@article{10272/8096,
year = {2011},
month = {9},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8096},
abstract = {Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals but
none of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering and
consumption of mollusks can now be traced back to the lowest level of the archaeological sequence at Bajondillo Cave
(Ma´laga, Spain), dated during the MIS 6. The paper describes the taxonomical and taphonomical features of the mollusk
assemblages from this level Bj19 and briefly touches upon those retrieved in levels Bj18 (MIS 5) and Bj17 (MIS 4), evidencing a
continuity of the shellfishing activity that reaches to MIS 3. This evidence is substantiated on 29 datings through
radiocarbon, thermoluminescence and U series methods. Obtained dates and paleoenvironmental records from the cave
include isotopic, pollen, lithostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses and they are fully coherent with paleoclimate
conditions expected for the different stages. We conclude that described use of shellfish resources by Neanderthals (H.
neanderthalensis) in Southern Spain started ,150 ka and were almost contemporaneous to Pinnacle Point (South Africa),
when shellfishing is first documented in archaic modern humans.},
publisher = {Public Library of Science},
title = {Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals},
doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0024026},
author = {Cortés Sánchez, Miguel and Morales Muñiz, Arturo and Simón Vallejo, María D. and Lozano Francisco, María C. and Vera Peláez, José L. and Finlayson, Clive and Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín and Delgado Huertas, Antonio and Jiménez Espejo, Francisco J. and Martínez Ruiz, Francisca and Martínez Aguirre, Arancha and Pascual Granged, Arturo and Bergadà Zapata, M. Mercè and Gibaja Bao, Juan F. and Riquelme Cantal, José Antonio and López Sáez, J. Antonio and Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta and Sakai, Saburo and Sugisak, Saiko and Finlayson, Geraldine and Fa, Darren A. and Bicho, Nuno F.},
}