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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.106072
	Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia
	Fernández-García M.; López-García J.M.; Royer A.; Lécuyer C.; Allué E.; Burjachs F.; Chacón M.G.; Saladié P.; Vallverdú J.; Carbonell E.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	228
英文摘要	Recurrent long- and short-term Neanderthal occupations occurred in the Abric Romaní rock shelter (Capellades, Barcelona, Spain) for more than 20,000 years. This provides an opportunity to enhance our understanding of the evolution of behavioral strategies of these human groups. The site has a long and high-resolution sequence with 17 levels completely excavated, 13 of which are presented in this work, from D to Q; ca. 40–60 ka. These levels have generated extensive research concerning Neanderthal hunting strategies, lithic production, and fire technology. Here is presented the evolution of palaeoenvironment under which these populations lived applying different methods of palaeoecological reconstruction based on small-mammal remains along the entire sequence. The study is completed with taphonomic analyses that locate the primary origin of their accumulation under the action of owls and describe a past humid fossiliferous microenvironment where intense human occupation occurred. Oxygen isotope analyses were performed on rodent incisors from the richest levels (D, E, N and O), in order to reconstruct the past air temperatures. The medium to low intra-level ranges of oxygen isotopic values indicate a period of preferential accumulation moment of small mammals, which is likely related to spring-summer predator activity. Throughout the sequence, the landscape evolution is marked by an extended forestall cover and abundant water resources, both integrated in a patchy landscape. Climatic conditions were globally cooler and slightly wetter than present, but rather stable across the sequence. The greater relative presence of mid-European small-mammal species and the estimated lower palaeotemperatures correspond to relatively cooler episodes, such as stadial events, in levels E and O. However, certain discrepancies in palaeotemperature estimations are detected between oxygen isotopic analyses and other methods based on species occurrence. Northeastern Iberia environmental conditions related to Mediterranean climate provide a favorable MIS 3 scenario compared to European higher latitudes. Indeed, the milder glacial fluctuations detected within the Abric Romaní site are coeval to other Iberian Middle Palaeolithic sites with long-term occupations and allow these human groups to incorporate this region for millennia in their migration routes. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Middle Palaeolithic; MIS 3; Palaeoenvironment; Rodents; Stable isotopes; Taphonomy
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Cooling systems; Employment; Isotopes; Oxygen; Water resources; Middle Palaeolithic; Palaeoenvironment; Rodents; Stable isotopes; Taphonomy; Mammals; environmental conditions; fossil assemblage; landscape evolution; marine isotope stage; Neanderthal; paleoecology; paleoenvironment; Paleolithic; paleotemperature; predator; rodent; small mammal; stable isotope; taphonomy; Barcelona [Spain]; Iberian Peninsula; Mammalia; Rodentia; Strigiformes
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151630
作者单位	Sezione di Scienze Preistoriche e Antropologiche, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara (UNIFE), C/ so Ercole I d'Este 32, Ferrara, 44121, Italy; Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN), HNHP-UMR CNRS 7194 - Sorbonne Universités, 1 rue René Panhard, Paris, 75013, France; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Zona Educacional 4, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), Tarragona, 43007, Spain; Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, 21000, France; Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR CNRS 5276, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Villeurbanne, 69622, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France; Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Av. Catalunya 35, Tarragona, 43002, Spain; Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; Unit Associated to CSIC, Departamento de Paleobiología, Museo Nacional de Ciencias...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fernández-García M.,López-García J.M.,Royer A.,et al. Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia[J],2020,228.
APA	Fernández-García M..,López-García J.M..,Royer A..,Lécuyer C..,Allué E..,...&Carbonell E..(2020).Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia.Quaternary Science Reviews,228.
MLA	Fernández-García M.,et al."Combined palaeoecological methods using small-mammal assemblages to decipher environmental context of a long-term Neanderthal settlement in northeastern Iberia".Quaternary Science Reviews 228(2020).