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Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar: a Dated Late Early Pleistocene Palaeolithic Site in Southeastern Spain

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dc.contributor.advisorWalker, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorHaber Uriarte, María
dc.contributor.authorLópez Jiménez, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorLópez Martínez, Mariano
dc.contributor.authorMartín Lerma, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorVan der Made, Jan
dc.contributor.authorDuval, Mathieu R.
dc.contributor.authorGrün, Rainer
dc.contributor.departmentPrehistoria, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Historia Medieval y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas
dc.contributor.editorHaber Uriarte, María
dc.contributor.editorLópez Martínez, Mariano
dc.contributor.editorWalker, Michael J.
dc.contributor.otherFacultad de Letras
dc.coverage.spatialRegión de Murcia, España
dc.coverage.temporalPaleolítico Inferior
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T13:09:38Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T13:09:38Z
dc.date.copyright©Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
dc.date.issued2020-10-06
dc.description.abstractSystematic excavation and multidisciplinary research undertaken over three decades have deepened our understanding of the early Palaeolithic archaeology at Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Spain). New results from biochronology and combined ESR and U-series dating corroborate previous magnetostratigraphy, placing the entire excavated sequence between the Jaramillo sub-chron and the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary (i.e. ca. 990–772 thousand years ago (ka)); palaeontological and palynological findings reflect temperate environmental conditions. A bifacially flaked limestone hand axe was excavated 1 m below the top of the Pleistocene sequence. The Equus cf. altidens tooth that provided the ESR estimate was excavated 1 m below the hand axe. Throughout its 5-m-deep sedimentary sequence, small nodules, fragments and struck flakes make up the bulk of the Palaeolithic assemblage. Stratigraphical analysis points to undisturbed continuous sedimentary deposition above a layer of ashy sediment, encountered 4.5 m below the top of the Pleistocene sequence, which contained thermally altered bone and heat-shattered chert cores and flakes. Cueva Negra is among the earliest European sites with firm evidence of combustion.
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dc.identifier.citationWalker, M.J., Haber Uriarte, M., López Jiménez, A. et al. Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar: a Dated Late Early Pleistocene Palaeolithic Site in Southeastern Spain. J Paleo Arch 3, 816–855 (2020).
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s41982-020-00062-5
dc.identifier.eissn2520-8217
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/204581
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relationDatación series del uranio (U-series) y ESR: beca Future Fellowship del Consejo Australiano de Investigación (Australian Research Council, ARC; FT150100215); Ramón y Cajal (Ref. RYC2018-025221-I).
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dc.subjectPalaeolithic
dc.subjectESR-Useries dating
dc.subjectPaleontology
dc.subjectLate Early Pleistocene
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dc.titleCueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar: a Dated Late Early Pleistocene Palaeolithic Site in Southeastern Spain
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