@misc{10481/76534,
year = {2022},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76534},
abstract = {Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone (OAZ) (Guadix-Baza Basin, Granada, Spain), Venta
Micena 1 (VM1), Barranco León (BL) and Fuente Nueva 3 (FN3) are presented. This archaeological region is connectedwith
the first Homo populations inWestern Eurasia during the Early Pleistocene. The VM1 pollen record is
characterized by Ephedra, and to a lesser extent, Pinus, Juniperus and evergreen Quercus, occassionally accompanied
by Olea, Genisteae, Erica, deciduous Quercus, Alnus, Castanea, Fraxinus, Salix and Phillyrea. BL is dominated by
Juniperus, Olea, Pinus, Poaceae, and evergreen Quercus. FN3 is characterized by an openMediterraneanwoodland
dominated by evergreen Quercus, Pinus, Juniperus and Olea, accompanied by deciduous Quercus, Castanea,
Populus, Salix, Ulmus, Fraxinus, Pistacia, Phillyrea, Genisteae, Erica, Cistus, and Ephedra fragilis. Relic Tertiary taxa
inOAZ include Carya, Pterocarya, Eucommia, Zelkova, andJuglans. The Early Pleistocene OAZ vegetation is amosaic
of different landscapes embracing mesophytes, thermophytes, xerophytes, xerothermophytes, and Mediterranean
elements. These finds are compared with former pollen analyses in the region and beyond within the Iberian
Peninsula.},
organization = {General Research Project "Primeras ocupaciones humanas y contexto paleoecologico a partir de los depositos Pliopleistocenos de la cuenca Guadix-Baza. Zona Arqueologica de la cuenca de Orce" - General Direction of Historical and Documental Heritage (Junta d	BC.03.032/17},
organization = {FEDER/Ministry of Science and Innovation -Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, Fundacion Seneca	PID20191049449GB-I00	
20788/PI/18},
organization = {Proyecto LifeWatch ERIC-SUMHAL	LIFEWATCH2019-09-CSIC-13},
organization = {MICINN through European Regional Development Fund (SUMHAL, POPE 20142020)	LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13},
organization = {project "Environment of early hominins outside Africa: the Guadix-Baza Basin" by the Leakey Foundation		
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia	PRE2020094482	
CEX2019-000945-M-20-1},
organization = {Spanish Government},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Palaeobotany},
keywords = {Human evolution},
keywords = {Pleistocene},
keywords = {Cenozoic},
keywords = {Orce},
keywords = {Spain},
title = {Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain},
doi = {10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104725},
author = {Ochando, Juan and Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo and Solano García, José and Luzón, Carmen and Serrano Ramos, Alexia and Toro Moyano, Isidro and Jiménez Arenas, Juan Manuel},
}