The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition occupations from Cova Foradada (Calafell, NE Iberia)

Author, as appears in the article.: Morales, Juan I; Cebria, Artur; Burguet-Coca, Aitor; Fernandez-Marchena, Juan Luis; Garcia-Argudo, Gala; Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio; Soto, Maria; Talamo, Sahra; Tejero, Jose-Miguel; Vallverdu, Josep; Maria Fullola, Josep

Department: Història i Història de l'Art

URV's Author/s: BURGUET COCA, AITOR / Vallverdú Poch, Josep

Keywords: Tooth marks; Subsistence strategies; Species model; Radiocarbon; Percussion marks; Neanderthals; Labeko koba; Fossils; Caves; Carnivory; Bone; Aurignacian; Archaeology; Animals; Anatomically modern humans; Abric-romani

Abstract: The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition in Europe covers the last millennia of Neanderthal life together with the appearance and expansion of Modern Human populations. Culturally, it is defined by the Late Middle Paleolithic succession, and by Early Upper Paleolithic complexes like the Chatelperronian (southwestern Europe), the Protoaurignacian, and the Early Aurignacian. Up to now, the southern boundary for the transition has been established as being situated between France and Iberia, in the Cantabrian facade and Pyrenees. According to this, the central and southern territories of Iberia are claimed to have been the refuge of the last Neanderthals for some additional millennia after they were replaced by anatomically Modern Humans on the rest of the continent. In this paper, we present the Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition sequence from Cova Foradada (Tarragona), a cave on the Catalan Mediterranean coastline. Archaeological research has documented a stratigraphic sequence containing a succession of very short-term occupations pertaining to the Chatelperronian, Early Aurignacian, and Gravettian. Cova Foradada therefore represents the southernmost Chatelperronian-Early Aurignacian sequence ever documented in Europe, significantly enlarging the territorial distribution of both cultures and providing an important geographical and chronological reference for understanding Neanderthal disappearance and the complete expansion of anatomically Modern Humans.

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licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: josep.vallverdup@urv.cat; aitor.burguet@urv.cat

Record's date: 2025-02-18

Paper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0215832

Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Paper original source: Plos One. 14 (5): e0215832-

APA: Morales, Juan I; Cebria, Artur; Burguet-Coca, Aitor; Fernandez-Marchena, Juan Luis; Garcia-Argudo, Gala; Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio; Soto, Maria; Tala (2019). The Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic transition occupations from Cova Foradada (Calafell, NE Iberia). Plos One, 14(5), e0215832-. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215832

Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215832

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2019

Publication Type: Journal Publications