Palaeoenvironmental variations in the Archaeostratigraphical Unit G (AU G) of the Caune de l’Arago (Tautavel, France): contribution of rodent palaeocommunities

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Authors: Lebreton, Loïc, Desclaux, Emmanuel, Hanquet, Constance, Cuenca‑besco, Gloria, Moigne, Anne‑marie, Perrenoud, Christian, Grégoire, Sophie
• Other Authors: Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Départemental de Préhistoire du Lazaret (LDPL), Département des Alpes-Maritimes, Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes (ASM), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Ministère de la Culture (MC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2017
• Subjects: rodents; Middle Pleistocene; Arago cave; palaeoenvironments; rongeurs; MIS 12; paléoécologie; Caune de l'Arago; [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory; Arago; Dicrostonyx torquatus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-02298772; https://doi.org/10.4000/quaternaire.8269

International audience The Archaeostratigraphic Unit G (UA G), located at the base of the stratigraphic ensemble CIII of the Caune de l’Arago infilling, dated to 438± 31 ka and correlated to the isotopic stage 12, delivered numerous human remains attributed to Homo erectus tautavelensis, as well as...