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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.01.004
	Corema album archaeobotanical remains in western Mediterranean basin. Assessing fruit consumption during Upper Palaeolithic in Cova de les Cendres (Alicante; Spain)
	Martínez-Varea C.M.; Ferrer-Gallego P.P.; Raigón M.D.; Badal E.; Ferrando-Pardo I.; Laguna E.; Real C.; Roman D.; Villaverde V.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0277-3791
起始页码	1
结束页码	12
卷号	207
英文摘要	Information about plant gathering by Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers in Europe is scarce because of the problems of preservation of plant remains in archaeological sites and due to the lack of application of archaebotanical analysis in many of them. Botanical macroremains –wood charcoal, seeds, fruits, leaves, etc. - provide information not only about palaeoeconomy of hunter-gatherers, but also about climate, landscape and vegetation dynamics. In Gravettian and Solutrean levels of Cova de les Cendres (Alicante, Spain), Corema album pyrenes (Empetraceae or crowberries family) have been identified. On the contrary, wood charcoal of this species has not been documented among the remains of firewood. This differential presence of plant organs, together with the nutritional value of its fruits, which is presented here, make us hypothesize the systematic gathering of C. album fruits for human consumption. They have a high content in vitamin C, as well as potassium, magnesium and copper. Corema album (camariña) is a unique species, nowadays in danger of extinction. Its main population is located on the Atlantic coast of Iberian Peninsula, but in 1996 a small population was discovered on the Mediterranean Iberian coast (Benidorm, Spain). Archaeobotanical data from Cova de les Cendres (Teulada-Moraira, Spain) presented here point to a larger population of camariña during Upper Palaeolithic on the coast of Alicante. The harsh climatic conditions of the Last Glacial Maximum during Solutrean period, with colder temperatures and aridity increase, could explain the reduction of the presence of C. album remains until its absence in Magdalenian. The climatic amelioration during Upper Magdalenian did not mean the recovery of camariña population in the Moraira headland area. Probably, the rising of the sea level would affect them destroying its dune habitat. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Biogeographical disjunctions; Climate dynamics; Corema album; Gathering; Pleistocene; Upper Palaeolithic; Vegetation dynamics; Vitamin C; Western Europe
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Charcoal; Dynamics; Fruits; Sea level; Vegetation; Biogeographical disjunctions; Climate dynamics; Corema album; Gathering; Pleistocene; Upper Palaeolithic; Vegetation dynamics; Vitamin C; Western Europe; Population statistics; archaeology; ascorbic acid; assessment method; biogeography; climate change; disjunct distribution; food consumption; hunter-gatherer; Mediterranean environment; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; shrub; skeletal remains; vegetation dynamics; Alicante [Comunidad Valencia]; Benidorm Island; Comunidad Valencia; Iberian Peninsula; Spain; Corema album; Ericaceae
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/152017
作者单位	PREMEDOC-GIUV2015-213. Universitat de València, Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Av. Blasco Ibáñez 28, València, 46010, Spain; Servicio de Vida Silvestre – CIEF (Centro para la Investigación y Experimentación Forestal), Av. Comarques del País Valencià 114, Quart de Poblet, 46930, Spain; Instituto de Conservación y Mejora de la Agrobiodiversidad Valenciana, Departamento de Química. Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera, s/n., València, 46022, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Martínez-Varea C.M.,Ferrer-Gallego P.P.,Raigón M.D.,et al. Corema album archaeobotanical remains in western Mediterranean basin. Assessing fruit consumption during Upper Palaeolithic in Cova de les Cendres (Alicante; Spain)[J],2019,207.
APA	Martínez-Varea C.M..,Ferrer-Gallego P.P..,Raigón M.D..,Badal E..,Ferrando-Pardo I..,...&Villaverde V..(2019).Corema album archaeobotanical remains in western Mediterranean basin. Assessing fruit consumption during Upper Palaeolithic in Cova de les Cendres (Alicante; Spain).Quaternary Science Reviews,207.
MLA	Martínez-Varea C.M.,et al."Corema album archaeobotanical remains in western Mediterranean basin. Assessing fruit consumption during Upper Palaeolithic in Cova de les Cendres (Alicante; Spain)".Quaternary Science Reviews 207(2019).