The Radiocarbon Approach to Neanderthals in a Carnivore Den Site: a Well-Defined Chronology for Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain). Issue 2 (12th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Talamo, Sahra; Blasco, Ruth; Rivals, Florent; Picin, Andrea; Gema Chacón, M; Iriarte, Eneko; Manuel López-García, Juan; Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Arilla, Maite; Rufà, Anna; Sánchez-Hernández, Carlos; Andrés, Míriam; Camarós, Edgard; Ballesteros, Anna; Cebrià, Artur; Rosell, Jordi; Hublin, Jean-Jacques
• Is Part Of: Radiocarbon. Volume 58:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 247
• Page End: 265
• Publication Date: 2016-01-12
• Subjects: Carnivore den, -- radiocarbon, -- sample selection, -- Neanderthal, -- chronology; Radiocarbon dating -- Periodicals; 930.1028505
• DOI: 10.1017/RDC.2015.19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0033-8222

Abstract

Abstract: During the Middle Paleolithic period, carnivores and hominids periodically occupied the same areas at different times and each predator generated significant palimpsests, rendering difficult their archaeological interpretation. Teixoneres Cave, a carnivore den site, located in the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, demonstrates that it is possible to overcome these problems by using a careful strategy in selecting samples for radiocarbon dating, in order to produce an accurate chronology of the site in question and certainly attest the human occupation.