A warm and humid paleoecological context for the Neanderthal mountain settlement at the Navalmaíllo rockshelter (Iberian Central System, Madrid)

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dc.contributor.authorBlain, Hugues Alexandre
dc.contributor.authorLaplana Conesa, César
dc.contributor.authorSánchez Bandera, Christian
dc.contributor.authorFagoaga, Ana
dc.contributor.authorBlanco Lapaz, Ángel
dc.contributor.authorMartínez-Monzón, Almudena
dc.contributor.authorBisbal-Chinesta, Josep Francesc
dc.contributor.authorMoclán, Abel
dc.contributor.authorMartín Perea, David Manuel
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez García, Ángel Carmelo
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez Vena, Adrián
dc.contributor.authorSevilla, Paloma
dc.contributor.authorRuiz Zapata, María Blanca
dc.contributor.authorGil García, María Elena
dc.contributor.authorMárquez, Belén
dc.contributor.authorHuguet Pamiès, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorPérez-González, Alfredo
dc.contributor.authorArsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
dc.contributor.authorBaquedano, Enrique
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-22T11:07:56Z
dc.date.available2023-06-22T11:07:56Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-01
dc.description.abstractNeanderthals have been claimed to have had a selective adaptation to rugged, wooded landscapes that would have partially compensate their high basal metabolic rate and locomotor energetic costs through reducing search time and increasing diet breadth. The archaeological site of the Navalmaíllo rockshelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid), located in a mountain environment in central Iberian Peninsula, has been interpreted as a repeated short-term occupation hunting camp by Neanderthal groups, mainly focused on primary access to large bovids and cervids. Navalmaíllo rockshelter has also furnished fish, toads, frogs, tortoises, lizards and snakes remains. This association of amphibians and reptiles suggests a much warmer climate (+2.8 °C) for layer F than at present, with similar temperatures during the summer but higher temperatures throughout the remaining months. Rainfall was slightly more abundant (+180.6 mm) than today, with a more contrasted regime during the year, with rainier winters and drier summers. A two-month period of aridity is observed during summer, representing a similar duration to present-day climatic conditions. Reconstructed landscapes are mainly constituted by open areas with dry grassland and rocky or stony areas, evolving laterally to humid meadows, probably close to the aquatic and peri-aquatic areas, such as rivers or ponds with riverside vegetation. Woodland environments are also well represented around the site, with medium scrublands to forest formations. Fish complete this reconstruction by documenting the presence of a pre-mountain well-developed river system characterized by relatively cold, permanent, oxygen-rich, and running waters. Such reconstruction is in disagreement with previous pollen interpretation for Layer F that suggested a very open and cold environment. Our new interpretation suggests that the Neanderthal occupation of the Navalmaíllo rockshelter occurred during a somewhat temperate and humid period, probably within the later part of the Marine Isotope Stage 5, effectively favouring the presence of a high biodiversity around the site.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Geológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneralitat de Catalunya
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrid
dc.description.sponsorshipUnidad de Excelencia María de Maeztu
dc.description.sponsorshipGeneralitat Valenciana
dc.description.sponsorshipGrupo Mahou
dc.description.sponsorshipCanal de Isabel II-Gestión
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/74984
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107727
dc.identifier.issn0277-3791, ESSN: 1873-457X
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72135
dc.issue.number107727
dc.journal.titleQuaternary Science Reviews
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.projectIDPGC 2018-094125-B-100; PGC 2018-093925-B-C32; PID 2021-122533NB-I00
dc.relation.projectID2017SGR859 IPHES
dc.relation.projectIDPOP-UCM CT17/17-CT18/17
dc.relation.projectIDH2019/HUM-5840
dc.relation.projectIDCEX 2019-000945-M-20-1
dc.relation.projectIDAPOSTD/2021/110
dc.relation.projectID2021FI_B200207
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dc.subject.cdu569.89(460.27)
dc.subject.ucmPaleontología
dc.subject.unesco2416 Paleontología
dc.titleA warm and humid paleoecological context for the Neanderthal mountain settlement at the Navalmaíllo rockshelter (Iberian Central System, Madrid)
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