Author, as appears in the article.: Daura J; Sanz M; Vaquero M; López-García JM; Blain HA; Marco AS
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: López García, Juan Manuel / Vaquero Rodríguez, Manuel
Keywords: Palaeoenvironment Neanderthals Ne iberian peninsula Late pleistocene Hyena Half-lives sitges site remains palaeoenvironment north neanderthals ne iberian peninsula middle isotope measurements hyena equus-hydruntinus cave barcelona
Abstract: Lateral Gallery 1 (GL1) in Cova del Gegant is a Middle Palaeolithic assemblage yielding diagnostic Neanderthal remains, together with Mousterian tools and faunal remains. It is a good archive for evaluating the environmental conditions of the coastal areas during MIS 4 and MIS 3 in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula, and also the Neanderthals’ behaviour and mobility. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of all of the data available from GL1, such as lithics, human remains, fauna and chronostratigraphic details. The biotic ecofacts studied point to the development of a coastal plain in front of the cave and indicate that local conditions likely favoured a large variety of ecosystems characterised by open environments and woodland-edge taxa, and favoured repeated visits by humans during the Middle Palaeolithic. The evidence suggests that the gallery was mainly used by carnivores, such as hyenas, and also by Neanderthals as a brief stopping place, in view of the presence of transported and abandoned ergonomic lithic artifacts and/or the placement of bodies (or parts of bodies). The regional context suggests high human mobility and emphasises the variability of Neanderthal behaviour.
Thematic Areas: Geosciences, multidisciplinary Earth-surface processes Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: juanmanuel.lopez@urv.cat manuel.vaquero@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6572-8543
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/1/12
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Quaternary. 5 (1):
APA: Daura J; Sanz M; Vaquero M; López-García JM; Blain HA; Marco AS (2022). Neanderthal Fossils, Mobile Toolkit and a Hyena Den: The Archaeological Assemblage of Lateral Gallery 1 in Cova Del Gegant (NE Iberian Peninsula). Quaternary, 5(1), -. DOI: 10.3390/quat5010012
Article's DOI: 10.3390/quat5010012
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications