Regreso a la cueva de Los Casares (Guadalajara)un nuevo proyecto de investigación para el yacimiento del Seno A

  1. Manuel Alcaraz-Castaño 1
  2. Gerd-Christian Weniger 2
  3. Javier Alcolea 3
  4. María de Andrés-Herrero 4
  5. Javier Baena 5
  6. Rodrigo de Balbín 3
  7. Viviane Bolin 2
  8. Felipe Cuartero 5
  9. Martin Kehl 4
  10. Adara López 3
  11. José Antonio López-Sáez 6
  12. Ignacio Martínez-Mendizába 3
  13. Adrián Pablos 3
  14. David Rodríguez-Antón 7
  15. Concepción Torres 5
  16. Juan Vizcaíno 3
  17. José Yravedra 8
  1. 1 Neanderthal Museum/ Universidad de Alcalá
  2. 2 Neanderthal Museum
  3. 3 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

  4. 4 University of Cologne
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    University of Cologne

    Colonia, Alemania

    ROR https://ror.org/00rcxh774

  5. 5 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01cby8j38

  6. 6 Instituto de Historia, CCHS, CSIC, Madrid
  7. 7 Institució Milà i Fontanals, CSIC, Barcelona
  8. 8 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Revista:
ARPI: Arqueología y Prehistoria del Interior Peninsular

ISSN: 2341-2496

Año de publicación: 2015

Número: 2

Páginas: 68-89

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: ARPI: Arqueología y Prehistoria del Interior Peninsular

Resumen

In this paper we present a new interdisciplinary project focused on the investigation of the Late Pleistocene deposits still preserved in the Room A of Los Casares cave (Riba de Saelices, Guadalajara, Spain). We first make a historical reconstruction of the research carried out in the cave, then we present our objectives, working hypotheses and methods, and finally we show some preliminary results after a first fieldwork season in Los Casares. We have collected soil monoliths for micromorphology and high-resolution sedimentology, sediment samples for palynological and phytolith analyses, as well as charcoal, bone and flowstone samples for chronometric dating. With these data we will investigate the site formation processes, the chronology of the Mousterian occupations, and eventually the adaptations of Los Casares Neandertals to their environment. Our research is framed in a wider project aimed at studying the relations between population dynamics and ecological variations in Central Iberia during the Late Pleistocene.