High-resolution late Middle Pleistocene paleoclimatic record from the Galería Complex, Atapuerca archaeological site, Spain - An environmental magnetic approach

Bógalo, María Felicidad; Bradák, Balázs; Villalaín, Juan José; Calvo‐Rathert, Manuel; González, Manuel Fernández; Heller, Friedrich; Martínez, Ana Isabel Ortega; Parés, Josep M.

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106721

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“…, suggesting that this was not an isolated event regionally. Such glacial occupations are not necessarily out of keeping with prevailing climatic interpretations, as global evidence suggests that MIS 8 was a relatively weak glacial stage with a tendency towards lower moisture levels (Bógalo et al ., 2021).…”

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San Quirce (Palencia, Spain): new chronologies for the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition of south‐west Europe

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Demuro

Arnold

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J Quaternary Science

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SanQuirce is an open-air archaeological site situated on a fluvial terrace in the Duero basin (Palencia, northern Iberia). This paper presents new and consistent chronologies obtained for the sedimentary sequence using post-infrared infrared stimulated luminescence (pIR-IR) dating of K-feldspars and single-grain thermally transferred optically stimulated luminescence (TT-OSL) dating of quartz. The new dating results indicate that the sequence is older than ~200 000 years and place San Quirce Level III within marine isotope stages (MIS) 8 and 7, between 274 ± 13 ka and 238 ± 13 ka. The main lithic assemblage at San Quirce comes from Level III. The predominant tool types found in this level are hammerstones, manuports and flakes, with a small proportion of cores and a significant presence of denticulates. Adaptation to local environmental conditions resulted in distinctive cultural habits, which were embedded in the cultural tradition of hominins occupying the site during the final third of the Middle Pleistocene. San Quirce preserves a simple cultural tradition that was employed by local hominins to engage in a diverse array of activities, and highlights the cultural diversity that appears to have been a characteristic feature of the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition 300-200 ka.

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San Quirce (Palencia, Spain): new chronologies for the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition of south‐west Europe

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“…They have all provided numerous archaeological and palaeontological remains including hominin fossils belonging to Homo antecessor, H. heidelbergensis and H. neanderthalensis covering from the Lower Pleistocene to the late Middle Pleistocene (e.g. Bermúdez de Castro et al ., 1997, 2011, 2016; Arsuaga et al ., 1999; Falguères et al ., 2013; Meyer et al ., 2016; Bógalo et al ., 2021).…”

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Iberian Neanderthals in forests and savannahs

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Amorós

Carrión

et al. 2021

J Quaternary Science

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This article aims to delve into the reality of glacial refuges of forests and tree species (including conifers, mesothermophilous angiosperms and xerothermic scrub) during the cold dry phases of the Iberian Pleistocene in which there is evidence of occupation of Middle Palaeolithic people. The research framework focuses on the eastern sector of the Iberian Peninsula due to the physiographic, palaeobotanical and archaeological peculiarities, substantiated by recent studies. We contend that some Neanderthal occupations developed in the context of high geobiological complexity, high biological diversity and highly structured forest ecosystems. We highlight the importance of glacial refuges as local anomalies that, however, would be contingent on vegetational development, and on the survival of Palaeolithic groups in areas with a broad diversity of natural resources.

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New chronological constraints for the lowermost stratigraphic unit of Atapuerca Gran Dolina (Burgos, N Spain)

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Demuro

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Quaternary Geochronology

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High-resolution late Middle Pleistocene paleoclimatic record from the Galería Complex, Atapuerca archaeological site, Spain - An environmental magnetic approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 135 publications

San Quirce (Palencia, Spain): new chronologies for the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition of south‐west Europe

San Quirce (Palencia, Spain): new chronologies for the Lower to Middle Palaeolithic transition of south‐west Europe

Iberian Neanderthals in forests and savannahs

New chronological constraints for the lowermost stratigraphic unit of Atapuerca Gran Dolina (Burgos, N Spain)

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