RT Journal Article
T1 Magnetochronology and stratigraphy at Gran Dolina section, Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)
A1 Parés, J. M.
A1 Pérez González, Alfredo José
AB The Atapuerca Site (Burgos, N. Spain) is an extensive archaeological site which has yielded numerous human fossil remains. The Gran Dolina section, one of the open-air excavations and subject of this study, consists of a sedimentary infilling of 18 m thickness in a gallery originated by karstification of the host Cretaceous limestones. In this paper we present new stratigraphic and paleomagnetic evidence for the age and the sedimentary environment of the karst infilling where the archaeological site is located. Paleomagnetic dating places the hominids (Aurora stratum) in the Matuyama reversed Chron, hence before 780 ka. We also report evidence for a short normal polarity event at the bottom of the section that we speculate as being Jaramillo or Kamikatsura. The early and well-constrained date of the Atapuerca archaeological site, its location in the cul-de-sac we know as Europe, its stratigraphic context, the abundant fossil remains and the stone tool industry make it one of the most important localities for the question of the earliest human occupation in Europe.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484
YR 1999
FD 1999-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112909
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/112909
LA eng
NO Parés y Pérez-González (1999) «Magnetochronology and stratigraphy at Gran Dolina section, Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain)», Journal of Human Evolution, 37(3-4), pp. 325-342. Disponible en: https://doi.org/10.1006/JHEV.1999.0331.
NO Dirección General de Enseñanza Superior (España)
NO Junta de Castilla y León
DS Docta Complutense
RD 29 jul 2025