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Neanderthal Fossils, Mobile Toolkit and a Hyena Den: The Archaeological Assemblage of Lateral Gallery 1 in Cova Del Gegant (NE Iberian Peninsula)

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    Identifier: imarina:9246574
    Authors:
    Daura JSanz MVaquero MLópez-García JMBlain HAMarco AS
    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.
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    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
  • Keywords:

    Earth and Planetary Sciences (Miscellaneous),Earth-Surface Processes,Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    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
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Earth-surface processes
    Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)
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