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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ftunivalcala:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/58855 2024-01-14T10:07:24+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 Aragoncillo-del Río, Javier Alcolea González, José Javier Luque, Luis Castillo-Jiménez, Samuel Jimenez Gisbert, Guillermo López Sáez, José Antonio Maíllo-Fernández, José-Manuel Ruiz Alonso, Mónica Triguero, Ignacio Yravedra, José Alcaraz Castaño, Manuel Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Historia y Filosofía 2023-10-04 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10017/58855 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 eng eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/805478/EU/MULTIPALEOIBERIA/ PLoS ONE, 2023, v. 18, n. 10, p. E0291516 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/10017/58855 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 AR/0000045581 PLoS ONE 18 10 e0291516 (c) PLoS ONE Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Historia History info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivalcala https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291516 2023-12-20T00:24:25Z 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. European Research Council (ERC) Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland e_Buah - Biblioteca Digital de la Universidad de Alcalá Greenland PLOS ONE 18 10 e0291516 |
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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. European Research Council (ERC) |
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Aragoncillo-del Río, Javier Alcolea González, José Javier Luque, Luis Castillo-Jiménez, Samuel Jimenez Gisbert, Guillermo López Sáez, José Antonio Maíllo-Fernández, José-Manuel Ruiz Alonso, Mónica Triguero, Ignacio Yravedra, José Alcaraz Castaño, Manuel |
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Aragoncillo-del Río, Javier Alcolea González, José Javier Luque, Luis Castillo-Jiménez, Samuel Jimenez Gisbert, Guillermo López Sáez, José Antonio Maíllo-Fernández, José-Manuel Ruiz Alonso, Mónica Triguero, Ignacio Yravedra, José Alcaraz Castaño, Manuel |
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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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