Environmental Changes and Cultural Transitions in SW Iberia during the Early-Mid Holocene

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dc.contributor.authorVal-Peón, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorSantisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorLópez Saez, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorWeniger, Gerd-Christian
dc.contributor.authorReicherter, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-17T09:04:56Z
dc.date.available2023-06-17T09:04:56Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe SW coast of the Iberian Peninsula experiences a lack of palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data. With the aim to fill this gap, we contribute with a new palynological and geochemical dataset obtained from a sediment core drilled in the continental shelf of the Algarve coast. Archaeological data have been correlated with our multi-proxy dataset to understand how human groups adapted to environmental changes during the Early-Mid Holocene, with special focus on the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition. Vegetation trends indicate warm conditions at the onset of the Holocene followed by increased moisture and forest development ca. 10–7 ka BP, after which woodlands are progressively replaced by heaths. Peaks of aridity were identified at 8.2 and 7. 5 ka BP. Compositional, textural, redox state, and weathering of source area geochemical proxies indicates abrupt palaeoceanographic modifications and gradual terrestrial changes at 8.2 ka BP, while the 7.5 ka BP event mirrors a decrease in land moisture availability. Mesolithic sites are mainly composed of seasonal camps with direct access to the coast for the exploitation of local resources. This pattern extends into the Early Neolithic, when these sites coexist with seasonal and permanent occupations located in inland areas near rivers. Changes in settlement patterns and dietary habits may be influenced by changes in coastal environments caused by the sea-level rise and the impact of the 8.2 and 7.5 ka BP climate events.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y Paleontología
dc.description.facultyFac. de Ciencias Geológicas
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/65505
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/app11083580
dc.identifier.issn2076-3417
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/app11083580
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/11/8/3580
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/8123
dc.issue.number3580
dc.journal.titleApplied Sciences
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.projectID57444011, SFB 806
dc.relation.projectIDPTDC/CTAGEO/28941/2017
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.cdu502"634.2"
dc.subject.keywordpalaeoenvironment
dc.subject.keywordmesolithic
dc.subject.keywordneolithic
dc.subject.keywordpalynology
dc.subject.keywordgeochemistry
dc.subject.keywordSW Iberian Coast
dc.subject.ucmGeología estratigráfica
dc.subject.ucmGeoquímica
dc.subject.ucmPaleontología
dc.subject.unesco2506.19 Estratigrafía
dc.subject.unesco2503 Geoquímica
dc.subject.unesco2416 Paleontología
dc.titleEnvironmental Changes and Cultural Transitions in SW Iberia during the Early-Mid Holocene
dc.typejournal article
dc.volume.number11
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