RT Journal Article
T1 Natural and anthropogenic processes in La Janda basin (SW Iberia) from the Late Pleistocene to the Mid-Late Holocene
A1 Val Peón, Cristina
A1 López Saez, José Antonio
A1 Santisteban Navarro, Juan Ignacio
A1 Mediavilla López, Rosa María
A1 Becerra, Serafín
A1 Domínguez Bella, Salvador
A1 Fernández Sanchez, Diego Salvador
A1 Ramos Muñoz, José
A1 Vijande Vila, Eduardo
A1 Cantillo Duarte, Juan Jesús
A1 Reicherter, Klaus
AB A multiproxy study (pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs, sedimentology, and geochemistry) was carried out in two cores drilled in La Janda basin (SW Iberia) to trace the environmental evolution and human impact on the landscape. An incised fluvial valley existed in the basin during the Late Pleistocene, followed by a transitional environment characterized by the development of saltmarsh vegetation affected by the increased marine influence ca. 10/8.7 ka cal BP. During this period comprising the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic (>∼7.8 ka cal BP), the impact of hunter-gatherer groups on the landscape was rather low according to palynological and geochemical records. A restricted estuary connected to the sea was identified in La Janda between ca. 10/8.7-3.5/3.3 ka cal BP, coinciding with a predominance of saltmarsh vegetation developing on saline shore soils and the punctual presence of foraminifera and dynoflagellate cysts. The anthropogenic pressure was progressively increasing during the Neolithic, especially from ca. 7 ka cal BP, with markers suggesting herding/livestock activities prior to the punctual presence of cereals, which is only confirmed by the archaeological record ca. 6 ka cal BP. Human pressure become more noticeable throughout the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age (∼5-3 ka cal BP), period during which a new transitional phase is recorded in La Janda (ca. 3.5/3.3-1.3 ka cal BP), culminating in the terrestrialization of the area. The predominance of freshwater taxa and decrease of saltmarsh vegetation is observed during this period, and the transformation of the landscape for agricultural activities over the last centuries is reflected in the local presence of cereals and markers of erosive processes.
PB Elsevier
SN 0278-4343
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88604
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88604
LA eng
NO Val-Peón, Cristina, et al. «Natural and Anthropogenic Processes in La Janda Basin (SW Iberia) from the Late Pleistocene to the Mid-Late Holocene». Continental Shelf Research, vol. 265, agosto de 2023, p. 105067. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2023.105067.
NO Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-DFG
NO IGME
NO FEDER/MINECO-AGEINVES
NO Gobierno de Andalucía
NO Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
DS Docta Complutense
RD 17 abr 2025