RT Journal Article
T1 Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, and Geochronology of the Upper Pleistocene Archaeological Site of El Olivo Cave (Llanera, Asturias, Northern Spain)
A1 Jordá Pardo, Jesús F.
A1 Ballesteros, Daniel
A1 Carral, Pilar
A1 Hevia-Carrillo, Aitor
A1 Sanjurjo, Jorge
A1 Giralt, Santiago
A1 Jiménez-Sánchez, Montserrat
A1 Álvarez Alonso, David
A1 De Andrés Herrero, María
AB El Olivo Cave (Pruvia de Arriba, Llanera, Asturias, Spain) is a small karst cave located in the Aboño River basin and formed in the Cretaceous limestone of the Mesozoic cover of the Cantabrian Mountains (north of the Iberian Peninsula). It contains an important upper Pleistocene sedimentary, archaeological, and paleontological record, with abundant technological evidence and faunal remains. The archaeological record shows a first occupation that could correspond to the Middle Paleolithic and a second occupation in the Middle Magdalenian. The stratigraphic sequence inside and outside the cave was studied with geoarchaeological methodology. In this paper, the lithostratigraphic sequence is analyzed, and the data from the granulometric, mineralogical, edaphological, and radiometric analyses are presented. The results of these analyses enable an accurate interpretation of both the lithostratigraphy of the deposit and the processes responsible for its formation and subsequent evolution. The available numerical dates allow us to locate the first sedimentation episode in the cave in OIS 7a, in the Middle Pleistocene, the base of the outer fluvial sedimentation in the cold OIS 3a stage of the Upper Pleistocene and the Magdalenian occupation in the Last Glacial Maximum (OIS 2) at the end of the Late Pleistocene.
PB MDPI
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118095
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/118095
LA eng
NO Jordá Pardo, J. F., Álvarez-Alonso, D., de Andrés-Herrero, M., Ballesteros, D., Carral, P., Hevia-Carrillo, A., Sanjurjo, J., Giralt, S., & Jiménez-Sánchez, M. (2023). Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, and Geochronology of the Upper Pleistocene Archaeological Site of El Olivo Cave (Llanera, Asturias, Northern Spain). Geosciences, 13(10), 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences13100301
NO Gobierno de España
NO FUO-367-16
NO Universidad de la Fundación Oviedo
DS Docta Complutense
RD 20 ene 2026