ESR/U-series chronology of early Neanderthal occupations at Cova Negra (Valencia, Spain)

Richard, Maïlys; Falguères, Christophe; Pons‐Branchu, Edwige; Foliot, Lorna; Guillem, Pere; Martínez-Valle, Rafael; Eixea, Aleix; Bonilla, Valentín Villaverde

doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2018.05.004

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“…Similarly, at the Cova Negra site, the dating of the lower levels of the site has been a serious point of controversy. The latest analysis points to Middle Pleistocene chronology, with Level XII dated in 273 ± 26 ka (Richard et al, 2018). Of all the Cova Negra phases the closest in age to Artazu VIII are B and C. Thus, for Phase C (Level XII) the obtained age range goes from 107 ± 17 ka to 96 ± 14 ka and for Phase E the obtained age range goes from 53 ± 8 ka to 50 ± 8 ka.…”

Section: Comparison and Correlation To Ngrip And Other Sites Belonginmentioning

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Late Pleistocene Palaeoenvironmental Variations from Marine Isotope Stages 5 and 4: Small Mammals at Artazu VIII Site (Arrasate, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

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Sites corresponding to Marine Isotope Stage 5 (MIS 5) and MIS 4 like Artazu VIII, with a continental record but no hominin imprints or carnivores activities, are very scarce in the Iberian Peninsula. The Artazu VIII cave fill (Arrasate, northern Spain) was discovered in 2013 and is presented here for the first time, including detailed stratigraphic and sedimentological descriptions of the differentiated 12 levels, as well as an ordered chronology of most levels, covering at least 36,000 years. In addition, the small mammal assemblage yielded a total of 8,129 identifiable skeletal remains corresponding to 14 taxa. The conditions inferred from the ecological preferences of the small mammal associations have been correlated with four different stages and substages from MIS 5c to MIS 4 in which the woodland mass expanded and retreated, depending on the relative temperature and humidity in each period. Finally, considering the species variability and estimated palaeoenvironment, a comparison with the NGRIP δ 18 O curve and other sites with the same chronology has been performed, showing that Artazu VIII is one of the few deposits attributable to the Marine Isotopic Stages previously mentioned and the only one that correlates to the Greenland Interstadial 18 from the Iberian Peninsula.

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Section: Comparison and Correlation To Ngrip And Other Sites Belonginmentioning

confidence: 83%

Late Pleistocene Palaeoenvironmental Variations from Marine Isotope Stages 5 and 4: Small Mammals at Artazu VIII Site (Arrasate, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

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“…Bolomor has also yielded a macaque fossil in level IV and two additional remains from level XII, both in MIS 6 (Blasco et al, 2010;Blasco and Fernández Peris, 2012). Cova Negra has also yielded two M. sylvanus remains: an m3 and an m2 from sector B, layers 9 and 11, respectively (Pérez Ripoll, 1977), which would correspond to the late Middle Pleistocene (Richard et al, 2019;Eixea, personal communication). Finally, Koskobilo is located in a zone modelled between "very high" and "excellent" probability of occurrence of M. sylvanus for both the Middle and Late Pleistocene (Elton and O'Regan, 2014).…”

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The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees

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The destroyed site(s) of Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) have yielded unique archaeopaleontological evidence in the Western Pyrenees region. The quarry uncovered a karstic site with faunal remains in 1940, and fossils were recovered both in situ and from the quarry dump. Ten years later, while the quarry was still working, a new visit to the dump yielded a large lithic assemblage and additional fossil remains with a different taphonomic pattern, which has been interpreted as the remains coming from a different site or zone within the same karst system. Here we re-study the paleontological evidence and provide new dating on a speleothem covering a Stephanorhinus hemitoechus tooth, which has yielded a minimum date of c. 220 ka for part of the assemblage. In total, the fossil assemblage comprises 38 mammal and six avian taxa and three fish remains. The faunal evidence indicates that in 1940 a mix of taxa from both the Middle and Upper Pleistocene were recovered, and it is difficult to assign most of them to a concrete period. However, based on biochronological criteria some of the identified taxa (e.g., Ursus thibetanus, Ursus cf. deningeri, Cuon cf. priscus, Macaca sylvanus, cf. Megaceroides) could be roughly contemporaneous with the dated rhino tooth, which would provide a new window to the Middle Pleistocene of the region, with deposits from MIS 7d and/or older. Despite the

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“…According to this proposal, the remaining phases of the sequence must be correlated with the Upper Middle Pleistocene. The determining factor in this attribution is the identification of Microtus brecciensis in phase D (Levels V to XII) and following lower phases C to A (Levels XIII to XV) (Villaverde et al 2014;Richard et al 2019).…”

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Neanderthal Spatial Patterns and Occupation Dynamics: A Focus on the Central Region in Mediterranean Iberia

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This paper focuses on the study of some Middle Palaeolithic assemblages from Mediterranean Iberia to examine Neanderthal occupation patterns and territory management strategies, paying special attention to raw material procurement and technological behaviours, zooarchaeological data and microspatial patterning. The site occupation types are variable, and some of the results may have more importance than is immediately apparent, but there does not seem to be a single cultural, functional, temporal or environmental explanation. Rather, the wide variability in the technical behaviours observed can be explained with reference to the particular requirements of the populations in each specific region. The results obtained allow us to interrogate the data and, drawing comparisons with the southwest European context, establish an initial approach to Neanderthal subsistence strategies and mobility in a region so far little known in this regard.

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ESR/U-series chronology of early Neanderthal occupations at Cova Negra (Valencia, Spain)

Cited by 20 publications

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Late Pleistocene Palaeoenvironmental Variations from Marine Isotope Stages 5 and 4: Small Mammals at Artazu VIII Site (Arrasate, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

Late Pleistocene Palaeoenvironmental Variations from Marine Isotope Stages 5 and 4: Small Mammals at Artazu VIII Site (Arrasate, Northern Iberian Peninsula)

The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees

Neanderthal Spatial Patterns and Occupation Dynamics: A Focus on the Central Region in Mediterranean Iberia

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