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Seasonality of human occupations in El Mirón cave: late upper paleolithic hunter-gatherer settlement-subsistence systems in Cantabrian Spain

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dc.contributor.authorMarín-Arroyo, Ana B.
dc.contributor.authorGeiling, Jeanne Marie
dc.contributor.authorJones, Emily Lena
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Milena
dc.contributor.authorMorales, Manuel R. González
dc.contributor.authorStraus, Lawrence Guy
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-17T11:33:57Z
dc.date.available2023-02-17T11:33:57Z
dc.date.issued2023-01
dc.description.abstractWe revisit the models of Upper Paleolithic forager settlement-subsistence systems for the coastal greater Cantabrian region of Spain proposed by K.W. Butzer and L.G. Straus in the 1980s, with a significant new seasonality dataset from El Mir & oacute;n Cave in Cantabria (northern Atlantic Iberia). This large, strategically located site contains a nearly complete, archeologically rich, and well-studied stratigraphic sequence from the late Middle Paleolithic to the Bronze Age. Based on the seasonality data obtained from the most hunted taxa, red deer (Cervus elaphus) and ibex (Capra ibex/pyrenaica), the diachronic human occupation of the site is discussed. Visits to the cave during the Mousterian and early Upper Paleolithic were fleeting, with an uptick in use of the site during the Solutrean, possibly as a short-term hunting camp during the cool-cold seasons. Throughout the Initial and Lower Magdalenian, this physically and locationally advantageous site in the montane interior was often occupied as a long-term, multifunctional, residential base camp but, at other times, during the cold months of the year, as a minor, short-term, specialized hunting bivouac. A clear shift in the cave's use to mainly the warm months in the Middle and Upper Magdalenian and Azilian is observed. The results indicate that major residential base camps were not only located in or strictly adjacent to the coastal zone as was argued a quarter-century ago. These findings confirm that the montane interior of Cantabrian Spain & mdash;only 25-50 km from the Last Glacial shore & mdash;was an integral part of band territories for both logistical and residential purposes.pt_PT
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dc.description.sponsorship2016223837
dc.description.sponsorshipABRUPT-HAR2017-84997-P
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s41982-022-00134-8pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2520-8217
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19112
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherSpringerpt_PT
dc.subjectSeasonalitypt_PT
dc.subjectLate Upper Paleolithicpt_PT
dc.subjectCantabrian Spainpt_PT
dc.subjectEl Miron Cavept_PT
dc.subjectHunter-gatherer settlement-subsistence systemspt_PT
dc.titleSeasonality of human occupations in El Mirón cave: late upper paleolithic hunter-gatherer settlement-subsistence systems in Cantabrian Spainpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Paleolithic Archaeologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume6pt_PT
person.familyNameCarvalho
person.givenNameMilena
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-9642-9239
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