@misc{10481/82508,
year = {2023},
month = {3},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/82508},
abstract = {The Punta Lucero III cave is a natural trap where abundant vertebrate remains were accumulated during the
Meghalayan (Late Holocene). To better understand the paleoenvironmental conditions in which this record was
accumulated, the micromammal assemblage, comprising a minimum number of 1396 individuals belonging to
19 taxa, was studied using the Mutual Ecogeographic Range and the Habitat Weighting Method. Throughout
~2600 years, the micromammal community's quick turnover reflected a shift from patchy forests and humid
meadows to open, shrubbier grasslands. The Late Holocene Thermal Maximum's humid and mild climatic conditions
underwent a cooling and aridification phase, coeval with the Iron Age Cold Epoch. These concluded in a
slight temperature rising, coeval with the Roman Warm Period. Macromammals experienced a shift from wild
populations to domestic herds. Therefore, this work discusses a broader context for this mammalian turnover
from a human cultural perspective},
organization = {ERC Consolidator
Grant (SUBSILIENCE ref. 818299)},
organization = {Bilbao Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de
Bilbao)},
organization = {Estabilización del sector occidental de la
Cantera de Punta Lucero en el Puerto de Bilbao},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Climatic change},
keywords = {Chalcolithic},
keywords = {Bronze age},
keywords = {Iron age},
keywords = {Micromys minutus},
keywords = {Mus musculus},
title = {Mammalian turnover as an indicator of climatic and anthropogenic landscape modification: A new Meghalayan record (Late Holocene) in northern Iberia},
doi = {10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111476},
author = {Alvarez Vena, Adrian and Ballesteros Posada, Daniel},
}