The Mesolithic of Atlantic Coastal Spain – a comparison with the Middle Ebro Basin

Clark, Geoffrey A.; Barton, C. Michael

doi:10.5852/cr-palevol2022v21a3

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“…Finally, different regional studies used time series analyses of summed probability distributions of calibrated radiocarbon dates (SPD) to discuss the impact of the 8.2k cal a BP climatic event on Iberian Mesolithic populations (Bernabeu et al, 2014 andMontes et al, 2016;Fyfe et al, 2019;Alday et al, 2018;Fernández-López de Pablo et al, 2019;McLaughlin et al, 2021;Clark and Barton 2022). These studies reported very different results: from studies identifying positive trends in demographic growth such in the Iberian Atlantic areas of Central Portugal (McLaughlin et al, 2021) and Asturias-Cantabria (Clark and Barton 2022), to others that do not identify a clear impact as in the Mediterranean area (Fyfe 2019) and the Ebro valley (Clark and Barton 2022;Alday et al, 2018), or those that, at subregional level, have identified both positive and negative trends (Fernández-López de Pablo et al, 2019;Bernabeu et al, 2016;Montes et al, 2016).…”

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Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open‐air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Pablo

Polo‐Díaz

Rabuñal

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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Open‐air sites represent a fundamental proxy of the Early Holocene adaptive systems in the Iberian Peninsula. However, its research potential for the study of human–environmental interactions has been minimally explored. In this work, we present the results of an integrated research programme focused on open‐area excavations at the Mesolithic site of Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain). Novel multi‐scalar geoarchaeological and archaeo‐stratigraphic studies, coupled with featured‐based palaeobotanical analysis, were used to design an extensive radiocarbon dating programme and produce different Bayesian chronological models. Our results distinguish two different Mesolithic occupation phases, dating to 9.3–9.1 and 8.6–8.3k cal a bp respectively, consisting of combustion features and lithic scatters. The comparison of occupational dynamics with the nearby palaeoecological records of Salines and Villena indicated that both Mesolithic phases occurred under relatively stable environmental conditions. The second Mesolithic phase, however, ended during the onset of the 8.2k cal a bp climatic event, when sedimentation processes shifted from soil formation to accretion of aeolian sands. We demonstrate that the end of the Mesolithic occupations at Arenal de la Virgen coincides with the cessation of radiocarbon‐dated activity in other open‐air Postglacial sites in the central Mediterranean region of Iberia.

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Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open‐air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Pablo

Polo‐Díaz

Rabuñal

et al. 2023

J Quaternary Science

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Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open-air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Pablo¹,

Polo‐Díaz²,

Rabuñal³

et al. 2022

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Open-air sites represent a fundamental proxy of the Early Holocene adaptive systems in the Iberian Peninsula. However, its research potential for the study of human-environmental interactions has just been minimally explored. In this work, we present the results of an integrated research programme focused on open-area excavations at the Mesolithic site of Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain). Novel multi-scalar geoarchaeological and archaeo-stratigraphical studies, coupled with featured-based palaeobotanical analysis, were used to design an extensive radiocarbon dating programme and produce different Bayesian chronological models. Our results allow to distinguish two different Mesolithic occupation phases, dating to 9.3-9.1k cal BP and 8.6-8.3k cal BP respectively, consisting of combustion features and lithic scatters. The comparison of occupational dynamics with the nearby palaeoecological records of Salines and Villena, indicated that both Mesolithic phases occurred under relatively stable environmental conditions. The second Mesolithic phase, however, ended during the onset of the 8.2k cal BP climatic event, when sedimentation processes shifted from soil formation to accretion of aeolian sands. We demonstrate that the end of the Mesolithic occupations at Arenal de la Virgen coincides with the cessation of radiocarbon dated activity in other open-air Postglacial sites in the central Mediterranean region of Iberia.

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The Mesolithic of Atlantic Coastal Spain – a comparison with the Middle Ebro Basin

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Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open‐air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open‐air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

Impacts of Early Holocene environmental dynamics on open-air occupation patterns in the Western Mediterranean: insights from El Arenal de la Virgen (Alicante, Spain)

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