The Palaeolithic site Sima de las Palomas de Teba, Southern Spain –Site formation processes and chronostratigraphy

  1. M. Kehl 1
  2. C. Burow 1
  3. P. Cantalejo 2
  4. S. Domínguez Bella 3
  5. J.J. Durán 4
  6. F. Henselowsky 1
  7. N. Klasen 1
  8. F.J. Medianero 2
  9. J. Ramos 3
  10. K. Reicherte 5
  11. C. Schmidt 6
  12. G. C. Weniger 7
  1. 1 University of Cologne, Germany
  2. 2 Consorcio Guadalteba, Málaga
  3. 3 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

  4. 4 Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
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    Instituto Geológico y Minero de España

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04cadha73

  5. 5 RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  6. 6 University of Bayreuth, Germany
  7. 7 Stiftung Neanderthal Museum, Mettmann, Germany
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Libro:
El Cuaternario Ibérico: investigación en el s. XXI: VIII Reunión de Cuaternario Ibérico (Sevilla - La Rinconada 2013)
  1. Rafael Baena Escudero (ed. lit.)
  2. José Juan Fernández Caro (ed. lit.)
  3. Inmaculada Guerrero Amador (ed. lit.)

Editorial: Asociación Española para el Estudio del Cuaternario

ISBN: 978-84-695-8601-3

Año de publicación: 2013

Páginas: 285-289

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

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Resumen

The rockshelter sequence consists of 6 m thick stone-rich silty clay loam including several archaeological levels with artefacts of Mousterian affinity, bone and charcoal. Stratigraphy and site formation processes were characterised by sedimentological, geochemical and micromorphological investigations. Sediments were dated using IRSL and OSL and the time of the last heating of burnt silex using TL. At the base of the sequence, sediment units 10 and 9 are in-situ deposits recording intensive occupation. Luminescence dating places these layers either before 33 ka (IRSL, OSL) or before 43 ka (TL).The occupation ends with a rockfall (unit 8), followed by archaeologically sterile sediments (unit 7). Mousterian occupation is again documented in scattered artefacts of units 6 to 4 which might be affected by reworking. IRSL age estimates indicated sediment deposition before 15 ka. The sequence ends with a dung rich Holocene layer including a fragment of a human mandible dated to 4032 ± 39 BP. Overall, the sequence represents an important new site for studying the presence of Neanderthals in Southern Spain.

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