75693 20190709135649.0 doi 10.1017/qua.2017.46 sideral 105527 ART-2017-105527 eng Arsuaga, J.L. Evidence of paleoecological changes and Mousterian occupations at the Galeria de las Estatuas site, Sierra de Atapuerca, northern Iberian plateau, Spain 2017 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Here we present a new site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): Galeria de las Estatuas (GE), which provides new information about Mousterian occupations in the Iberian Plateau. The GE was an ancient entrance to the cave system, which is currently closed and sealed by a stalagmitic crust, below which a detritic sedimentary sequence of more than 2 m is found. This has been divided into five litostratigraphic units with a rich assemblage of faunal and lithic remains of clear Mousterian affinity. Radiocarbon dates provide minimum ages and suggest occupations older than 45 C-14 ka BP. The palynological analysis detected a landscape change to increased tree coverage, which suggests that the sequence recorded a warming episode. The macromammal assemblage is composed of both ungulates (mainly red deer and equids) and carnivores. Taphonomic analysis reveals both anthropic, and to a lesser extent, carnivore activities. The GE was occupied by Neanderthals and also sporadically by carnivores. This new site broadens the information available regarding different human occupations at the Sierra de Atapuerca, which emphasizes the importance of this site-complex for understanding human evolution in Western Europe. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2012-38434-C03-01 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2015-65387-C3-1-P info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/CGL2015-65387-C3-2-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 2.329 2017 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 76 / 189 = 0.402 2017 Q2 T2 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL 26 / 49 = 0.531 2017 Q3 T2 1.216 2017 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 Earth-Surface Processes 2017 Q1 Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Gomez-Olivencia, A. Sala, N. Martinez-Pillado, V. Pablosi, A. Bonmati, A. Pantoja-Perez, A. Lira-Garrido, J. de Velasco, A.A. Ortega, A.I. (orcid)0000-0001-5125-9651 Cuenca-Bescos, G. Universidad de Zaragoza Garcia, N. Aranburu, A. Ruiz-Zapata, B. Gil-Garcia, M.J. Rodriguez-Alvarez, X.P. Olle, A. Mosquera, M. 2000 655 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra Área Paleontología 88, 2 (2017), 345-367 Quat. res. QUATERNARY RESEARCH 0033-5894 756653 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75693/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 108397 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/75693/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:75693 articulos driver 2019-07-09-12:42:47 ARTICLE