Late Neanderthal subsistence strategies and cultural traditions in the northern Iberia Peninsula: Insights from Prado Vargas, Burgos, Spain

Ruíz, Marta Navazo; Benito‐Calvo, Alfonso; Alcalde, Rodrigo Alonso; Alonso, P. Domínguez; Fuente, Héctor de la; Santamaría, Marta; Santamaría, Claudia; Álvarez-Vena, Adrián; Arnold, Lee J.; Iriarte-Chiapusso, Ma José; Demuro, Martina; Lozano, Marina; Ortíz, José E.; Torres, Trinidad de

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106795

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“…This study demonstrates that boomerangs curated in museum collections could possibly be associated with a new function -in this case, with retouching lithic tools -when re-examined using newly acquired or geographically removed methodologies and understandings. The relationship between stigmata appearance and lithic edge characteristics remains a poorly investigated topic (though see Alonso-García et al, 2020;Martellotta et al, 2020Martellotta et al, , 2021Ruiz et al, 2021;Turner et al, 2020), as it could be influenced by several technological and/or cultural factors. Moreover, it is problematic to associate a single retoucher to a specific type of retouched lithic tool.…”

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“…Technological studies of percussion retouch have been carried out for decades in European contexts. A higher level of preservation of organic materials in this continent provides a framework for the use of bone retouchers across different regions from 500ky BP (Roberts & Parfitt, 1999) to the advent of the Metal Ages (Blasco et al, 2013;d'Errico & Henshilwood, 2007;Doyon et al, 2018;Henri-Martin, 1910;Henshilwood et al, 2001;Jéquier et al, 2018;Julien et al, 2015;Martellotta et al, 2020;Rosell et al, 2011Rosell et al, , 2018Ruiz et al, 2021;Semenov & Thompson, 1964;Tartar, 2012;Turner et al, 2020;Zhang et al, 2018; for a complete overview see Hutson et al, 2018). These studies found that bone retouchers were opportunistic tools: most retouchers being manufactured from bone shaft fragments obtained from the upper and lower limbs of large ungulates following the butchering of the animal.…”

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New data from old collections: Retouch-induced marks on Australian hardwood boomerangs

Martellotta

Wilkins

Brumm

et al. 2021

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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New data from old collections: Retouch-induced marks on Australian hardwood boomerangs

Martellotta

Wilkins

Brumm

et al. 2021

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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“…Overall, genome analyses indicated that the later Neanderthals were probably not replaced by AMH, but genetically absorbed by them, and then the Neanderthal genes were progressively diluted from the Upper Palaeolithic gene pool due to their lower reproductive rate and later by progressive population replacements with lower Neanderthal ancestry (Lalueza-Fox, 2021). Either way, there is evidence of coexistence and hybridisation between AMH and Neanderthals in the Near and Middle East, as well as a hybridisation with Denisovan hominins (Navazo Ruiz et al, 2021).…”

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Worldwide research trends on Neanderthals

Guil‐Guerrero

Manzano‐Agugliaro

2022

J Quaternary Science

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Research on Neanderthals is a topic of growing interest and it may even be considered that this subject will get more attention in the future. The demise and diets of the various Neanderthal populations are controversial issues that promote heated debates. In this work, a bibliometric study of all the publications contained in the Scopus database until 2021 has been conducted, analysing more than 3800 of them. The main authors, institutions and countries researching this subject have been identified, and their future development. Furthermore, the links between the authors, the countries and the topics researched have been analysed through communities detection. The most frequent keyword on this topic is ‘fossil’. Three clearly focused research clusters in this area have been detected: those focused on molecular evolution, those focused on Neanderthal biology, and those focused on palaeoanthropology. Furthermore, it has been noted that the most central countries to the networks of collaboration are the United States, Spain, France and Germany. Research on Neanderthals is in its infancy and the appearance of new clusters is expected, such as those related to the diet and the demise of Neanderthals, considering the growing number of works recently developed on these topics.

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“…Although Mi. arvalis is not found at present in the studied zone, its presence has been registered during the Pleistocene and Holocene in geographic expansions linked to cold episodes, such as MIS 2 or Greenland and Heinrich Stadials (e.g., García-Ibaibarriaga et al, 2012Laplana et al, 2017;Álvarez-Vena et al, 2021), alternating with regressions linked to warm periods, such as MIS 3 interstadials (Álvarez-Vena et al, 2021), when the populations were restricted to sites with a more continental climate (e.g., López-García et al, 2011;García-Ibaibarriaga et al, 2015a, 2015bRey-Rodríguez et al, 2016;Navazo Ruiz et al, 2021). As it is a species of continental affinities (Dienske, 1979;Nores, 1989;Paupério et al, 2012;Álvarez-Vena et al, 2021), its presence in a site with an oceanic climate where it is not found nowadays, suggests that Level 0 was accumulated under cooler conditions than the current.…”

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Palaeobiological study of the Holocene micromammal assemblage from the Cueva del Hueso (Castrillón, Asturias, NW Spain)

Cernadas-Garrido

Álvarez-Vena

Álvarez-Lao

2023

Spanish J. Palaeontol.

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Micromammals form a group that includes four orders (Rodentia, Lagomorpha, Eulipotyphla, and Chiroptera), whose common feature is not only their small size but also their phylogeny. Its utility in palaeoecology is linked to the preference of each taxon for a specific type of habitat, sometimes even being restricted to one of them (López-García, 2008). Besides, they are highly sensitive to environmental changes . They are also useful in biostratigraphy because of their quick evolution and high reproduction rate (Herráez & Sesé, 1993). These features, together with the large number of remains preserved in palaeontological sites compared to macromammals, make it possible to conduct highly accurate studies about the chronology and climate of specific levels in Quaternary fossil sites. Results can be compared with other palaeoclimatic proxies, such as the ice-and marine cores, or even absolute dating in the specimens with higher relevance. This allows for a better understanding of the environment they lived in, as well as obtaining a more accurate time frame for the micromammal association. This paper provides a study of the remains of micromammals present in Level 0 of Cueva del Hueso, focusing on the following main aims: (1) to carry out an anatomical and taxonomical study of the micromammal fauna recovered at this deposit, (2) according to the data obtained from the taxonomical study, to perform a palaeoenvironmental study that sheds light both on the climate and landscape in the surroundings of the cave, when it was inhabited by the identified species, (3) to conduct a study on the palaeobiogeography of each species separately, as well as the association as a whole, to estimate a chronological frame from the association of micromammals so that the environmental interpretation made can be set.

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Late Neanderthal subsistence strategies and cultural traditions in the northern Iberia Peninsula: Insights from Prado Vargas, Burgos, Spain

Cited by 23 publications

References 103 publications

New data from old collections: Retouch-induced marks on Australian hardwood boomerangs

New data from old collections: Retouch-induced marks on Australian hardwood boomerangs

Worldwide research trends on Neanderthals

Palaeobiological study of the Holocene micromammal assemblage from the Cueva del Hueso (Castrillón, Asturias, NW Spain)

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