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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106523
	High-resolution Neanderthal settlements in mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: A matter of altitude?
	Sánchez-Hernández C.; Gourichon L.; Blasco R.; Carbonell E.; Chacón G.; Galván B.; Hernández-Gómez C.M.; Rosell J.; Saladié P.; Soler J.; Soler N.; Vallverdú J.; Rivals F.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	247
英文摘要	Neanderthals are widely known to be a resilient human species that successfully faced constant and strong environmental fluctuations modifying the landscapes they inhabited and the availability of their potential resources. It has been traditionally assumed that environmental features could strongly affect human behaviour due to the stretch relationship between their potential prey and the availability of habitats. Environmental changes would produce a high variability in the settlement patterns of the Neanderthal groups. However, the preponderant influence of environmental conditions on these human groups has recently been strongly questioned. This is especially true for the Iberian Peninsula, where latitudinal position and orographic features supported the persistence of environmental conditions that allowed the permanence of a wide range of biotopes and animal and vegetal resources. In the present study, we reconstruct the Neanderthal settlement patterns (i.e. duration and season) from four archaeological sites located in the Mediterranean area of the Iberian Peninsula: Arbreda Cave (Serinyà, Girona), Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona), Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona), and El Salt (Alcoy, Alicante). We focus on identifying whether they show a high variability in settlement patterns and check for the existence of local influences, such as the altitude. To reach these objectives, we designed a multi-proxy approach combining tooth wear and dental cementum analysis of the main Neanderthal preys: Cervus elaphus, Equus ferus, Equus hydruntinus, Bos primigenius and Capra pyrenaica. Our results first suggest that local features (i.e. orography, altitude, and environment) appear to be predominant factors determining the main feeding behaviour of the ungulates hunted by Neanderthals. Additionally, seasonal environmental variations seem to have influenced horse migratory behaviour, involving altitudinal movements in search of high-nutritive pastures. Neanderthal survival strategies and settlement patterns seem to have been less affected by environmental particularities and more linked to selective prey procurement based on the seasonal resource availability. Therefore, the duration and seasonality of their settlement patterns and their mobility throughout the landscape indicate they had a high level of knowledge on the territory they inhabited, as well as on the behaviour and availability of their potential preys. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Dental cementum; Dental mesowear; Dental microwear; Occupational patterns; Paleodiet; Paleoecology; Pleistocene; Ungulates; Western Europe
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Caves; Archaeological site; Environmental change; Environmental conditions; Environmental features; Environmental fluctuations; Environmental variations; Mediterranean areas; Resource availability; Behavioral research; environmental conditions; feeding behavior; horse; human settlement; Neanderthal; resource availability; seasonality; survival; Alicante [Alicante (PRV)]; Alicante [Comunidad Valencia]; Catalonia; Comunidad Valencia; Gerona [Catalonia]; Gerona [Gerona (PRV)]; Iberian Peninsula; Spain; Animalia; Bos primigenius; Capra pyrenaica; Cervus elaphus; Equidae; Equus; Equus ferus; Ungulata
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/151297
作者单位	Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Zona Educacional 4, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), Tarragona, 43007, Spain; Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Departament d'Història i Història de l'Art, Avinguda de Catalunya 35, Tarragona, 43002, Spain; HNHP (CNRS,UMR7194, MNHN, UPVD, Sorbonne Universités) – Musée de l'Homme, 17 Place du Trocadéro, Paris, 75016, France; Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, CEPAM, Nice, 06300, France; Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, Burgos, 09002, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Dpto. de Geografía e Historia (Facultad de Humanidades) Grupo de Investigación Sociedades Cazadoras-Recolectoras Paleolíticas. Pabellón de Gobierno, C/ Padre Herrera, s/n Apartado, Postal 456, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, S/C de, Tenerife, 38200, Spain; Universidad de La Laguna, Dpto. de Didácticas Específicas (Facultad de Educación), Grupo de Investigación Sociedades Cazadoras-Recolectoras Paleolíticas, C/ Calle Pe...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sánchez-Hernández C.,Gourichon L.,Blasco R.,et al. High-resolution Neanderthal settlements in mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: A matter of altitude?[J],2020,247.
APA	Sánchez-Hernández C..,Gourichon L..,Blasco R..,Carbonell E..,Chacón G..,...&Rivals F..(2020).High-resolution Neanderthal settlements in mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: A matter of altitude?.Quaternary Science Reviews,247.
MLA	Sánchez-Hernández C.,et al."High-resolution Neanderthal settlements in mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: A matter of altitude?".Quaternary Science Reviews 247(2020).