Hearth structure and function at level J (50kyr, bp) from Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain):

Cabanes, Dan; Allué, Ethel; Vallverdú, Josep; Cáceres, Isabel; Vaquero, Manuel de la Calle; Pastó, Ignasi

doi:10.2307/j.ctvh1dtr4.11

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“…6). Environmental deterioration recorded in level J pointed by small-mammal assemblages is consistent with a decrease in thermophilous taxa and arboreal pollens detected by palynological studies, as well as an increase in dry pollen taxa (Burjachs et al, 2012), also detected by phytolith studies (Cabanes et al, 2007). This can tentatively agree with previous correlation of sublevel Ja with the HS5 or, most likely, with the beginning of the GS13.…”

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Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia

Fernández-García

López-García

Royer

et al. 2020

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Iberian Middle Palaeolithic sites with long-term occupations and allow these human groups to incorporate this region for millennia in their migration routes. Table 2 Number of remains (NR) and minimum number of individuals (MNI) as a percentage of the total for the small-mammal assemblage in Abric Romaní sequence. The extended information of species ocurrence can be found in Appendix B. Recount Crocidura russula Sorex gr. araneuscoronatus Sorex minutus Neomys gr. fodiensanomalus Talpa europaea Soricidae indet. Myotis sp. Myotis gr. myotis-blythii Miniopterus cf. schereibersii Plecotus gr. auritusaustriacus Pipistrellus sp. Pipistrellus pipistrellus Nyctalus lasiopterus Chiroptera indet. Arvicola sapidus Microtus arvalis Microtus agrestis Iberomys cabrerae Chionomys nivalis M. (Terricola) duodecimcostatus M. (Terricola) gerbei Apodemus sylvaticus Eliomys quercinus Sciurus vulgaris Rodentia indet. Taxonomically indet. Total

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Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia

Fernández-García

López-García

Royer

et al. 2020

Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…Different studies of prehistoric sites from the Middle East and Europe have demonstrated that phytolith analysis is a suitable tool to investigate fuel management, plant exploitation and the spatial organization of Neanderthal (Albert et al, 1999;Albert et al, 2000;Albert et al, 2003;Albert and Weiner, 2001;Cabanes et al, 2007;Henry et al, 2004;Karkanas et al, 2002;Madella et al, 2002) Recent geoarchaeological investigations at Esquilleu cave site have provided an example of a well preserved Late Pleistocene cave deposit containing a rich phytolith assemblage associated with abundant archaeological remains (Mallol et al, 2010). The chronology of the site corresponds to the Middle Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic transition in Cantabrian Spain.…”

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Phytolith evidence for hearths and beds in the late Mousterian occupations of Esquilleu cave (Cantabria, Spain)

Cabanes

Mallol

Expósito

et al. 2010

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…The sequence has been dated by U-series (Bischoff et al, 1988) to between 60 and 40 ky BP. At the Middle Paleolithic site of Abric Romani, Cabanes et al (2007) studied phytoliths extracted from layers J in this sequence for which travertine layers have been dated ranging in age from 50.4 to 43.9 ky BP. In the overling layer I (i) Vallverdú et al (2005) described the presence of wood charcoal from pines and also phytoliths that could come from pine.…”

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Winter sources of ascorbic acid for Pleistocene hominins in northern Eurasia

Schwarcz

2023

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Hominins emerging from Africa in the Pleistocene required sources of vitamins in addition to sources of energy and substance (carbohydrates, proteins and fats). Most of their vitamin requirements could be provided by eating the esh of herbivores but vitamin C is in low concentrations in animal muscle tissue.Lack of vitamin C causes fatal disease of scurvy. In southern Eurasia hominins would have been able to harvest fruits and vegetables throughout the year but as they migrated further to the north, they would encounter regions in which no plants were growing in mid-winter. Vitamin C is enriched in organ meats but their mass was probably too low for adequate provision. Storage of summer crops of fruit was possible. Hominins could however ful l ascorbic acid requirements by drinking aqueous extracts from the needles of pines and other conifers which contain adequate amounts of vitamin C to satisfy human needs. We show evidence of pine needle and related consumption in Paleolithic sites.

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Hearth structure and function at level J (50kyr, bp) from Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain):

Cited by 9 publications

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Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia

Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia

Phytolith evidence for hearths and beds in the late Mousterian occupations of Esquilleu cave (Cantabria, Spain)

Winter sources of ascorbic acid for Pleistocene hominins in northern Eurasia

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