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Taphonomic and spatial analyses from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena 4 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin, southern Spain)

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    Identifier: imarina:9226197
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9226197
  • Authors:

    Luzon, Carmen
    Yravedra, Jose
    Courtenay, Lloyd A.
    Saarinen, Juha
    Blain, Hugues-Alexandre
    DeMiguel, Daniel
    Viranta, Suvi
    Azanza, Beatriz
    Jose Rodriguez-Alba, Juan
    Herranz-Rodrigo, Dario
    Serrano-Ramos, Alexia
    Solano, Jose A.
    Oms, Oriol
    Agusti, Jordi
    Fortelius, Mikael
    Manuel Jimenez-Arenas, Juan
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Luzon, Carmen; Yravedra, Jose; Courtenay, Lloyd A.; Saarinen, Juha; Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; DeMiguel, Daniel; Viranta, Suvi; Azanza, Beatriz; Jose Rodriguez-Alba, Juan; Herranz-Rodrigo, Dario; Serrano-Ramos, Alexia; Solano, Jose A.; Oms, Oriol; Agusti, Jordi; Fortelius, Mikael; Manuel Jimenez-Arenas, Juan;
    Department: Història i Història de l'Art
    URV's Author/s: Agusti Ballester, Jorge
    Keywords: Article Assemblages Behavior Bones Breakage Fossil Hominid Lower pleistocene Methodological approach Nonhuman Olduvai gorge Orientation patterns Prey selection Spain Spatial analysis
    Abstract: Venta Micena is an area containing several palaeontological sites marking the beginning of the Calabrian stage (Early Pleistocene). The richness of the fossil accumulation including species of Asian, African and European origin, makes Venta Micena a key site for the the palaeoecological and palaeoenvironmental study of southern Europe during the Early Pleistocene. Thus, research has been focused on Venta Micena 3, which was originally interpreted as a single palaeosurface associated with a marshy context, in which most of the fauna was accumulated by Pachycrocuta brevirostris. Recent excavations have unearthed a new site, Venta Micena 4, located in the same stratigraphic unit (Unit C) and in close proximity to Venta Micena 3. Here we show the first analyses regarding the taphonomic and spatial nature of this new site, defining two stratigraphic boundaries corresponding to two different depositional events. Furthermore, the taphonomic analyses of fossil remains seem to indicate a different accumulative agent than Pachycrocuta, thus adding more complexity to the palaeobiological interpretation of the Venta Micena area. These results contribute to the discussion of traditional interpretations made from Venta Micena 3.
    Thematic Areas: Astronomia / física Biodiversidade Biotecnología Ciência da computação Ciência de alimentos Ciências agrárias i Ciências ambientais Ciências biológicas i Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas iii Economia Educação Educação física Enfermagem Engenharias ii Engenharias iii Engenharias iv Farmacia Geociências Geografía Interdisciplinar Letras / linguística Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Materiais Medicina i Medicina ii Medicina iii Medicina veterinaria Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary sciences Nutrição Odontología Psicología Química Saúde coletiva Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: jorge.agusti@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7240-1992
    Record's date: 2023-02-19
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93261-1
    Papper original source: Scientific Reports. 11 (1):
    APA: Luzon, Carmen; Yravedra, Jose; Courtenay, Lloyd A.; Saarinen, Juha; Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; DeMiguel, Daniel; Viranta, Suvi; Azanza, Beatriz; Jose Ro (2021). Taphonomic and spatial analyses from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena 4 (Orce, Guadix-Baza Basin, southern Spain). Scientific Reports, 11(1), -. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93261-1
    Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93261-1
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Multidisciplinary,Multidisciplinary Sciences
    Article
    Assemblages
    Behavior
    Bones
    Breakage
    Fossil
    Hominid
    Lower pleistocene
    Methodological approach
    Nonhuman
    Olduvai gorge
    Orientation patterns
    Prey selection
    Spain
    Spatial analysis
    Astronomia / física
    Biodiversidade
    Biotecnología
    Ciência da computação
    Ciência de alimentos
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas iii
    Economia
    Educação
    Educação física
    Enfermagem
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias iv
    Farmacia
    Geociências
    Geografía
    Interdisciplinar
    Letras / linguística
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Materiais
    Medicina i
    Medicina ii
    Medicina iii
    Medicina veterinaria
    Multidisciplinary
    Multidisciplinary sciences
    Nutrição
    Odontología
    Psicología
    Química
    Saúde coletiva
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
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