首页|Geomorphological, chronological, and paleoenvironmental context of the Mousterian site at Roca San Miguel (Arén, Huesca, Spain) from the penultimate to the last glacial cycle

Geomorphological, chronological, and paleoenvironmental context of the Mousterian site at Roca San Miguel (Arén, Huesca, Spain) from the penultimate to the last glacial cycle

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Abstract The Roca San Miguel (RSM) archaeological site was occupied during Mousterian times. Here we present a geoarchaeological and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the site. Five stratigraphic units (A to E) formed by different archaeological levels are identified. Three optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) ages show that Unit A dates to between 169.6 ± 9.1 and 151.9 ± 11.1 ka, during the penultimate glacial period (PGP), and contains numerous signs of recurring hearths. Unit B is unexcavated. Unit C dates to between 118.9 ± 11.5 and 103.4 ± 6.9 ka (late Eemian–marine isotope stage (MIS) 5d) and shows an abundance of lithic remains as well as some faunal elements. Unit C is covered by Unit D, which incorporates materials moved downslope, and is dated at 81.2 ± 4.7 ka. These OSL ages concur with U/Th ages (129.3 ± 1.5 and 123.6 ± 0.6 ka) derived from a flowstone covered by both -C and D- post-flowstone units. Finally, Unit E covers the archaeological site, which was partially eroded during MIS2. The robust and well-constrained chronology of the RSM site and surroundings enables the establishment of its evolutionary model from the PGP to the last glacial cycle. The RSM site is the oldest Neanderthal occupation accurately dated in the Pre-Pyrenean region.

PyreneesGeoarchaeologyOSL datingPleistoceneFluvial terracesPaleolithic

Montes Ramírez Lourdes、Sampietro-Vattuone María Marta、Domingo Martínez Rafael、Medialdea Alicia、Bartolomé Miguel、Rubio Fernández Virginia、García Giménez Rosario、Turú Valentí、Ros Xavier、Baró Pere、Bernal-Wormull Juan Luis、Edwards R. Lawrence、Pe?a-Monné José Luis

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Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad and IUCA, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Laboratorio de Geoarqueología, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán-CONICET, Espa?a 2903, 4000 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina

Departamento de Ciencias de la Antigüedad and IPH, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna, 12. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Sierra de Atapuerca, 3, 09002, Burgos, Spain

Departamento de Geología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Departamento de Geografía, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain

Departamento de Geología y Geoquímica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco 28049, Madrid, Spain

Fundació Marcel Chevallier, Dr Nequi, 4, AD500 Andorra la Vella, Principat d’Andorra

Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (IPE-CSIC), Campus de Aula dei, carretera de Monta?ana 1005. 50059 Zaragoza, Spain

University of Minnesota

Universidad de Zaragoza

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2022

10.1017/qua.2021.61

Quaternary Research

Quaternary Research

SCI
ISSN：0033-5894
年,卷(期)：2022.106
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