1. The Radiocarbon Approach to Neanderthals in a Carnivore Den Site: a Well-Defined Chronology for Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain)
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Talamo, S., Blasco, R., Rivals, F., Picin, A., Iriarte, E., López-García, J.M., Blain, H.-A., Arilla, M., Rufà, A., Sánchez-Hernández, C., Andrés, M., Camarós, E., Ballesteros, A., Cebrià, A., Rosell, J., Hublin, J.A., Gema Chacón M., Hublin J.J., Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hublin J.J., Talamo S., Blasco R., Rivals F., Picin A., Chacon M.G., Iriarte E., Lopez-Garcia J.M., Blain H.-A., Arilla M., Rufa A., Sanchez-Hernandez C., Andres M., Camaros E., Ballesteros A., Cebria A., Rosell J., and Hublin J.-J.
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010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,Neanderthal ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Carnivore den ,sample selection ,01 natural sciences ,law.invention ,Paleontology ,Cave ,Peninsula ,law ,biology.animal ,Middle Paleolithic ,0601 history and archaeology ,Radiocarbon dating ,Carnivore ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,060102 archaeology ,biology ,06 humanities and the arts ,chronology ,Archaeology ,Period (geology) ,radiocarbon ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Chronology - Abstract
During the Middle Paleolithic period, carnivores and hominids periodically occupied the same areas at different times and each predator generated significant palimpsests, rendering difficult their archaeological interpretation. Teixoneres Cave, a carnivore den site, located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, demonstrates that it is possible to overcome these problems by using a careful strategy in selecting samples for radiocarbon dating, in order to produce an accurate chronology of the site in question and certainly attest the human occupation.
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- 2016