Alvarez-Alonso, David ORCID: 0000-0002-5752-9007, de Andres-Herrero, Maria, Diez-Herrero, Andres ORCID: 0000-0003-1106-191X, Medialdea, Alicia ORCID: 0000-0001-5895-0736 and Rojo-Hernandez, Julio (2018). Neanderthal settlement in central Iberia: Geo-archaeological research in the Abrigo del Molino site, MIS 3 (Segovia, Iberian Peninsula). Quat. Int., 474. S. 85 - 98. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 1873-4553

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Abstract

The Abrigo del Molino archaeological site is located in the valley of the Eresma river, near Segovia in central Spain. It consists of a shallow cave of fluvio-karstic origin, which has been completely filled with detrital deposits. Geo-archaeological interpretation of the genesis of these deposits differentiates three groups: a lower group with sandy loams and fine sands interbedded with pebble and gravel layers, deposited respectively by palaeofloods and slope contributions; a middle group with massive silt and grain-supported boulders, formed by alternating contributions from the overlying slope, karst mudflows and rockfalls from the shelter roof; and an upper group of silt cemented by carbonates, final backfill alteration and degradation of the host rock. The techno-typological characteristics of the lithic assemblage confirm the existence of Mousterian levels at the site, and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of these levels obtains an age range of 31-60 ka for the detrital deposits, presenting the occupation by Neanderthal groups for the first time in karstic environments in the northern Iberian plateau, the southern part of the Duero basin. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Alvarez-Alonso, DavidUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-5752-9007UNSPECIFIED
de Andres-Herrero, MariaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Diez-Herrero, AndresUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-1106-191XUNSPECIFIED
Medialdea, AliciaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5895-0736UNSPECIFIED
Rojo-Hernandez, JulioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-189078
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.05.027
Journal or Publication Title: Quat. Int.
Volume: 474
Page Range: S. 85 - 98
Date: 2018
Publisher: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication: OXFORD
ISSN: 1873-4553
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
REGENERATIVE-DOSE PROTOCOL; CENTRAL SPAIN; LUMINESCENCE; ATAPUERCA; SINGLE; SIERRA; DISAPPEARANCE; FELDSPAR; PATTERNS; QUARTZMultiple languages
Geography, Physical; Geosciences, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18907

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