Fauna,environment and human presence during MIS5 in the North of Spain: The new site of Valdavara 3 |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Zona Educacional 4, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), 43007 Tarragona, Spain;2. Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain;3. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, c. José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain;4. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Pg. Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain;5. Grupo de Estudos para a Prehistoria do Noroeste Ibérico, Arqueoloxía, Antigüidade e Territorio (GEPN-AAT), Dpto de Historia, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Praza da Universidade 1, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;6. Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, 44121 Ferrara, Italy |
| |
| Abstract: | Valdavara 3 is a new early late Pleistocene paleontological and archeological cave site in northwestern Iberia. Over 1400 fossils have been collected, representing about 40 species. The fauna is of interglacial aspect and is in accordance with the OSL dates from the fossiliferous layer, which indicate an age of 103–113 ka. The great taxonomical diversity indicates a varied landscape. A small collection of lithic artifacts was found associated with the fossils, demostrating presence of humans and suggesting short non-residential visits to the cave. The fossiliferous site was predominantly formed by natural processes. Many fossil localities have short or biased faunal lists, but the fossil fauna recovered from Valdavara 3 is remarkably diverse and may reflect the fauna which once lived there. |
| |
| Keywords: | Pleistocene Western Europe Paleontology Archeology MIS5 Pléistocène Europe de l’Ouest Paléontologie Archéologie MIS5 |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
