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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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    Identificador: imarina:9246574
    Autores:
    Daura JSanz MVaquero MLópez-García JMBlain HAMarco AS
    Resumen:
    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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    Autor según el artículo: Daura J; Sanz M; Vaquero M; López-García JM; Blain HA; Marco AS
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/es de la URV: López García, Juan Manuel / Vaquero Rodríguez, Manuel
    Palabras clave: 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
    Resumen: 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.
    Áreas temáticas: Geosciences, multidisciplinary Earth-surface processes Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Direcció de correo del autor: juanmanuel.lopez@urv.cat manuel.vaquero@urv.cat
    Identificador del autor: 0000-0001-6572-8543
    Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-09-07
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/5/1/12
    URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Quaternary. 5 (1):
    Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes 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
    DOI del artículo: 10.3390/quat5010012
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2022
    Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications
  • Palabras clave:

    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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