000108586 001__ 108586 000108586 005__ 20220908120610.0 000108586 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.3390/QUAT4020016 000108586 0248_ $$2sideral$$a125342 000108586 037__ $$aART-2021-125342 000108586 041__ $$aeng 000108586 100__ $$aRofes J. 000108586 245__ $$aHuman activities, biostratigraphy and past environment revealed by small-mammal associations at the chalcolithic levels of el portalón de cueva mayor (Atapuerca, spain) 000108586 260__ $$c2021 000108586 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000108586 5203_ $$aThe Chalcolithic levels of El Portalón de Cueva Mayor (Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain) offer a good opportunity to test whether the small-mammal contents of different archaeo-stratigraphical units may be useful to characterize them as independent entities. With that purpose, we studied representative samples of small-mammal remains from the two main contexts identified: the Early Chalcolithic (EC) funerary context and the Late Chalcolithic (LC) habitat/stabling context, with the latter comprising three different archaeological units according to their origin, namely prepared floors, activity floors and stabling surfaces or fumiers. Following the distribution of taxa in their respective contexts, we performed several statistical tests to check for significant discrepancies between archaeological units. The exclusive presence of certain taxa, together with the statistical difference in relative taxonomic ratios, points to the integrity and unpolluted condition of the EC context. The interspersed arrangement of the different LC context’s units made them prone to inter-pollution as they are not statistically different. The unexpected presence of Pliomys lenki and Chionomys nivalis in the prepared floors evidences their Upper Pleistocene allochthonous origin. The EC levels of El Portalón contribute the first Holocene records of nine taxa in the Sierra de Atapuerca. An environment dominated by woodland, shrubland and wet meadows, with moderate presence of grassland, inland wetlands and rocky areas, is inferred from the small-mammal association of the EC levels. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. 000108586 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN-AEI-FEDER/PGC2018-093925-B-C33$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/PTA2018-015145-I 000108586 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000108586 592__ $$a1.007$$b2021 000108586 594__ $$a4.3$$b2021 000108586 593__ $$aEarth-Surface Processes$$c2021$$dQ1 000108586 593__ $$aEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)$$c2021$$dQ1 000108586 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000108586 700__ $$aOrdiales A. 000108586 700__ $$aIriarte E. 000108586 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-5125-9651$$aCuenca-Bescós G.$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000108586 700__ $$aGalindo-Pellicena M.Á. 000108586 700__ $$aPérez-Romero A. 000108586 700__ $$aCarretero J.M. 000108586 700__ $$aArsuaga J.L. 000108586 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Paleontología 000108586 773__ $$g4, 2 (2021), [16 pp]$$pQuaternary (Basel)$$tQuaternary$$x2571-550X 000108586 8564_ $$s401440$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108586/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000108586 8564_ $$s2714316$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/108586/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000108586 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:108586$$particulos$$pdriver 000108586 951__ $$a2022-09-08-11:58:40 000108586 980__ $$aARTICLE