NDLI: A new Lower Pleistocene archeological site in Europe (Vallparadís, Barcelona, Spain)

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Author	Martínez, Kenneth Garcia, Joan Carbonell, Eudald Jordi, Agustí Bahain, Jean-jaques Blain, Hugues-alexandre Burjachs, Francesc Cáceres, Isabel Duval, Mathieu Christophe, Falguères Gómez, Manuel Huguet, Rosa
Abstract	Here we report the discovery of a new late Lower Pleistocene site named Vallparadís (Barcelona, Spain) that produced a rich archeological and paleontological sequence dated from the upper boundary of the Jaramillo subchron to the early Middle Pleistocene. This deposit contained a main archeological layer with numerous artifacts and a rich macromammalian assemblage, some of which bore cut marks, that could indicate that hominins had access to carcasses. Paleomagnetic analysis, electron spin resonance-uranium series (ESR-US), and the biostratigraphic chronological position of the macro- and micromammal and lithic assemblages of this layer reinforce the proposal that hominins inhabited Europe during the Lower Pleistocene. The archeological sequence provides key information on the successful adaptation of European hominins that preceded the well-known fossil population from Atapuerca and succeeded the finds from Orce basin. Hence, this discovery enables us to close a major chronological gap in the early prehistory of Iberia. According to the information in this paper and the available data from these other sites, we propose that Mediterranean Western Europe was repeatedly and perhaps continuously occupied during the late Matuyama chron.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0913856107
Ending Page	5767
Page Count	6
Starting Page	5762
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ISSN	00278424
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	13
Volume Number	107
Language	English
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2010-03-30
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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