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Late Neanderthal subsistence strategies and cultural traditions in the northern Iberia Peninsula: Insights from Prado Vargas, Burgos, Spain

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    Identificador: imarina:9162441
    Autors:
    Navazo Ruiz, MartaBenito-Calvo, AlfonsoAlonso-Alcalde, RodrigoAlonso, Pedrode la Fuente, HectorSantamaria, MartaSantamaria, ClaudiaAlvarez-Vena, AdrianArnold, Lee J.Jose Iriarte-Chiapusso, MaDemuro, MartinaLozano, MarinaEugenio Ortiz, JoseTorres, Trinidad
    Resum:
    In order to better understand the causes and geographic patterns of Neanderthal demise it is necessary to broaden the focus of existing Neanderthal studies to include new sites from understudied regions, particularly those containing multi-level fossil and lithic records, and to improve regional-scale Neanderthal extinction frameworks using multiple dating techniques. To this end, we present an interdisciplinary study of the stratigraphy, chronology, pollen, fauna, lithic technology and human remains of the last Neanderthal level (Level N4) of Prado Vargas - a cave in northern Iberia, whose geographic location and chronology are ideal for investigating possible socio-economic and climatic influences on Neanderthal decline. Level N4 has yielded a rich Late Mousterian palimpsest indicative of repeated seasonal occupations, as well as a deciduous Neanderthal tooth, confirming the presence of children at the site. A wide range of human activities are detected in Level 4, with subsistence strategies demonstrating knowledgeable exploitation of the natural environs around the area. The site provides evidence for a distinctive recycling economy, including bone retouchers, recycling of cores, and intense (re)use of raw materials, which may reflect recurrent occupations or the particular cultural traditions of a regional group. Level N4 is dated to between 54.7 and 39.8 thousand years ago (ka) according to our new OSL and radiocarbon study. The late Neanderthal inhabitants of Prado Vargas were cold-adapted, and may have already been living in small, separate groups with marked territories and cultural traditions prior to the arrival of Homo sapiens in the Iberia Peninsula. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Autor segons l'article: Navazo Ruiz, Marta; Benito-Calvo, Alfonso; Alonso-Alcalde, Rodrigo; Alonso, Pedro; de la Fuente, Hector; Santamaria, Marta; Santamaria, Claudia; Alvarez-Vena, Adrian; Arnold, Lee J.; Jose Iriarte-Chiapusso, Ma; Demuro, Martina; Lozano, Marina; Eugenio Ortiz, Jose; Torres, Trinidad;
    Departament: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/s de la URV: Lozano Ruiz, Marina
    Paraules clau: Technology Subsistence strategies Stratigraphy Spain Socio-economics Recycling economy Recycling Prado vargas Neanderthal Mousterian Inter-disciplinary studies Iberian peninsula Human activity Human activities Homo sapiens Geographic pattern Geographic location Fossil record Extinction Economics Economic and social effects Dating techniques Cultural traditions Chronology Chronological data Castilla y leon Burgos [castilla y leon] Bone retouchers
    Resum: In order to better understand the causes and geographic patterns of Neanderthal demise it is necessary to broaden the focus of existing Neanderthal studies to include new sites from understudied regions, particularly those containing multi-level fossil and lithic records, and to improve regional-scale Neanderthal extinction frameworks using multiple dating techniques. To this end, we present an interdisciplinary study of the stratigraphy, chronology, pollen, fauna, lithic technology and human remains of the last Neanderthal level (Level N4) of Prado Vargas - a cave in northern Iberia, whose geographic location and chronology are ideal for investigating possible socio-economic and climatic influences on Neanderthal decline. Level N4 has yielded a rich Late Mousterian palimpsest indicative of repeated seasonal occupations, as well as a deciduous Neanderthal tooth, confirming the presence of children at the site. A wide range of human activities are detected in Level 4, with subsistence strategies demonstrating knowledgeable exploitation of the natural environs around the area. The site provides evidence for a distinctive recycling economy, including bone retouchers, recycling of cores, and intense (re)use of raw materials, which may reflect recurrent occupations or the particular cultural traditions of a regional group. Level N4 is dated to between 54.7 and 39.8 thousand years ago (ka) according to our new OSL and radiocarbon study. The late Neanderthal inhabitants of Prado Vargas were cold-adapted, and may have already been living in small, separate groups with marked territories and cultural traditions prior to the arrival of Homo sapiens in the Iberia Peninsula. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Àrees temàtiques: Interdisciplinar Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Global and planetary change Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geosciences, interdisciplinary Geology Geography, physical Geociências Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: marina.lozano@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0002-6304-7848
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-07-27
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379121000020
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Quaternary Science Reviews. 254 (106795):
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Navazo Ruiz, Marta; Benito-Calvo, Alfonso; Alonso-Alcalde, Rodrigo; Alonso, Pedro; de la Fuente, Hector; Santamaria, Marta; Santamaria, Claudia; Alvar (2021). Late Neanderthal subsistence strategies and cultural traditions in the northern Iberia Peninsula: Insights from Prado Vargas, Burgos, Spain. Quaternary Science Reviews, 254(106795), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106795
    DOI de l'article: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106795
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2021
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Archeology,Archeology (Arts and Humanities),Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Geography, Physical,Geology,Geosciences, Interdisciplinary,Geosciences, Multidisciplinary,Global and Planetary Change
    Technology
    Subsistence strategies
    Stratigraphy
    Spain
    Socio-economics
    Recycling economy
    Recycling
    Prado vargas
    Neanderthal
    Mousterian
    Inter-disciplinary studies
    Iberian peninsula
    Human activity
    Human activities
    Homo sapiens
    Geographic pattern
    Geographic location
    Fossil record
    Extinction
    Economics
    Economic and social effects
    Dating techniques
    Cultural traditions
    Chronology
    Chronological data
    Castilla y leon
    Burgos [castilla y leon]
    Bone retouchers
    Interdisciplinar
    Historia y filosofía de la ciencia
    Historia
    Global and planetary change
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geosciences, interdisciplinary
    Geology
    Geography, physical
    Geociências
    Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics
    Ciencias sociales
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Archeology (arts and humanities)
    Archeology
    Archaeology
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