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  Palaeoenvironments of the last Neanderthals in SW Europe (MIS 3): Cova del Coll Verdaguer (Barcelona, NE of Iberian Peninsula)

Daura, J., Sanz, M., Allué, E., Vaquero, M., López-García, J. M., Sánchez-Marco, A., et al. (2017). Palaeoenvironments of the last Neanderthals in SW Europe (MIS 3): Cova del Coll Verdaguer (Barcelona, NE of Iberian Peninsula). Quaternary Science Reviews, 177, 34-56. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.005.

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Daura, J., Author
Sanz, M., Author
Allué, E., Author
Vaquero, M., Author
López-García, J. M., Author
Sánchez-Marco, A., Author
Domènech, R., Author
Martinell, J., Author
Carrión, J. S., Author
Ortiz, J. E., Author
Torres, T., Author
Arnold, L. J., Author
Benson, Alexa1, 2, Author           
Hoffmann, Dirk L.1, Author                 
Skinner, A. R., Author
Julià, R., Author
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1Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_1497673              
2The Leipzig School of Human Origins (IMPRS), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, DE, ou_1497688              

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Free keywords: Late Pleistocene; MIS 3; Cova del Coll Verdaguer; Palaeoenvironment; Iberian Peninsula
 Abstract: Marine isotope stage 3 (MIS 3) was characterised by marked oscillations of extreme cold episodes with very short warm events during the stadial, and several regional differences have been recorded in the ice cores and marine deposits. The aim of this study is to reconstruct this period by evaluating both terrestrial and regional responses. Cova del Coll Verdaguer, a site located on the Iberian Peninsula, preserves a sedimentary deposit dated to between 34 and 56 ka BP and provides an opportunity for evaluating the impact of climate changes on the regional landmass during a period that coincided with the last Neanderthal population on the Iberian Peninsula. Several dating methods, including U-series, electron spin resonance, amino acid racemization and radiocarbon (14C), were applied to the site and the ages obtained show good agreement. The biotic evidence obtained is substantial, comprising floristic data from palynology and charcoal analysis, and faunal data from large and small mammals, birds and gastropods. Environmental reconstruction points to an initially open meadow landscape at the base of the sequence (∼56 ka) that progressively changes to a woodland environment dominated by conifers (∼34 ka). The presence of few thermophilous taxa, in contrast with lower latitudes of the Iberian Peninsula, is also detected. The environmental conditions of mid-altitude, Mediterranean, limestone mountains for the last Neanderthal populations appear to have been dominated by a forested landscape comprising boreal or mixed coniferous forest, characterised by a low usable biomass with poor comestible plant resources and dispersed herbivore populations.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2017-08-242017-02-032017-10-012017-11-052017-12-01
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: 23
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.10.005
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Title: Quaternary Science Reviews
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Publ. Info: Oxford : Pergamon
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 177 Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 34 - 56 Identifier: ISSN: 0277-3791
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925505268