Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals
| Autor: | Saiko Sugisaki, Darren A. Fa, Francisco J. Jiménez-Espejo, J. Antonio López-Sáez, María D. Simón-Vallejo, M. Aránzazu Martínez-Aguirre, Juan F. Gibaja-Bao, Clive Finlayson, Miguel Cortés-Sánchez, Arturo Morales-Muñiz, M. Mercè Bergadà-Zapata, Saburo Sakai, Arturo J. Pascual-Granged, José L. Vera-Peláez, Marta Rodrigo-Gámiz, Nuno Bicho, Joaquín Rodríguez-Vidal, José Antonio Riquelme-Cantal, Geraldine Finlayson, Francisca Martínez-Ruiz, Antonio Delgado-Huertas, María del Carmen Lozano-Francisco |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Física Aplicada I, UAM. Departamento de Biología, Junta de Andalucía, Universitat de Barcelona |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Mediterranean climate
Geologic Sediments Archaeological Excavation Cave lcsh:Medicine Mediterranean Social and Behavioral Sciences law.invention Arqueología Sequence (geology) Stage (stratigraphy) law Marine resources Radiocarbon dating lcsh:Science History Ancient Neanderthals Antropología Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology Neandertales Home de Neandertal Biología y Biomedicina / Biología Archaeology Península Ibèrica Pollen Moluscos Research Article Marine conservation Aquatic adaptations Vertebrate Paleontology Alboran-Sea Biology Recursos marins Western Mediterranean Sea Paleontology Modern human-behavior Paleoanthropology Mediterráneos Paleoclimatology Animals Humans Paleobotany South-Africa Shellfish geography Evolutionary Biology Mollusks Modern human origins lcsh:R Radiometric Dating Carbon Mollusca Spain Anthropology Earth Sciences lcsh:Q Paleoecology Neardentales Pinnacle point Iberian Peninsula |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla instname Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya PLoS ONE, Vol 6, Iss 9, p e24026 (2011) |
| Popis: | Cortés-Sánchez, Miguel et al. Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest level of the archaeological sequence at Bajondillo Cave (Málaga, Spain), dated during the MIS 6. The paper describes the taxonomical and taphonomical features of the mollusk assemblages from this level Bj19 and briefly touches upon those retrieved in levels Bj18 (MIS 5) and Bj17 (MIS 4), evidencing a continuity of the shellfishing activity that reaches to MIS 3. This evidence is substantiated on 29 datings through radiocarbon, thermoluminescence and U series methods. Obtained dates and paleoenvironmental records from the cave include isotopic, pollen, lithostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses and they are fully coherent with paleoclimate conditions expected for the different stages. We conclude that described use of shellfish resources by Neanderthals (H. neanderthalensis) in Southern Spain started ~150 ka and were almost contemporaneous to Pinnacle Point (South Africa), when shellfishing is first documented in archaic modern humans. The works at Bajondillo Cave and the shellfish harvesting in the Natural Park of Maro-Cerro Gordo were approved by the Junta de Andalucía (Spain). The manuscript was greatly improved by the instructive comments and suggestions of two anonymous reviewers. |
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