Economical strategies in the Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bernaldo de Quirós ◽  
V. Cabrera
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Cantabrian Region

scholarly journals A chrono-cultural reassessment of levels III-V from El Cuco rock-shelter: a new sequence for the late Middle Palaeolithic – early Upper Palaeolithic boundary in the Cantabrian region (northern Iberia)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro RASINES DEL RÍO ◽  
Julià MAROTO ◽  
Emilio MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ ◽  
José Manuel MORLOTE-EXPÓSITO ◽  
undefined Pedro María CASTAÑOS-UGARTE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Middle Palaeolithic ◽  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Large Mammals ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Cantabrian Region ◽  
Anatomically Modern Humans ◽  
Early Upper

The Iberian Peninsula is one of the key areas for studying the last populations of Neanderthals and the arrival in Europe of the first anatomically modern humans. In the Cantabrian region, this process can be traced in just a few sites with levels dating to the final stages of the Middle Palaeolithic and the earliest phases of the Upper Palaeolithic. One of these singular enclaves is El Cuco rock-shelter, where the sequence was initially dated by 14C only to the early Upper Palaeolithic sensu lato. However, new studies and datings now place this archaeological sequence in the late Mousterian and the Aurignacian. In this article we present a chrono-cultural reassessment of the upper levels of El Cuco (III-V), including a study of the large mammals. Levels Vc and Vb (>43.5-40.5 ky uncal BP) date from the late Mousterian, whereas levels Va, IV and III (c. 36.5-30 ky uncal BP) cover an interval extending at least from the Early Aurignacian to the Evolved Aurignacian. Particularly noteworthy is the discovery in level Va of a set of decorative beads made from marine shells in a context of possible symbolic behaviour.

New data for the late Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region: Arangas Cave (Cabrales, Asturias, Spain)

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 102092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteban Álvarez-Fernández ◽  
Miriam Cubas ◽  
María Teresa Aparicio ◽  
Marián Cueto ◽  
Mikelo Elorza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Cantabrian Region ◽  
Late Upper Palaeolithic

Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Later Finds from Oxlease Farm, Romsey, Hampshire: Summary Report

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Chris Ellis ◽  
Jacky Sommerville
Keyword(s):  
Upper Palaeolithic ◽  
Summary Report ◽  
Archaeological Excavation ◽  
Field Boundary ◽  
Lithic Assemblage ◽  
Late Roman

In March 2016, archaeological excavation was undertaken at four areas of land at Oxlease Farm, Cupernham Lane, Romsey, Hampshire. The fieldwork recovered a lithic assemblage from all four excavation areas, although the majority was recorded from a single flint-bearing deposit in Area 1. The assemblage included several elements that may belong to the Terminal Upper Palaeolithic Long Blade industry, as well as three flints of Mesolithic date. A small number of undated features were also uncovered, including pits and possible postholes, which may have been of a prehistoric date. A small and residual assemblage of Late Roman (3rd – 4th century AD) pottery was also recovered from probable medieval/post-medieval field boundary ditches or plough furrows.

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