Journal article
Chronology of the cave interior sediments at Gran Dolina archaeological site, Atapuerca (Spain)
JM Parés, C Álvarez, M Sier, D Moreno, M Duval, JD Woodhead, AI Ortega, I Campaña, J Rosell, JM Bermúdez de Castro, E Carbonell
Quaternary Science Reviews | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
The so-called “Gran Dolina site” (Atapuerca mountain range, N Spain) is a karstic cavity filled by sediments during the Pleistocene, some of which contain a rich ensemble of archaeological and paleontological records. These sediments have contributed significantly to our understanding of early human dispersal in Europe but, in contrast, older, interior facies deposits have received much less of attention. The stratigraphy of Gran Dolina reveals an abrupt sedimentary change of interior to entrance facies from bottom to top, reflecting a significant paleoenvironmental change that promoted the accumulation of sediments transported from the vicinity of the cave by water or “en masse”. Since the ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Access and permission to collect samples in Atapuerca was granted by Junta de Castilla y Leon. The authors are deeply indebted to the Atapuerca Research Team (EIA) and the Fundacion Atapuerca for continuous support of this research. We are thankful to Miguel Angel Martin for preparing field photographs (Fig. 2). Financial support for this work was obtained from Junta de Castilla y Leon and from MINECO Grants CGL2010-16821 and CGL2015-65387-C3-3-P. M. Duval's research is currently funded by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT150100215). U-Pb dating at Melbourne was conducted with funding from the Australian Research Council. MJS was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research grants NWO-ALW 823.01.003. We thank the three anonymous reviewers for their helpful constructive comments and suggestions.