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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Rios Garaizar, Joseba author Sanchez Romero, Laura author Arriolabengoa, Martín author Benito Calvo, Alfonso author Expósito, Isabel author Miren Del Val author Karambaglidis, T. author Marín Arroyo, Ana B. author Pérez Garrido, Carlos author Arenas Sorriqueta, Elene author Eixea, Aleix author Gómez Olivencia, Asier author Agudo Pérez, Lucía author San Emeterio, Aixa author Arkeologi Taldea,Antxieta author 2024-06-01 The arrival, occupation, and disappearance of Neanderthals in the Cantabrian region is the subject of a long-running debate that continues to this day. Knowledge of the evolution of Neanderthal societies since the end of the Middle Pleistocene in the north of the Iberian Peninsula is greatly impacted by the scarcity of a good chronological framework. This absence of good data creates difficulties in evaluating the cultural adaptations of these populations to environmental changes and their historical dynamics. The Amalda III cave, surveyed in 1983-84, contains a sequence of occupations ranging from the end of MIS5 (Levallois with Mousterian points and bifaces) to the beginning of MIS3 (Vasconian). It is possible to observe substantial changes in the environmental conditions and cultural responses of Neanderthal groups that inhabited the cave. Here we present the first results of the Amalda III sequence, which is currently being excavated by an interdisciplinary team. Our objective is to test, enrich and refine the regional environmental and Neanderthal cultural framework and the transformations that took place between the MIS5 and the MIS3. These new data are compared with the information available from several Middle Paleolithic sites in the region, advancing our understanding of the behavioural adaptations of Neanderthals to different ecological and socio-cultural situations between ca. 100 and 45 kyr BP in the Eastern Cantabrian region. In this way, we will be able to deepen our interpretation of the processes of cultural change of the last groups of Neanderthals that inhabited this region. 0277-3791 10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108666 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103760 1873-457X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108666 MIS5-MIS3 Neanderthal occupations at Amalda III cave (Northern Iberian Peninsula)