Upper Pleistocene and Holocene palaeoenvironmental records in Cueva Mayor karst (Atapuerca, Spain) from different proxies: Speleothem crystal fabrics, palynology, and archaeology

International Journal of Speleology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Martínez Pillado, Virginia ^a,b   Aranburu, Arantza ^a,b   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^c,d   Ruiz Zapata, Blanca ^e   Gil García, Maria José ^e   Stoll, Heather ^f   Yusta, Iñaki ^a   Iriarte, Eneko ^b,g   Carretero, José Miguel ^g   Lawrence Edwards, R ^h   Cheng, Hai ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Mendibile Auzoa   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f not available   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^h University of Minnesota   (United States)

ⁱ XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Human impact; Palaeoenvironmental record; Pollen; Stalagmite; U Th radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; KARST; NEOLITHIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPELEOTHEM; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

EID: 84888158022     PISSN: 03926672     EISSN: 1827806X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.43.1.1     Document Type: Article

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