@article{10272/22545,
year = {2023},
month = {7},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22545},
abstract = {In the Huelva Coast of SW Spain erosion by recent marine storms revealed the presence of a paleosol
where an extensive tracksite known as “Matalasca~nas Trampled Surface” (MTS) has been documented.
The MTS includes tracks and trackways of large species of mammals, along with bird trace fossils,
invertebrate burrows and root traces. Within this record, the presence of several hominin footprints and
trackways stands out. Despite previous uncertainties about the producer of these footprints, new OSL age of 151 ± 11 ka secures their attribution to Neanderthals, the only hominins known to have been present in the Iberian Peninsula during the MIS6-5 transition. Moreover, typical Mousterian lithic industry with Levallois knapping was found associated with the ichnological record. This lithic industry is characterized by the selection of raw materials from outcrops in a short-distance range to the tracksite. The general characteristics of the lithics are derived both from the nature of the raw material and from the nature of the site itself, which cannot be seen as a settlement, but rather as a place of passage for fauna, including Neanderthals, where a few human individuals performed short-term activities, such as food procurement and/or meat processing.},
organization = {Research was possible thanks to the Delegaciones territoriales de Huelva, Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Desarrollo Sostenible and Consejería de Cultura (Junta de Andalucía), Servicio de Geodiversidad y Biodiversidad (Dirección General de Medio Natural, Biodiversidad y Espacios Protegidos) and The National Park of Doñana. This work has been supported by the Research Groups RNM-293 and RNM-238, University of Huelva & Junta de Andalucía. This work also received institutional support from the Naturtejo, E.I.M. (Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark). We would like to thank to Dr. Teodosio Donaire (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Huelva) by the petrological classification of the lithic industry. This work was partly funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, through: (i) projects UIDB/04292/2020 & UIDP/04292/2020 (MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) and LA/P/0069/2020 (ARNET). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Huelva / CBUA.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
title = {Neanderthal footprints in the “Matalascañas trampled surface” (SW Spain): new OSL dating and Mousterian lithic industry},
doi = {10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108200},
author = {Neto de Carvalho, Carlos and Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel and Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín and Toscano Grande, Antonio and Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula and Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco and Ramírez Cruzado, Samuel and Finlayson, Clive},
}