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Zilhao, Joao ORCID: 0000-0001-5937-3061, Ajas, Aurelie, Badal, Ernestina, Burow, Christoph, Kehl, Martin ORCID: 0000-0003-4587-5858, Antonio Lopez-Saez, Jose, Pimenta, Carlos, Preece, Richard C., Sanchis, Alfred, Sanz, Montserrat ORCID: 0000-0002-2263-0121, Weniger, Gerd-Christian, White, Dustin, Wood, Rachel ORCID: 0000-0002-1694-3295, Angelucci, Diego E. ORCID: 0000-0001-7411-261X, Villaverde, Valentin ORCID: 0000-0002-2876-0306 and Zapata, Josefina (2016). Cueva Anton: A multi-proxy MIS 3 to MIS 5a paleoenvironmental record for SE Iberia. Quat. Sci. Rev., 146. S. 251 - 274. OXFORD: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD. ISSN 0277-3791

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Abstract

Overlying a palustrine deposit of unknown age (complex FP), and protected from weathering and erosion inside a large cave/rock-shelter cavity, the sedimentary fill of Cueva Ant6n, a Middle Paleolithic site in SE Spain, corresponds in most part (sub-complexes AS2-to-AS5) to a ca.3 m-thick Upper Pleistocene terrace of the River Mula. Coupled with the constraints derived from the deposit's paleoclimatic proxies, OSL dating places the accumulation of this terrace in MIS 5a, and radiocarbon dates from the overlying breccia cum alluvium (sub-complex AS1) fall in the middle part of MIS 3; the intervening hiatus relates to valley incision and attendant erosion. The two intervals represented remain largely unknown in Iberia, where the archeology of the early-to-middle Upper Pleistocene is almost entirely derived from karst sites; Cueva Anton shows that this dearth of data, often interpreted in demographic terms, has depositional underpinnings ultimately determined by past climate variation. In early MIS 5a, the paleobotanical evidence indicates climate conditions similar to present, albeit wetter, followed by progressive cooling, reflected in the replacement of Aleppo pine by black pine and, at the very end, juniper dominated landscapes the latter characterizing also mid-MIS 3 times. The variation in sedimentary facies and composition of the mollusk assemblages reflects the changing position of the river channel relative to the back wall of the cave. Such changes represented the major constraint for the occupation of the site most of the time inaccessible to terrestrial mammals, it was used throughout by the eagle-owl, explaining the abundance of rabbit bones. Human occupation occurred during a few, short windows of availability, and is reflected in well-preserved living floors defined by hearths, artefact scatters, and the remains of hunted herbivores. The stone tool assemblages are Middle Paleolithic, which, in Europe, implies a Neandertal identity for their makers and, hence, that Neandertals persisted in the region until GI 8. Cueva Anton's high-resolution record provides unique, critical information on the paleoenvironments and adaptations of humans in two short windows of time during which wetter conditions existed in SE Iberia, where arid or semi-arid climates prevailed through most of the Upper Pleistocene and the Holocene. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zilhao, Joao UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-5937-3061 UNSPECIFIED Ajas, Aurelie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Badal, Ernestina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Burow, Christoph UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kehl, Martin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-4587-5858 UNSPECIFIED Antonio Lopez-Saez, Jose UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pimenta, Carlos UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Preece, Richard C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sanchis, Alfred UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sanz, Montserrat UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-0121 UNSPECIFIED Weniger, Gerd-Christian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED White, Dustin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Wood, Rachel UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-1694-3295 UNSPECIFIED Angelucci, Diego E. UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-7411-261X UNSPECIFIED Villaverde, Valentin UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-2876-0306 UNSPECIFIED Zapata, Josefina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-266575
DOI:	10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.038
Journal or Publication Title:	Quat. Sci. Rev.
Volume:	146
Page Range:	S. 251 - 274
Date:	2016
Publisher:	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	0277-3791
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DEL RINOCERONT CASTELLDEFELS; MILLENNIAL-SCALE VARIABILITY; BULGARICA HESSE; MIDDLE; CAVE; TRANSITION; SPAIN; AGE; NEANDERTHALS; POPULATIONS Multiple languages Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/26657