Hundidero: mis 4 open air neanderthal occupations in Sierra de Atapuerca |
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| Authors: | M Navazo R Alonso-Alcalde A Benito-Calvo JC Díez A Pérez-González E Carbonell |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel;2. Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel;1. Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR CNRS 5276, Université Lyon 1 et Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69622 Villeurbanne, France;2. Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Université de Bourgogne, 6 Boulevard Gabriel, 21000 Dijon, France;3. Department of Anthropology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA;4. Laboratoire d''Anthropologie des Populations du Passé, UMR CNRS 5199, Université Bordeaux 1, 33405 Cedex, Talence, France;5. EPHE-Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, 21000 Dijon, France;6. Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France |
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| Abstract: | Many caves in Sierra de Atapuerca contain archaeological and anthropological remains from the Early Pleistocene until the Holocene. The fi rst half of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 4 and 3) has only been detected in open air deposits discovered on the basis of total cover surface surveys. Excavation at one of them, Hundidero, began in 2004. The Middle Paleolithic tool record spans the period between 70 ka and 56 ka. The technological and typological features of Hundidero, along with records from 30 other contemporary open air sites at Atapuerca, suggest repeated visits by Neanderthals who shared the same cultural tradition, characterized by expedient tool production, a diversity of exploitation techniques, a microlithic tendency, a search for dorsal faces, and the reuse of previous tools. These characteristics do not seem to depend on the conditions of the raw materials, the climate or the group's activities. |
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