RT Journal Article
T1 The rock-shelter Abrigo del Molino (Segovia, Spain) and the timing of the late Middle Paleolithic in Central Iberia
A1 Kehl, Martin
A1 Álvarez Alonso, David
A1 De Andrés Herrero, María
A1 Díez-Herrero, Andrés
A1 Klasen, Nicole
A1 Rethemeyer, Janet
A1 Weniger, Gerd-Christian
AB The timing of the late Middle Paleolithic and late disappearance of Neanderthals in the Iberian Peninsula are hotly debated subjects in Paleolithic archeology. Several studies suggested a late survival in South and Central Iberia until about 32 ka, but were probably subject to significant age underestimation due to contamination of dating samples, undiagnostic lithic assemblages, and/or lack of stratigraphic integrity. We conducted a radiocarbon and luminescence-dating study backed by detailed sedimentological and micromorphological investigations at the newly discovered rock shelter sequence of Abrigo del Molino (Central Spain). Accumulation of the sediment sequence was rapid. It started with deposition of paleoflood slack-water deposits at around 48 ka and continued until about 41 ka with deposition of colluvial and detrital sediments. These contain two Mousterian levels, which place the latest Neanderthal occupation at around 45 to 41 ka, i.e., between Heinrich Stadials 5 and 4, and probably during a time of climate amelioration. Abrigo del Molino thus provides a detailed and chronologically well-constrained record of Late Neanderthal presence and morphodynamic change in Central Iberia during times of millennial-scale climate changes. The site gives further evidence for an early disappearance of Neanderthals in Central Iberia.
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
FD 2018-05-02
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116096
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116096
LA eng
NO Kehl, M.; Álvarez-Alonso, D., Andrés-Herrero, M. de, Díez-Herrero, A., Klasen, N., Rethemeyer, J., Weniger, G-Ch. (2018): “The rock-shelter Abrigo del Molino (Segovia, Spain) and the timing of the late Middle Paleolithic in Central Iberia” Quaternary Research 90 (1): 180-200
NO German Research Foundation
NO Junta de Castilla y León
NO Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
NO Ayuntamiento de Segovia
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025