Apuntes sobre estacionalidad y subsistencia de los grupos humanos del Cantábrico occidental en torno al 13000 bp

Cachorro, Ana Mateos

doi:10.3989/tp.2002.v59.i2.196

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“…Despite somewhat improving environmental conditionsduring the Magdalenian and with ibex shifting back to their preferred montane habitat, the archaeozoological evidence suggests greater pressure on resources. A high level of bone fragmentation, even of small bones including phalanges for marrow extraction was noted within levels VIII (Middle Magdalenian), XII (Lower Magdalenian) (Mateos Cachorro, 2002. The Bayesian analysis of the skeletal profiles provides further detail on this.…”

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“…Additional evidence, such as bird bones (Eastham, 2017), land snails (Aparicio and Esteban, 2017) and microfauna (Laplana et al, 2017) are recorded, but their presence within deposits is patchy, and many species present are not diagnostic of specific habitats, and further environmental indicators are required. Macro faunal remains are wellpreserved, both within the Solutrean (Altuna and Mariezkurrena, 2017) and Magdalenian levels (Mateos Cachorro, 2002Altuna and Mariezkurrena, 2017a;Mateos, 2017), meaning that bone collagen δ 13 C and δ 15 N values of stable isotope analysis within different archaeological levels at Las Caldas can be used to explore changing environmental conditions, faunal species habitats, and their impact on human economic strategies. II, modelled in OxCal v.4.4 (Bronk Ramsey, 2009) with the atmospheric data from IntCal20 (Reimer et al, 2020).…”

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After the Last Glacial Maximum in the refugium of northern Iberia: Environmental shifts, demographic pressure and changing economic strategies at Las Caldas Cave (Asturias, Spain)

Jones

Marín-Arroyo

Rodríguez

et al. 2021

Quaternary Science Reviews

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After the Last Glacial Maximum in the refugium of northern Iberia: Environmental shifts, demographic pressure and changing economic strategies at Las Caldas Cave (Asturias, Spain)

Jones

Marín-Arroyo

Rodríguez

et al. 2021

Quaternary Science Reviews

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Master and apprentice: Evidence for learning in palaeolithic portable art

Rivero

2016

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Adaptability, resilience and environmental buffering in European Refugia during the Late Pleistocene: Insights from La Riera Cave (Asturias, Cantabria, Spain)

Jones

Marín-Arroyo

Straus

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The Upper Palaeolithic in Europe was a time of extensive climatic changes that impacted on the survival and distribution of human populations. During the Late Glacial Maximum (LGM), southern European peninsulas were refugia for flora, fauna, and human groups. One of these refugia, the Cantabrian region (northern Atlantic Spain), was intensively occupied throughout the Upper Palaeolithic. Characterising how climatic events were expressed in local environments is crucial to understand human and animal survival. La Riera Cave (Asturias) has a rich geo-cultural sequence dating between 20.5kyr BP to 6.5kyr BP and represents an ideal location in which to explore this. Stable isotope analysis of red deer and ibex is used alongside other environmental and climatic proxies to reconstruct Late Upper Palaeolithic conditions. Results show that during the LGM, ibex adapted their niche to survive, and became a major prey species for humans. The diverse environmental opportunities offered in the high-relief and coastal environs of La Riera may help to explain the high human population levels in the Cantabrian Region throughout the Late Upper Palaeolithic. Despite fluctuating conditions, herbivores and humans had the flexibility and resilience to adapt, demonstrating the importance of southern European refugia for the survival of different species.The settlement of Europe during the Last Glacial (MIS2) period (c.30-10kyr BP) was directly affected by the climate which resulted in cycles of expansion and contraction of populations, linked to the ebb and flow of ice sheets 1-3 . Central and northern Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) (c. 21-18kyr BP) were mostly covered by ice sheets or polar desert that pushed populations into the south, with Iberia and southwestern France, Italy and the Balkan peninsulas acting as refugial regions. Within these locations less drastic temperatures, associated with milder conditions, facilitated survival of a variety of plant and animal species 4-13 . Of these areas, the Cantabrian region, which occupies the northern Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula (Fig. 1) has been demonstrated to have been a genetic refuge for salmon 14 , red deer 15 and humans 16,17 . At least 55 archaeological sites dating to the Solutrean (24kyr BP) have been recorded in the Vasco-Cantabrian region, concurrent with a large increase in the number archaeological occupation levels recorded within many sites 13,18 , indicative of a shift of surviving populations in Europe to the region 10,11,[19][20][21] . During the Magdalenian (c. 17-11.5kyr BP), a further population expansion is observed with a dramatic increase in the number of archaeological sites recorded, linked to ameliorated climatic conditions 21,22 as identified in proxies such as ice and marine cores. This region has been described as a "dynamic cultural center in the Upper Palaeolithic world of western Europe" 23 , as reflected by and, in part, due to its extensive and rich cave art and portable art. These phenomena clearly demonstrate the importance...

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Apuntes sobre estacionalidad y subsistencia de los grupos humanos del Cantábrico occidental en torno al 13000 bp

Cited by 5 publications

References 20 publications

After the Last Glacial Maximum in the refugium of northern Iberia: Environmental shifts, demographic pressure and changing economic strategies at Las Caldas Cave (Asturias, Spain)

After the Last Glacial Maximum in the refugium of northern Iberia: Environmental shifts, demographic pressure and changing economic strategies at Las Caldas Cave (Asturias, Spain)

Master and apprentice: Evidence for learning in palaeolithic portable art

Adaptability, resilience and environmental buffering in European Refugia during the Late Pleistocene: Insights from La Riera Cave (Asturias, Cantabria, Spain)

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