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