Hidden signatures of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Iberia: The pine marten (Martes martes Linnaeus, 1758) and beech marten (Martes foina Erxleben, 1777) from Cova Fosca (Spain)
| Autor: | Arturo Morales-Muñiz, José Antonio López-Sáez, Laura Llorente-Rodríguez, Carlos Nores-Quesada |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Junta de Andalucía, López Sáez, José Antonio, Llorente Rodríguez, Laura, Nores Quesada, Carlos, Morales Muñiz, Arturo, López Sáez, José Antonio [0000-0002-3122-2744], Llorente Rodríguez, Laura [0000-0001-9329-5554], Nores Quesada, Carlos [0000-0002-3042-1960], Morales Muñiz, Arturo [0000-0002-9933-6836] |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology Fauna Martes martes Palaeoenvironment Beech marten 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Natural (archaeology) Martes foina law.invention law Peninsula biology.animal Radiocarbon dating Mesolithic 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes Marten geography.geographical_feature_category Mesolithic–Neolithic transition biology biology.organism_classification Archaeology Geography Iberian Peninsula |
| Zdroj: | WOS:000378432600017 RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo instname Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| Popis: | Zooarchaeological and palaeontological records indicate that whereas the pine marten (Martes martes, L.) constitutes a genuine element of the European fauna, the beech marten (Martes foina E.) is a recent colonizer whose invasion was fostered by the spread of the Neolithic economies. In this paper: (1) we provide the first direct radiocarbon date for the appearance of the beech marten in the Iberian Peninsula and Europe, (2) assess the evolution of the abundances of the two species in the eastern Iberian site of Cova Fosca (13,360–4522 cal BC), and (3) explore the causes that may have played a role in the expansion of the beech marten and the retreat of the pine marten to the northern fringe of the Iberian Peninsula. Our study suggests that whereas the beech marten might have benefited from landscape transformations that the Neolithic agropastoral communities fostered, hunting pressure along with a combination of natural and anthropic landscape changes that took place in eastern Iberia after the onset of the Neolithic (ca. 5600 cal BC onwards) may have sealed the fate of the pine marten in the region. The funding for the botanical study derives from DESIRE (HAR2013-43701-P) and RELICTFLORA (P11RNM-7033) projects, sponsored by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and the Junta de Andalucía, respectively |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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