Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II.
The settlement of cold and arid environments by Pleistocene hunter-gatherers has been a heated topic in Paleolithic Archaeology and the Quaternary Sciences for years. In the Iberian Peninsula, a key area for studying human adaptations to such environments is composed by the large interior and upland...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2664fdeffbc04677bbad6794867a4bc0 2023-11-05T03:42:23+01:00 Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. Javier Aragoncillo-Del Río José-Javier Alcolea-González Luis Luque Samuel Castillo-Jiménez Guillermo Jiménez-Gisbert José-Antonio López-Sáez José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández Mónica Ruiz-Alonso Ignacio Triguero José Yravedra Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 https://doaj.org/article/2664fdeffbc04677bbad6794867a4bc0 EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 https://doaj.org/article/2664fdeffbc04677bbad6794867a4bc0 PLoS ONE, Vol 18, Iss 10, p e0291516 (2023) Medicine R Science Q article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 2023-10-08T00:36:02Z The settlement of cold and arid environments by Pleistocene hunter-gatherers has been a heated topic in Paleolithic Archaeology and the Quaternary Sciences for years. In the Iberian Peninsula, a key area for studying human adaptations to such environments is composed by the large interior and upland regions of the northern and southern plateaus (Mesetas) and bordering areas. As, traditionally, these regions have been relatively under-investigated compared to the ecologically more favored coastal areas of the peninsula, our knowledge of the human settlement of the whole Iberian hinterland remains scarce for the Last Glacial. In this paper we present the discovery and first geoarcheological, paleoenvironmental and chronometric evidence obtained at Charco Verde II, a new site close to the southwestern foothills of the Iberian system range (Guadalajara province, Spain), bearing a sequence of Magdalenian human occupations starting at least at 20.8-21.4 ka cal BP during the Last Glacial Maximum, and covering Greenland Stadial 2 until ∼15.1-16.6 ka cal BP, including Heinrich stadial 1. As this site is located in an upland region which today faces one of the harshest climates in Iberia, such occupation sequence, occurred during some of the coldest and most arid phases of the Last Glacial, has relevant implications for our understanding of human-environment-climate interactions and population dynamics in Iberia and Western Europe. These findings support the hypothesis that the Iberian hinterland was not avoided by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers due to ecological constraints, but it hosted a complex and relatively dense settlement at least in some areas, even during cold periods. This suggest, one more time, that the historical scarcity of Upper Paleolithic sites in inland Iberia is, to a significant extent, an artifact of research bias. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PLOS ONE 18 10 e0291516 |
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Medicine R Science Q Javier Aragoncillo-Del Río José-Javier Alcolea-González Luis Luque Samuel Castillo-Jiménez Guillermo Jiménez-Gisbert José-Antonio López-Sáez José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández Mónica Ruiz-Alonso Ignacio Triguero José Yravedra Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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The settlement of cold and arid environments by Pleistocene hunter-gatherers has been a heated topic in Paleolithic Archaeology and the Quaternary Sciences for years. In the Iberian Peninsula, a key area for studying human adaptations to such environments is composed by the large interior and upland regions of the northern and southern plateaus (Mesetas) and bordering areas. As, traditionally, these regions have been relatively under-investigated compared to the ecologically more favored coastal areas of the peninsula, our knowledge of the human settlement of the whole Iberian hinterland remains scarce for the Last Glacial. In this paper we present the discovery and first geoarcheological, paleoenvironmental and chronometric evidence obtained at Charco Verde II, a new site close to the southwestern foothills of the Iberian system range (Guadalajara province, Spain), bearing a sequence of Magdalenian human occupations starting at least at 20.8-21.4 ka cal BP during the Last Glacial Maximum, and covering Greenland Stadial 2 until ∼15.1-16.6 ka cal BP, including Heinrich stadial 1. As this site is located in an upland region which today faces one of the harshest climates in Iberia, such occupation sequence, occurred during some of the coldest and most arid phases of the Last Glacial, has relevant implications for our understanding of human-environment-climate interactions and population dynamics in Iberia and Western Europe. These findings support the hypothesis that the Iberian hinterland was not avoided by Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers due to ecological constraints, but it hosted a complex and relatively dense settlement at least in some areas, even during cold periods. This suggest, one more time, that the historical scarcity of Upper Paleolithic sites in inland Iberia is, to a significant extent, an artifact of research bias. |
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Javier Aragoncillo-Del Río José-Javier Alcolea-González Luis Luque Samuel Castillo-Jiménez Guillermo Jiménez-Gisbert José-Antonio López-Sáez José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández Mónica Ruiz-Alonso Ignacio Triguero José Yravedra Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño |
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Javier Aragoncillo-Del Río José-Javier Alcolea-González Luis Luque Samuel Castillo-Jiménez Guillermo Jiménez-Gisbert José-Antonio López-Sáez José-Manuel Maíllo-Fernández Mónica Ruiz-Alonso Ignacio Triguero José Yravedra Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño |
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Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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Human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland Spain during the Last Glacial Maximum and Heinrich Stadial 1: The new Magdalenian sequence of Charco Verde II. |
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human occupations of upland and cold environments in inland spain during the last glacial maximum and heinrich stadial 1: the new magdalenian sequence of charco verde ii. |
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