RT Journal Article
T1 Los Enebrales rock-shelter (Tamajón, Guadalajara, Spain): First Gravettian site in central Iberia
A1 Álvarez Alonso, David
A1 Díez Fernández-Lomana, J. Carlos
A1 García Díez, Marcos
A1 Jordá Pardo, Jesús F.
A1 Rivas Santiago, Rosa
AB The stratigraphy and materials from a survey carried out in 1994 and 1995 in a rock-shelter in Tamajon ´(southwestern Iberian Central Range) are studied here. The Pleistocene deposits were generated by high-energy channelled fluvial flows and dense currents of debris flow and mud flow type. The recovered lithic industry, created mainly in low-quality local materials, can be associated with Gravettian technocomplexes. Three radiocarbon dates obtained from the stratigraphic sequence are located in a temperate interstadial of OIS 3a and in a cold episode at the beginning of OIS 2. The faunal remains, which come from human consumption, display cut and percussion marks. They reveal a predominance of equines, followed by deer, in a mosaic environment. A shale plaque-pendant, worked and decorated, was found outside the stratigraphy. The human occupations of the shelter must have been sporadic, but reflect, with the growing evidence nearby, a thriving population in this area of anatomically modern humans. The association of pre-Solutrean archaeological materials, together with the dates obtained, establishes the human occupation of the Los Enebrales shelter as the oldest evidence of the Upper Palaeolithic in the inner Iberian Plateau.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-409X
YR 2024
FD 2024-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107138
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/107138
LA eng
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025