RT Journal Article
T1 Neanderthals from El Salt (Alcoy, Spain) in the context of the latest Middle Palaeolithic populations from the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula
A1 Garralda Benajes, María Dolores
A1 Galván, Bertila
A1 Hernández, Cristo M:
A1 Mallol, Carolina
A1 Gómez, José A.
A1 Maureille, Bruno
AB We present a bioanthropological study of dental remains recovered from El Salt Middle Palaeolithic site (Alcoy, Alicante, Spain). The dental remains were found in a sedimentary layer representing a calm depositional environment within a freshwater spring system. The corresponding archaeological context comprises a Middle Palaeolithic faunal and lithic assemblage that represents the last documented evidence of human occupation at the site, dating to between 47.2   4.4 and 45.2   3.4 ka (thousands of years ago). This evidence is overlain by an archaeologically sterile deposit dated to 44.7   3.2 ka. Results show that the teeth belong to a single juvenile or young adult individual with morphological and metric features falling within the Neanderthal range of variability, although the considered traits are not taxonomically highly discriminant. The reported fossils are representative of the latest Middle Palaeolithic groups in the region and may be considered in the ongoing debate on the disappearance of Neanderthals and the end of the Middle Palaeolithic.
PB Elsevier
SN 0047-2484, ESSN: 1095-8606
YR 2014
FD 2014-07-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35637
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35637
LA eng
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (MICINN)/FEDER
NO Generalitat Valenciana
NO American School of Prehistoric Research (ASPR)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 21 abr 2025