The sequence at Carihuela Cave and its potential for research into Neanderthal ecology and the Mousterian in southern Spain

Carrión, José S.; Fernández, Santiago; Jiménez‐Arenas, Juan Manuel; Munuera, Manuel; Ochando, Juan; Amorós, Gabriela; León, Marcia Ponce de; Zollikofer, Christoph P. E.; Lerma, Ignacio Martín; Toro-Moyano, Isidro; Hajdas, Irka; Walker, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.012

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“…Several hypotheses based on ecological factors have been put forward to explain the apparent late survival of Neanderthal populations in the southern and western regions of the Iberian Peninsula (D'Errico and Sanchez Goñi, 2003;Finlayson et al, 2004Finlayson et al, , 2006Zilhão, 2006a;Jiménez-Espejo et al, 2013;Zilhão et al, 2017, Carrión et al, 2019. The first of these hypotheses suggests that AMH populations bearing an Aurignacian technology may not have expanded south of the Ebro River during Interstadial 9, which occurred just prior to Heinrich Event 4 (H4, 39 ka).…”

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“…Nevertheless, the hypothesis of a persistent Neanderthal presence in southern Iberia has not been invalidated; there remains evidence for a relatively late survival of Neanderthals (Zilhão et al, 2017, Carrión et al, 2019, and more work is needed.…”

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“…1; Maroto et al, 2012; Kehl et al, 2013; Wood et al, 2013; Galván et al, 2014). Nevertheless, the hypothesis of a persistent Neanderthal presence in southern Iberia has not been invalidated; there remains evidence for a relatively late survival of Neanderthals (Zilhão et al, 2017, Carrión et al, 2019), and more work is needed.

Figure 1.(color online) Locations of Middle Palaeolithic and Aurignacian sites in the Iberian Peninsula and sites mentioned in the text.…”

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

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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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Figure 1.(color online) Locations of Middle Palaeolithic and Aurignacian sites in the Iberian Peninsula and sites mentioned in the text.…”

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

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“…In a recent review, the chronology and palaeoecology of Carihuela has been reported by Carrión et al (2019). It is worth to note that the archaeological deposits of the Carihuela Cave have provided an excellent palynological record.…”

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Palynology and chronology of hyaena coprolites from the Piñar karstic Caves Las Ventanas and Carihuela, southern Spain

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Carrión

Rodriguez‐Vidal

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Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

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“…Considerable work has been done to establish site-specific palaeoclimatic records for Iberian sites dating to MIS 5 9–13 and MIS 3, e.g. 14–19 . In contrast, relatively few site-specific records exist for MIS 4 in the peninsula.…”

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Fire and brief human occupations in Iberia during MIS 4: Evidence from Abric del Pastor (Alcoy, Spain)

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Hernández

Mercier

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There is a relatively low amount of Middle Paleolithic sites in Europe dating to MIS 4. Of the few that exist, several of them lack evidence for anthropogenic fire, raising the question of how this period of global cooling may have affected the Neanderthal population. The Iberian Peninsula is a key area to explore this issue, as it has been considered as a glacial refugium during critical periods of the Neanderthal timeline and might therefore yield archaeological contexts in which we can explore possible changes in the behaviour and settlement patterns of Neanderthal groups during MIS 4. Here we report recent data from Abric del Pastor, a small rock shelter in Alcoy (Alicante, Spain) with a stratified deposit containing Middle Palaeolithic remains. We present absolute dates that frame the sequence within MIS 4 and multi-proxy geoarchaeological evidence of in situ anthropogenic fire, including microscopic evidence of in situ combustion residues and thermally altered sediment. We also present archaeostratigraphic evidence of recurrent, functionally diverse, brief human occupation of the rock shelter. Our results suggest that Neanderthals occupied the Central Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula during MIS 4, that these Neanderthals were not undergoing climatic stress and they were habitual fire users.

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The sequence at Carihuela Cave and its potential for research into Neanderthal ecology and the Mousterian in southern Spain

Cited by 35 publications

References 79 publications

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

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

Palynology and chronology of hyaena coprolites from the Piñar karstic Caves Las Ventanas and Carihuela, southern Spain

Fire and brief human occupations in Iberia during MIS 4: Evidence from Abric del Pastor (Alcoy, Spain)

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