,

Vélez-Macías,

Macas-Espinosa

et al. 2023

Tourism and Hospitality

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Geotourism is a concept that is expanding rapidly throughout the world without exception, given its versatility to value the elements of geodiversity and geoheritage; landscape elements without an apparent use or benefit usually find in geotourism a window that can exploit unsuspected conditions. Culebrillas Lagoon, located in the southern center of the Ecuadorian Andes, represents a hydrographic unit of glacio–lacustrine origin as a typical hidden place that conceals a valuable geotourism potential. Culebrillas is marked by a series of fluvio–glacial morphologies, whose forms hide an important cultural heritage expressed in its festivities, myths, and legends which have been celebrated through the centuries. Inca and Cañari civilizations have been, in the past and present, the original groups that inhabited this sector, and important vestiges of their presence are still evident, as in the case of the Qhapaq Ñan or the Inca road system. The present investigation allowed the generating of information about elements of geoheritage and other related resources that have various potential uses, and which highlight the intrinsic values present in this area, complementing each other from a holistic socio–environmental and geotourism perspective.

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El Periodo Cuaternario: La Historia Geológica de la Prehistoria

Cited by 10 publications

References 56 publications

An Updated Review of The Quaternary Hippopotamus Fossil Records from the Iberian Peninsula

An Updated Review of The Quaternary Hippopotamus Fossil Records from the Iberian Peninsula

The Acheulian site of Cantera Vieja (Madrid, Spain) and the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition in central Spain

Characterization of Geoheritage and Geotourism Potential of the Fluvial-Glacial Landscapes in the Culebrillas Lagoon (Ecuador)

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