Mammalian turnover as an indicator of climatic and anthropogenic landscape modification: A new Meghalayan record (Late Holocene) in northern Iberia
| Autor: | Adrián Álvarez-Vena, Ana B. Marín-Arroyo, Diego J. Álvarez-Lao, César Laplana, Martín Arriolabengoa, Daniel Ballesteros, Arantza Aranburu, Peru Bilbao, Ángel Astorqui, Yolanda Díaz-Casado |
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| Přispěvatelé: | European Commission, Universidad de Cantabria |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2023, 616, 111476 |
| Popis: | Acknowledgements AB.M-A. developed part of this research as part of the ERC Consoli- dator Grant (SUBSILIENCE ref. 818299). We thank J.A. Delgado for his technical work on studying macromammal assemblage. Financial sup- port was provided by the Bilbao Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) within the project “Estabilizaci´on del sector occidental de la Cantera de Punta Lucero en el Puerto de Bilbao”. We are also grateful to Juan Manuel L´opez-García and the anonymous reviewer for their sug- gestions and comments that strongly improved the manuscript. Supplementary data to this article can be found online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111476 The Punta Lucero III cave is a natural trap where abundant vertebrate remains were accumulated during the Meghalayan (Late Holocene). To better understand the paleoenvironmental conditions in which this record was accumulated, the micromammal assemblage, comprising a minimum number of 1396 individuals belonging to 19 taxa, was studied using the Mutual Ecogeographic Range and the Habitat Weighting Method. Throughout ~2600 years, the micromammal community's quick turnover reflected a shift from patchy forests and humid meadows to open, shrubbier grasslands. The Late Holocene Thermal Maximum's humid and mild climatic conditions underwent a cooling and aridification phase, coeval with the Iron Age Cold Epoch. These concluded in a slight temperature rising, coeval with the Roman Warm Period. Macromammals experienced a shift from wild populations to domestic herds. Therefore, this work discusses a broader context for this mammalian turnover from a human cultural perspective ERC Consolidator Grant (SUBSILIENCE ref. 818299) Bilbao Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) Estabilización del sector occidental de la Cantera de Punta Lucero en el Puerto de Bilbao |
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