The first farmers in Cantabrian Spain: Contribution of numerical chronology to understand an historical process

Martínez, Miguel Angel Fano; Morera, Miriam Cubas; Wood, Rachel

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.026

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“…The only exceptions are the earliest centuries (c. 8500-8300 cal BP) in areas such as the Atlantic-European, the LusitanoAndalusian, and the Central Iberian, which fall outside the 95 % confidence level (2σ) of the null hypothesis and thus diverge statistically from the expected pattern. This observation, previously noted (Fano et al 2015), is in line with the scarce number of radiocarbon dates in the Mediterranean basin recognizable in similar chronologies (Berger and Guilaine 2009) and is to be regarded within regular oscillations in radiocalibrated 14 C trends during the Iberian Mesolithic (Bernabeu Aubán et al 2014, pp. 217-219).…”

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“…However, a substantial degree of subregional variability during the Mesolithic and Early Neolithic in Iberia has also been spotlighted (Bernabeu Aubán et al 2014, p. 223;Balsera et al 2015a, p. 154). A case in point is the Cantabrian strip; a recent review of radiocarbon dates suggests diverse spatio-temporal dynamics for the spread of the Neolithic in the fifth millennium cal BC, being quicker in its eastern sector (Fano et al 2015;Cubas et al 2016). As a way to evaluate such claims, this paper examines inter-regional dynamics in Iberia deploying alternative analytical units at larger scales.…”

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“…) for the entire Peninsula deploying geographic information systems (GIS) and (b) the growing number of high-quality radiocarbon assays available for the early Neolithic in Iberia. Drawing on these developments, recent contributions to the Neolithic transition in Iberia have provided fresh insights into its expansion dynamics based on computational modeling and the sophisticated manipulation of calibrated radiocarbon estimates (Zilhão 2011;Cruz Berrocal 2012;Isern et al 2014;Balsera et al 2015aBalsera et al , 2015bBernabeu Aubán et al 2014, 2015Fano et al 2015;García-Martínez de Lagrán 2015;Pardo Gordó et al 2015;Martins et al 2015).…”

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Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

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Lillios

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This paper assesses long-term trends in human activity across the Iberian Peninsula associated with the spread of agriculture. In order to improve our understanding of regional trajectories within the two-way and multiple-velocity model proposed by Isern et al. (Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 21:447-460, 2014), we consider summed calibrated radiocarbon dates of a large audited dataset from across Iberia. To assess the role of different analytical units, two alternative peninsular divisions at different spatial resolutions were used: one, with three generalized study areas, and the second, with eight biogeographic regions. This comparison of spatiotemporal variability provides a more in-depth inter-regional reading of the Neolithic transition in Iberia than more generalized approaches. The southwest, Mediterranean coasts and interior portions of Iberia all showed significant demographic expansion with the onset of the Neolithic, as observed across Western Europe. By contrast, northern Iberia featured a close adherence to a null model of exponential growth and a longer continuation of hunter-gatherer strategies.

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Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

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“…This situation changes radically in the fourth millennium cal BC, when the expansion of megalithic structures throughout the whole region signified the introduction of a new funerary ritual. The first open-air settlements (Las Corvas, L'Hortal and La Calvera) possibly appeared at the same time (their chronology is based on radiocarbon dates obtained from wood charcoal of unidentified species and might thus be artificially older: Fano et al 2015).…”

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Re-evaluating the Neolithic: The Impact and the Consolidation of Farming Practices in the Cantabrian Region (Northern Spain)

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Research projects undertaken in the Cantabrian region since 1980 have produced new, high-quality information about the neolithisation process(es) in this area. It is now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early Neolithic in the Cantabrian region. It summarizes recent research on neolithisation in the region, and assesses the impact of this process during the early Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article

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“…Como el objetivo central de estos trabajos ha sido detectar, valorar y comparar la huella paisajística de las actividades humanas en ambas regiones, se ha considerado necesario abarcar todo el periodo de tiempo comprendido desde el Neolítico, momento en el que aparecen las primeras actividades agrarias hace aproximadamente 7000 años (Fano et al, 2015), hasta la actualidad. Para ello, y dado que se ha tratado de obtener los datos más precisos posibles para cada momento de la historia, ha sido necesario recurrir de manera complementaria pero coordinada a fuentes de información muy diversas, propias tanto de las Ciencias de la Tierra y de la Naturaleza como de las Humanidades y de las Ciencias Sociales.…”

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Charcoal and pollen analysis: Examples of Holocene fire dynamics in Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula

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ResumenEl fuego juega un papel esencial en la configuración de los paisajes vegetales, aunque nuestro conocimiento de su incidencia a lo largo del tiempo es muy fragmentario y suele basarse en un escaso número de fuentes. Con objeto de indagar las limitaciones y complementariedad de éstas, se confrontan los resultados de algunas técnicas analíticas (estudio de los carbones sedimentarios y de suelo, del polen, del levoglucosán, de isótopos de plomo y de metales pesados presentes en las turberas para periodos que van hasta el Tardiglacial) con la información de los archivos históricos, hemerotecas y bases de datos climáticas y de incendios (que nos permiten llegar hasta la Edad Moderna, siglo XIX y segunda mitad del XX respectivamente). Los resultados prueban que las diferentes técnicas se complementan muy bien y que su combinación permite paliar parte de sus limitaciones individuales. Los datos más recientes, precisos y fiables, facilitan la interpretación de los antiguos que, a su vez, resultan necesarios para la comprensión de los procesos a largo plazo, generando retroalimentaciones muy útiles para la reconstrucción de la geografía histórica de los fuegos y para entender el papel que han desempeñado en la instalación de la cubierta vegetal actual.Palabras clave: Holoceno, historia de los incendios, fuentes geohistóricas y paleoambientales. Abstract Sources for a historical geography of forest fires. Some methodological considerationsFire plays an essential role in the configuration of the mountain landscapes. However, our knowledge of its incidence over time is very fragmentary and often based on a small number of sources. In order to explore their limitations and complementarity, we discuss the results of some analytical techniques (study of sedimentary charcoal, pollen, pedoanthracology, levoglucosan and isotopes of lead and heavy metals collected in peatlands for periods ranging up to Lateglacial) with information from historical archives, newspapers and climate and forest fires databases (which provide information up to the fifteenth, nineteenth and mid-twentieth respectively).The results prove the complementarity of the different techniques and their combination mitigates some of their individual limitations. The most recent, accurate and reliable data facilitate the interpretation of the former which, in turn, are necessary for the understanding of long-term processes, generating useful feedbacks for the reconstruction of the historical geography of the fire sand to understand the role they have played in the installation of the current vegetation cover. Grupo de Estudio y Gestión del Medio Natural (GIMENA

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The first farmers in Cantabrian Spain: Contribution of numerical chronology to understand an historical process

Cited by 46 publications

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Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis

Re-evaluating the Neolithic: The Impact and the Consolidation of Farming Practices in the Cantabrian Region (Northern Spain)

Charcoal and pollen analysis: Examples of Holocene fire dynamics in Mediterranean Iberian Peninsula

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