RT Journal Article
T1 MIS5-MIS3 Neanderthal occupations at Amalda III cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula)
A1 Rios Garaizar, Joseba
A1 Sanchez Romero, Laura
A1 Arriolabengoa, Martín
A1 Benito Calvo, Alfonso
A1 Expósito, Isabel
A1 Miren Del Val, 
A1 Karambaglidis, T.
A1 Marín Arroyo, Ana B.
A1 Pérez Garrido, Carlos
A1 Arenas Sorriqueta, Elene
A1 Eixea, Aleix
A1 Gómez Olivencia, Asier
A1 Agudo Pérez, Lucía
A1 San Emeterio, Aixa
A1 Arkeologi Taldea, Antxieta
AB The arrival, occupation, and disappearance of Neanderthals in the Cantabrian region is the subject of a long-running debate that continues to this day. Knowledge of the evolution of Neanderthal societies since the end of the Middle Pleistocene in the north of the Iberian Peninsula is greatly impacted by the scarcity of a good chronological framework. This absence of good data creates difficulties in evaluating the cultural adaptations of these populations to environmental changes and their historical dynamics.The Amalda III cave, surveyed in 1983-84, contains a sequence of occupations ranging from the end of MIS5 (Levallois with Mousterian points and bifaces) to the beginning of MIS3 (Vasconian). It is possible to observe substantial changes in the environmental conditions and cultural responses of Neanderthal groups that inhabited the cave. Here we present the first results of the Amalda III sequence, which is currently being excavated by an interdisciplinary team.Our objective is to test, enrich and refine the regional environmental and Neanderthal cultural framework and the transformations that took place between the MIS5 and the MIS3. These new data are compared with the information available from several Middle Paleolithic sites in the region, advancing our understanding of the behavioural adaptations of Neanderthals to different ecological and socio-cultural situations between ca. 100 and 45 kyr BP in the Eastern Cantabrian region. In this way, we will be able to deepen our interpretation of the processes of cultural change of the last groups of Neanderthals that inhabited this region.
PB Elsevier
SN 0277-3791
YR 2024
FD 2024-06-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103760
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103760
LA eng
NO Gipuzkoako Foru Aldundia
NO Ayuntamiento de  Zestoa
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
NO Next Generation European Funds
NO MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/and “FEDER
NO ERC Subsilience project
DS Docta Complutense
RD 23 jul 2024