Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherer societies in the Basque Country (Iberian Peninsula) in the light of palaeoenvironmental dynamics in the last Glacial Period: cultural adaptations and the use of biotic resources

IF 2.5 4区地球科学 Q2 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL

Annals of Glaciology Pub Date : 2023-10-27 DOI:10.1017/aog.2023.60

Maria-Jose Iriarte-Chiapusso, Miren Ayerdi, Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Arantzazu J. Pérez-Fernández, Aritza Villaluenga, Jon Arrizabalaga-Iriarte, Lide Lejonagoitia-Garmendia, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

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Abstract Upper Palaeolithic archaeological sites in the Basque Country have been excavated for over a century. They have yielded a rich palaeoenvironmental record with zoological and botanical remains that have been obtained in stratigraphic series dated precisely by radiocarbon. This information reveals cyclical environmental changes from climates similar to today to drier and extremely cold conditions, when species in current boreal biomes and others now extinct but with similar ecological preferences were present in the region. Moreover, the archaeological sites have provided high-resolution information about the resilience mechanisms of the communities of our own human species. This information allows us to increase the corpus of palaeoclimate data regarding the Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 2 and MIS 3 for a critical region within the human population of Eurasia. The aim of this paper is to show how an extraordinary capacity for adaptation to drastic climate changes Upper Palaeolithic hunter–gatherer societies displayed, even though their subsistence depended on biotic resources that alter rapidly.

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末次冰期古环境动态下巴斯克地区(伊比利亚半岛)旧石器时代晚期狩猎采集社会:文化适应和生物资源的利用

巴斯克地区旧石器时代晚期的考古遗址已经被挖掘了一个多世纪。他们提供了丰富的古环境记录，包括动物和植物的遗迹，这些遗迹是通过放射性碳精确定年的地层序列获得的。这些信息揭示了周期性的环境变化，从类似于今天的气候到更干燥和极端寒冷的气候，当时该地区存在着目前北方生物群落和其他物种，这些物种现在已经灭绝，但具有类似的生态偏好。此外，这些考古遗址还提供了有关我们人类群落恢复机制的高分辨率信息。这些信息使我们能够增加关于欧亚大陆人口中一个关键区域的海洋同位素阶段(MIS) 2和MIS 3的古气候数据库。本文的目的是展示旧石器时代晚期狩猎采集社会如何表现出对剧烈气候变化的非凡适应能力，尽管他们的生存依赖于迅速变化的生物资源。

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Annals of Glaciology GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL-GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

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期刊介绍： Annals of Glaciology publishes original scientific articles and letters in selected aspects of glaciology-the study of ice. Each issue of the Annals is thematic, focussing on a specific subject. The Council of the International Glaciological Society welcomes proposals for thematic issues from the glaciological community. Once a theme is approved, the Council appoints an Associate Chief Editor and a team of Scientific Editors to handle the submission, peer review and publication of papers.