Universität zu Köln

Alcaraz-Castano, M., Alcolea-Gonzalez, J. J., de Andres-Herrero, M., Castillo-Jimenez, S., Cuartero, F., Cuenca-Bescos, G., Kehl, M., Lopez-Saez, J. A., Luque, L., Perez-Diaz, S., Pique, R., Ruiz-Alonso, M., Weniger, G. -C. and Yravedra, J. (2021). First modern human settlement recorded in the Iberian hinterland occurred during Heinrich Stadial 2 within harsh environmental conditions. Sci Rep, 11 (1). BERLIN: NATURE PORTFOLIO. ISSN 2045-2322

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Abstract

As the south-westernmost region of Europe, the Iberian Peninsula stands as a key area for understanding the process of modern human dispersal into Eurasia. However, the precise timing, ecological setting and cultural context of this process remains controversial concerning its spatiotemporal distribution within the different regions of the peninsula. While traditional models assumed that the whole Iberian hinterland was avoided by modern humans due to ecological factors until the retreat of the Last Glacial Maximum, recent research has demonstrated that hunter-gatherers entered the Iberian interior at least during Solutrean times. We provide a multi-proxy geoarchaeological, chronometric and paleoecological study on human-environment interactions based on the key site of Pena Capon (Guadalajara, Spain). Results show (1) that this site hosts the oldest modern human presence recorded to date in central Iberia, associated to pre-Solutrean cultural traditions around 26,000 years ago, and (2) that this presence occurred during Heinrich Stadial 2 within harsh environmental conditions. These findings demonstrate that this area of the Iberian hinterland was recurrently occupied regardless of climate and environmental variability, thus challenging the widely accepted hypothesis that ecological risk hampered the human settlement of the Iberian interior highlands since the first arrival of modern humans to Southwest Europe.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Alcaraz-Castano, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Alcolea-Gonzalez, J. J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED de Andres-Herrero, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Castillo-Jimenez, S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cuartero, F. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Cuenca-Bescos, G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kehl, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Lopez-Saez, J. A. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Luque, L. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Perez-Diaz, S. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Pique, R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Ruiz-Alonso, M. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Weniger, G. -C. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Yravedra, J. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-598525
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-021-94408-w
Journal or Publication Title:	Sci Rep
Volume:	11
Number:	1
Date:	2021
Publisher:	NATURE PORTFOLIO
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	2045-2322
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; HUMAN-POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYLVESTRIS VAR. IBERICA; FAGUS-SYLVATICA L.; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CENTRAL SYSTEM; HUMAN OCCUPATION; WESTERN-EUROPE; IMPACT; VEGETATION Multiple languages Multidisciplinary Sciences Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/59852