Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain
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Ochando, Juan; Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo; Solano García, José; Luzón, Carmen; Serrano Ramos, Alexia; Toro Moyano, Isidro; Jiménez Arenas, Juan ManuelEditorial
Elsevier
Materia
Palaeobotany Human evolution Pleistocene Cenozoic Orce Spain
Date
2022-07-11Referencia bibliográfica
Juan Ochando... [et al.]. Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone, Early Pleistocene of Southern Spain, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, Volume 304, 2022, 104725, ISSN 0034-6667, [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2022.104725]
Patrocinador
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; FEDER/Ministry of Science and Innovation -Agencia Estatal de Investigacion, Fundacion Seneca PID20191049449GB-I00 20788/PI/18; Proyecto LifeWatch ERIC-SUMHAL LIFEWATCH2019-09-CSIC-13; MICINN through European Regional Development Fund (SUMHAL, POPE 20142020) LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13; 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; Spanish GovernmentRésumé
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.