Environment and subsistence strategies at La Viña rock shelter and Llonin cave (Asturias, Spain) during MIS3

Quartzite procurement in conglomerates and deposits: Geoarchaeological characterization of potential catchment areas in the central part of the Cantabrian Region, Spain

“…These approaches take a step further than previous research in the Cantabrian Region, which has not taken into account the variability of quartzite in the potential catchment zones. Previous studies relate the procurement strategies to simplistic acquisition on secondary river deposits (Álvarez‐Alonso et al, 2013; Sarabia, 2000) or even from conglomerates, regarded as a homogeneous raw material source (Castanedo, 2001; Rasilla et al, 2020; Santamaría, 2012).…”

Reassessing palaeoenvironmental conditions during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in the Cantabrian region (Southwestern Europe)

“…This study initially compiled data from 81 levels with potential small vertebrate records, including 61 found in levels with evidence of human occupation and 20 in archaeologically sterile levels, from a total of 18 sites, from west to east: La Viña, El Sidr on, La Güelga, Torca del Le on, Llonin, Esquilleu, Covalejos, El Castillo, El Mir on, Antoliñako, Askondo, Bolinkoba, Labeko Koba, Ekain, Amalda, Amutxake, Aitzbitarte III and Aitzbitarte IV (Altuna, 1972;Alvarez-Vena et al, 2021;Cuenca-Besc os et al, 2009;Garcia-Ibaibarriaga et al, 2015a, 2015bPem an, 1990Pem an, , 2000Pem an, , 2011Rasilla et al, 2020;Rofes et al, 2015;Ses e, 2014Ses e, , 2017Ses e, , 2018Ses e, , 2021Uzquiano et al, 2012;Zabala, 1984) (Table 2; Fig. 1).…”

“…As with pollen analysis, anthracological records can also be biased by differential preservation (Vidal-Matutano and Pardo-Gord o, 2020). Up to now, there are only four sites with reliable radiocarbon dates containing anthracological studies in the Cantabrian region during MIS 3, which are from west to east: La Viña, Llonín, Covalejos, and El Castillo (Rasilla et al, 2018(Rasilla et al, , 2020Uzquiano, 2006Uzquiano, , 2021 (Table 2; SI1; SI2).…”

“…From the 19 archaeo-palaeontological sites with palaeoclimatic and palaeoenviromental proxies used in this study, we compiled the published radiocarbon dates from the literature (Aguirre, 2001;Aguirre and Gonz alez Sainz, 2011;Alvarez-Lao et al, 2015, 2020Bargall o et al, 2012;Gonz alez-Morales and Straus, 2012;Guti errez-Zugasti et al, 2018;Higham et al, 2014;Iriarte-Chiapusso et al, 2019;Iriarte-Chiapusso and Arrizabalaga, 2015;Kehl et al, 2018;Marín-Arroyo et al, 2020;Maroto et al, 2012;Men endez et al, 2018;Rasilla et al, 2020;Sanchis et al, 2019;Torres et al, 2010;Wood et al, 2013Wood et al, , 2014Wood et al, , 2018. When only one radiocarbon date was available on a site, it was calibrated with the OxCal4.4 software (Ramsey, 2009) and the INTCAL20 calibration curve (Reimer et al, 2020).…”

Characterization of the use-wear and residues resulting from limestone working. Experimental approach to the parietal art of La Viña rock shelter (La Manzaneda, Asturias, Spain)

“…Concerning archaeological shells, in Aurignacian and Gravettian levels, 65 mollusc shells belonging to 13 species of gastropods, bivalves and scaphopods have been detected. More than a third of the specimens show an anthropic perforation, and along with the presence of non-perforated shells, species without a bromatological value and specimens that were collected when they were already dead, suggest that they were used as ornamental beads (Martínez-Cuesta et al, 2018;Rasilla et al, 2018Rasilla et al, , 2020.…”