The early Upper Palaeolithic of Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain)

Bonilla, Valentín Villaverde; Real, Cristina; Monroig, Dídac Roman; Albert, Rosa M.; Badal, Ernestina; Martínez, Miguel Ángel Bel; Bergadà, M. Mercè; Oliveira, Patrícia de; Eixea, Aleix; Esteban, Irene; Alfaro, Álvaro Martínez; Varea, Carmen María Martínez; Pérez-Ripoll, Manuel

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2017.11.051

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“…34–33.2 cal ka BP [ 63 ], Mallaetes (Valencia, level XII, 34.8–32.6 cal ka BP) and Cendres (Valencia, level XIVD, ca. 35.3–34.6 cal ka BP) [ 64 ].…”

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Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)

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The south of Iberia conserves an important group of Palaeolithic rock art sites. The graphisms have been mostly attributed to the Solutrean and Magdalenian periods, while the possibility that older remains exist has provoked extensive debate. This circumstance has been linked to both the cited periods, until recently, due to the transition from the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic in the extreme southwest of Europe as well as the non-existence of some of the early periods of Palaeolithic art documented in northern Iberia. This study presents the results of interdisciplinary research conducted in Las Ventanas Cave. These results enabled us to identify a new Palaeolithic rock art site. The technical, stylistic and temporal traits point to certain similarities with the range of exterior deep engravings in Cantabrian Palaeolithic rock art. Ventanas appears to corroborate the age attributed to those kinds of graphic expression and points to the early arrival of the Upper Palaeolithic in the south of Iberia. Importantly, the results provide information on the pre-Solutrean date attributed to trilinear hind figures. These findings challenge the supposed Neanderthal survival idea at one of the main late Middle Palaeolithic southern Iberian sites (Carigüela) and, due to the parallels between them and an engraving attributed to this period in Gibraltar, it raises the possibility of interaction between modern humans and Neanderthals in the extreme southwest of Europe.

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“…34–33.2 cal ka BP [ 63 ], Mallaetes (Valencia, level XII, 34.8–32.6 cal ka BP) and Cendres (Valencia, level XIVD, ca. 35.3–34.6 cal ka BP) [ 64 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)

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“…At the Cova de les Cendres site near Alicante (see Fig. 1), level XVI, corresponding to the lower part of the Early Upper Palaeolithic sequence, has been assigned to the Evolved Aurignacian (Villaverde et al, 2019) based on the lithic assemblage and a radiocarbon date of 35,379–34614 cal yr BP (31.080 ± 170 cal yr BP [Beta-458,3469], 2σ) using the IntCal13 calibration curve (Reimer et al, 2013).…”

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Timing of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian inland (Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Portugal)

Aubry

Dimuccio

Barbosa³

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The timing of the Neanderthal-associated Middle Palaeolithic demise and a possible overlap with anatomically modern humans (AMH) in some regions of Eurasia continues to be debated. The Iberian Peninsula is considered a possible refuge zone for the last Neanderthals, but the chronology of the later Middle Palaeolithic record has undergone revision and has increased the debate on the timing of Neanderthal extinction. Here we report on a study of the 5-m-thick archaeological stratigraphy of the Cardina-Salto do Boi, an open-air site located in inland Iberia, from which optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages were obtained for Middle and Upper Palaeolithic occupations preserved in overbank alluvial deposits. Geomorphology, archaeostratigraphy, stone-tool evolution, and OSL dating support the persistence of Neanderthals after 41 ka in central Iberia; the transition between the Middle Palaeolithic material culture and the AMH-associated Aurignacian blade and bladelet production is estimated to lie between 34.0 ± 2.0 ka and 38.4 ± 1.9 ka. Our results demonstrate that investigations focusing on different geomorphological situations are necessary to overcome the current limitations of the evidence and to establish more consistent models for Neanderthal disappearance and AMH expansion in the Iberian Peninsula.

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“…Estas características podrían encajar, por ejemplo, en algunas de las secuencias arqueológicas con esta cronología de la vertiente mediterránea, siendo los yacimientos de referencia más próximos la Cova de les Cendres (Teulada-Moraira, Alicante) y La Boja (Mula, Murcia) (Villaverde et al, 2012;Villaverde et al, 2019;Román, 2015;Zilhão et al, 2017;Martínez-Alfaro et al, 2019).…”

Section: La Materia Prima Del Abrigo Del Corral De Les Paleresunclassified

El Paleolítico superior del abrigo del Corral de les Paleres (Crevillent): análisis tecnotipológico y litológico de la industria lítica

Hernández¹,

Bernad

Mas³

et al. 2020

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En el presente trabajo se analiza la industria lítica de superficie recuperada en el abrigo del Corral de les Paleres (Crevillent). Este análisis tiene dos vertientes, en primer lugar de carácter tecnotipológico con el objetivo de encuadrar la industria cronológicamente. La presencia o ausencia de determinados útiles, así como las características morfológicas de la industria señalan su adscripción al Paleolítico superior -Magdaleniense-, no descartándose una ocupación que pudo iniciarse hacia finales del Solutrense.En segundo lugar se analizan las características de la materia prima silícea con el objetivo de determinar los principales tipos de sílex empleados en este hábitat. Cruzando estos datos con los obtenidos en los trabajos geoarqueológicos desarrollados en la zona desde 2016, se han podido establecer las fuentes de aprovisionamiento de sílex más próximas. El dato más relevante a este respecto es que casi el 90 % pudo haber sido captado en un radio no superior a 10 km.El yacimiento, conocido por aficionados locales desde los años 70, permanece inédito, lo que unido a las recientes remociones del terreno que han hecho aflorar material arqueológico y la elevada concentración de enclaves paleolíticos en la zona, justifican el presente estudio.

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The early Upper Palaeolithic of Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain)

Cited by 42 publications

References 51 publications

Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)

Pre-Solutrean rock art in southernmost Europe: Evidence from Las Ventanas Cave (Andalusia, Spain)

Timing of the Middle-to-Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Iberian inland (Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Portugal)

El Paleolítico superior del abrigo del Corral de les Paleres (Crevillent): análisis tecnotipológico y litológico de la industria lítica

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