Author, as appears in the article.: Allué E., Expósito I., Tumung L., Ollé A., Bazgir B.

Department: Història i Història de l'Art

URV's Author/s: Ollé Cañellas, Andreu

Keywords: Zagros mountains Vegetation history Resources Remains Prunus spp. Prunus spp Pollen record Palaeoecology Land-use Lake urmia Iran Holocene Fuel Charcoal analysis Arboreal vegetation Anthracology Anatolia

Abstract: Along with the early age obtained for the cultural remains attributed to anatomically modern humans from Kaldar Cave, the archaeological assemblages recovered from both Kaldar and Gilvaran Cave located in the Khorramabad Valley (Iran), have yielded charcoal remains that allow the identification of Prunus spp. These remains correspond to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic, which are the earliest finds attesting to the presence of this taxa in the area. Our anatomical observation of the samples revealed the presence of Prunus spp. (plums) and Prunus cf. amygdalus (cf. almond). This also reflects specific plant communities in the area, characteristic of open forest growing in cool, dry conditions. These results provide new insights into the arboreal cover in this area during an Upper Pleistocene period. Furthermore, anthracological evidence together with other contextual materials provides new clues to assess how Neanderthals and early modern humans adapted to their surrounding landscape, and their relationship with their environment in this region and beyond.

Thematic Areas: Paleontology Geociências Ciências biológicas i Biodiversidade

ISSN: 16310683

Author's mail: andreu.olle@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-8643-5536

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631068318300022

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Comptes Rendus Palevol. 17 (6): 335-345

APA: Allué E., Expósito I., Tumung L., Ollé A., Bazgir B. (2018). Early evidence of Prunus and Prunus cf. amygdalus from Palaeolithic sites in the Khorramabad Valley, western Iran. Comptes Rendus Palevol, 17(6), 335-345. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.01.001

Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.01.001

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2018

Publication Type: Journal Publications