RT Journal Article
T1 Análisis paleontológico del yacimiento del Pleistoceno superior deCova Foradada (Xàbia, Alicante, España)
T2 Palaeontological analisis of the Late Pleistocene Site of Cova Foradada (Xábia, Alicante,Spain)
A1 Pantoja Pérez, Ana
A1 Sala Burgos, Mª Teresa Nohemi
A1 García García, Nuria
A1 Ruiz Zapata, María Blanca
A1 Gil García, María Elena
A1 Aranburu, Arantza
A1 Arsuaga Ferreras, Juan Luis
A1 Casabó i Bernard, Josep
AB En este trabajo se presenta el estudio de la estratigrafía, secuencia polínica, taxonomía y tafonomía del yacimientodel Pleistoceno superior de Cova Foradada, Xábia (Alicante). Las especies de macromamíferos representadas en elyacimiento son, dentro de los carnívoros, Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1978), Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827) yFelis silvestris (Schreber, 1777); del grupo de los artiodáctilos, Cervus elaphus (Linnaeus, 1978), Capra pyrenaica(Schinz, 1838), Bos primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) y Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1978). Se han identificado dos especiesde perisodáctilos Equus ferus (Boddaert , 1785) y Equus hydruntinus (Regalia, 1904). En todos los niveles delyacimiento se observa un claro predominio de los ungulados de talla media (Cervus elaphus) y talla pequeña (Caprapyrenaica). Los patrones de fracturación indican actividad humana y evidencian el aprovechamiento máximo de losrecursos cárnicos. Se han encontrado marcas antrópicas en restos de lince, gato montés y leopardo. El análisis polínicopone de manifiesto el dominio de un paisaje muy abierto y empobrecido desde el punto de vista taxonómico.
AB This study presents aspects related to the stratigraphy, pollen sequence, taxonomy and taphonomy of the LatePleistocene site of Cova Foradada in Xábia (Alicante, Spain). The fossil material comes from Sector I of the site thatcomprises eight stratigraphic levels. Some of these levels have been previously dated (Casabó, 2001): 33,900 ± 310B.P. for Level VII; 29,940 ± 150 B.P. for Level VI; 27,170 ± 150 B.P. and 29,420 ± 190 B.P. for Level V; and 6,130 ±140 B.P. for Level III. The total number of identifiable remains represents a very low percentage of the total remains,mainly due to the high degree of fragmentation. The macrovertebrate fossils found are: Panthera pardus (Linnaeus,1978), Lynx pardinus (Temminck, 1827) and Felis silvestris (Schreber, 1777) among the Carnivora; Cervus elaphus(Linnaeus, 1978), Capra pyrenaica (Schinz, 1838), Bos primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) and Sus scrofa (Linnaeus, 1978)among the Artiodactyla ; and Equus ferus (Boddaert , 1785) and Equus hydruntinus (Regalia, 1904) among thePerisodactyla. Mid- and small-sized ungulates are clearly predominant along the whole sequence, such as Cervuselaphus for the former, and Capra pyrenaica for the latter.The taphonomical analysis allows to discard carnivore activity as the accumulation agent. Signs of carnivoreactivity are scarce, and they are only present in Level V. Fracture pattern in the bones show human activity as the mainagent, characterized by the maximum exploitation of meat resources. Anthropic marks have been found in lynx, wildcat and leopard remains. The patterns of the cuts on these remains are typical of the exploitation of both the flesh andthe fleece of these animals.Regarding the paleoenvironmental aspects, the pollen data show predominance of an open environment, depletedfrom the taxonomical point of view. The detailed pollen analysis allows us to distinguish three levels: the base levelshows a more abundant forest cover with Pinus and Juniperus as predominant taxa; the middle level shows signs of amore extreme climate period; and the uppermost level shows a phase of recovering of the flora, with a reduced forestand a varied herbaceous courtship (Apiaceae, Poaceae and Fabaceae).
PB Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural
SN 0583-7510
YR 2011
FD 2011
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44407
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/44407
LA spa
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 may 2025