RT Journal Article
T1 Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals
A1 Cortés Sánchez, Miguel
A1 Morales Muñiz, Arturo
A1 Simón Vallejo, María D.
A1 Lozano Francisco, María C.
A1 Vera Peláez, José L.
A1 Finlayson, Clive
A1 Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín
A1 Delgado Huertas, Antonio
A1 Jiménez Espejo, Francisco J.
A1 Martínez Ruiz, Francisca
A1 Martínez Aguirre, Arancha
A1 Pascual Granged, Arturo
A1 Bergadà Zapata, M. Mercè
A1 Gibaja Bao, Juan F.
A1 Riquelme Cantal, José Antonio
A1 López Sáez, J. Antonio
A1 Rodrigo Gámiz, Marta
A1 Sakai, Saburo
A1 Sugisak, Saiko
A1 Finlayson, Geraldine
A1 Fa, Darren A.
A1 Bicho, Nuno F.
AB Numerous studies along the northern Mediterranean borderland have documented the use of shellfish by Neanderthals butnone of these finds are prior to Marine Isotopic Stage 3 (MIS 3). In this paper we present evidence that gathering andconsumption 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 molluskassemblages from this level Bj19 and briefly touches upon those retrieved in levels Bj18 (MIS 5) and Bj17 (MIS 4), evidencing acontinuity of the shellfishing activity that reaches to MIS 3. This evidence is substantiated on 29 datings throughradiocarbon, thermoluminescence and U series methods. Obtained dates and paleoenvironmental records from the caveinclude isotopic, pollen, lithostratigraphic and sedimentological analyses and they are fully coherent with paleoclimateconditions 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.
PB Public Library of Science
SN 1932-6203
SN 1932-6203
YR 2011
FD 2011-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8096
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/8096
LA eng
NO Cortés Sánchez, M., Morales Muñiz, A., Simón Vallejo, M.D., Lozano Francisco, M.C., Vera Peláez, J.L., Finlayson, C., Rodríguez Vidal, J., Delgado Huertas, A., Jiménez Espejo, F., Martínez Ruiz, F., Martínez Aguirre, A., Pascual Granged, A., Bergadà Zapata, M. M., Gibaja Bao, J.F., Riquelme Cantal, J.A., López Sáez, J.A., Rodrigo Gámiz, M., Sakai, S., Sugisak, S., Finlayson, G., Fa, D.A., Bicho, N.F.: "Earliest known use of marine resources by neanderthals". PLoS ONE. Vol. 6, n. 9 (2011). ISSN 1932-6203
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RD 1 jun 2026