RT Journal Article
T1 Neanderthal settlement in Central Iberia: geoarchaeological research in Abrigo del Molino site, MIS 3 (Segovia, Iberian Peninsula)
A1 Díez-Herrero, Andrés
A1 Medialdea, Alicia
A1 Rojo-Hernández, Julio Antonio
A1 Álvarez Alonso, David
A1 De Andrés Herrero, María
AB The Abrigo del Molino archaeological site is located in the valley of the Eresma river, near Segovia in central Spain. It consists of a shallow cave of fluvio-karstic origin, which has been completely filled with detrital deposits. Geo-archaeological interpretation of the genesis of these deposits differentiates three groups: a lower group with sandy loams and fine sands interbedded with pebble and gravel layers, deposited respectively by palaeofloods and slope contributions; a middle group with massive silt and grain-supported boulders, formed by alternating contributions from the overlying slope, karst mudflows and rockfalls from the shelter roof; and an upper group of silt cemented by carbonates, final backfill alteration and degradation of the host rock. The techno-typological characteristics of the lithic assemblage confirm the existence of Mousterian levels at the site, and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating of these levels obtains an age range of 31–60 ka for the detrital deposits, presenting the occupation by Neanderthal groups for the first time in karstic environments in the northern Iberian plateau, the southern part of the Duero basin.
PB Elsevier
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115828
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115828
LA eng
NO Álvarez-Alonso, D., Andrés-Herrero, M. de, Díez-Herrero, A., Medialdea, A., Rojo-Hernández, J. (2018): “Neanderthal settlement in Central Iberia: geoarchaeological research in Abrigo del Molino site, MIS 3 (Segovia, Iberian Peninsula)”, Quaternary International, 474, part A, 85-97
NO Junta de Castilla y León
NO Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025