Rethinking stratigraphy and site formation of the Pleistocene deposit at Cueva Negra del Estrecho del R铆o Qu铆par (Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain)
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- 作者：Diego E. Angelucci ; Daniela Anesin ; Mariano L贸pez Mart铆nez ; Mar铆a Haber Uriarte ; Tom谩s Rodr铆guez Estrella ; Michael J. Walker
- 关键词：Early Pleistocene ; Rock-shelter ; Alluvial sediment ; Geoarchaeology
- 刊名：Quaternary Science Reviews
- 出版年：15 November, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：80
- 期：Complete
- 页码：195-199
- 全文大小：1049 K
文摘
Cueva Negra del Estrecho del R铆o Qu铆par (Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Spain), hereinafter Cueva Negra, is a key-site for understanding the early peopling of Europe. Since 1990, systematic excavation has revealed an intriguing assemblage of lithic and faunal remains, and hominin teeth. It was deposited 0.99-0.78聽Ma according to palaeomagnetic and biostratigraphical data; pollen data indicate warm moist conditions. Recently, possible evidence of thermal alteration was detected in a deep part of the deposit. We report here on our revision of the Cueva Negra stratigraphy, and offer information on site formation processes, based on new field observations and preliminary data from soil micromorphology. The Cueva Negra succession comprises three main stratigraphical complexes. Complex 1 is late Holocene. Complexes 2 and 3 are Pleistocene and are formed mainly of alluvial sediment, with subordinate inputs from the cave walls. Complexes 2 and 3 were accumulated almost without interruption, being separated by an erosive surface truncating a thin alluvial soil developed at the top of Complex 3. Our initial micromorphological findings indicate that anthropic inputs are mostly in derived positions, very likely having undergone inward displacement from the mouth of the rock-shelter.