|
|||||
|
|
Stratigraphic context and direct dating of the Neandertal mandible from Cova del Gegant (Sitges, Barcelona) |
|
| Authors: | J Daura M Sanz ME Subirà JM Fullola J Zilhão |
| Institution: | a G.R.Q. Grup de Recerca del Quaternari, SERP, Dept. Prehistòria, H. Antiga i Arqueologia, Facultat de Geografia i Història. Universitat de Barcelona, C/Montalegre, 6.08001 Barcelona, Spain b University of Bristol, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, UK c Unitat d‘Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d‘Ecologia, Edifici C. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Barcelona, Spain d Departament de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de les Illes Balears. Ctra. Valldemossa km 7.5, 07122 Illes Balears, Spain e Institut Ciències de la Terra “Jaume Almera, CSIC, C/Lluís Solé Sabarís s/n, Barcelona 08028, Spain |
| Abstract: | Stratigraphic study of the Cova del Gegant’s sedimentary fill revealed different cycles of accumulation of typical interior cave and delta facies. A precise chronology for these deposits, the faunal remains and stone tools contained therein was obtained by radiocarbon, U-Th and OSL. Our results indicate that the Upper Pleistocene archaeological sequence dates between 49.3 ± 1.8 ka BP, the U-Th age of the overlying flowstone, and 60.0 ± 3.9 ka BP, the OSL age of the basal deposits. We have also directly dated the site’s Neandertal mandible to 52.3 ± 2.3 ka by U-Th. |
| Keywords: | Upper Pleistocene Spain Iberian peninsula OSL U-series |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ | |