Late Pleistocene site formation and paleoclimate at Lapa do Picareiro, Portugal

• Published in: Geoarchaeology
• Main Authors: Benedetti, Michael M., Haws, Jonathan A., Bicho, Nuno F., Friedl, Lukas, Ellwood, Brooks B.
• Other Authors: Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Lapa
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gea.21735; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/gea.21735; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/gea.21735; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/gea.21735

Abstract The cave site of Lapa do Picareiro, Portugal contains a deep (~10 m) sedimentary sequence representing much of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic, with abundant animal bones, lithic/bone/shell artifacts, and charcoal/ash in hearths. A deposition model based on 49 radiocarbon ages demonstrates...