Ramos-Munoz, Jose ORCID: 0000-0002-6042-2446, Cantalejo, Pedro, Blumenroether, Julia, Bolin, Viviane, Otto, Taylor, Rotgaenger, Miriam, Kehl, Martin, Nielsen, Trine Kellberg, Espejo, Mar, Fernandez-Sanchez, Diego, Moreno-Marquez, Adolfo, Vijande-Vila, Eduardo, Cabello, Lidia, Becerra, Serafin, Pitarch Marti, Africa, Riquelme, Jose A., Cantillo-Duarte, Juan J., Dominguez-Bella, Salvador, Ramos-Garcia, Pablo ORCID: 0000-0001-6942-7772, Tafelmaier, Yvonne and Weniger, Gerd-Christian (2022). The nature and chronology of human occupation at the Galerias Bajas, from Cueva de Ardales, Malaga, Spain. PLoS One, 17 (6). SAN FRANCISCO: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011-2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for the first time ever by a Spanish-German research team. The excavation focused on the entrance area of the cave, where the largest assemblage of non-figurative red paintings in the cave is found. A series of 50 AMS dates from the excavations prove a long, albeit discontinuous, occupation history spanning from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic. The dating of the Middle Palaeolithic layers agrees with the U/Th dating of some red non-figurative paintings in the entrance area. In addition, a large assemblage of ochre lumps was discovered in the Middle Palaeolithic layers. Human visits of the cave in the Gravettian and Solutrean can be recognized, but evidence from the Aurignacian and Magdalenian cannot be confirmed with certainty. The quantity and nature of materials found during the excavations indicate that Cueva de Ardales was not a campsite, but was mainly visited to carry out non-domestic tasks, such as the production of rock art or the burial of the dead.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Ramos-Munoz, JoseUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-6042-2446UNSPECIFIED
Cantalejo, PedroUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Blumenroether, JuliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Bolin, VivianeUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Otto, TaylorUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Rotgaenger, MiriamUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Kehl, MartinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Nielsen, Trine KellbergUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Espejo, MarUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fernandez-Sanchez, DiegoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Moreno-Marquez, AdolfoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vijande-Vila, EduardoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Cabello, LidiaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Becerra, SerafinUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pitarch Marti, AfricaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Riquelme, Jose A.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Cantillo-Duarte, Juan J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Dominguez-Bella, SalvadorUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ramos-Garcia, PabloUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-6942-7772UNSPECIFIED
Tafelmaier, YvonneUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Weniger, Gerd-ChristianUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-693006
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266788
Journal or Publication Title: PLoS One
Volume: 17
Number: 6
Date: 2022
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
Place of Publication: SAN FRANCISCO
ISSN: 1932-6203
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
ROCK ART; CAVE; EXTREMEMultiple languages
Multidisciplinary SciencesMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/69300

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