What is it about?
We present a cross disciplinary approach (vegetation-climate-human interactions) for the interpretation of Cueva Blanca, a late Mesolithic settlement located in the Campos de Hellín, one of the innermost areas of southeastern Spain. The short and strongly seasonal character of this human occupation would be in accordance with the argument for mid-Holocene environmental changes and cultural trajectories of humans in diverse areas of the Mediterranean region discussed in recent papers.
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Why is it important?
Besides being the first archaeobotanical data analysed for this area, another interesting argument lies in that it is the first well-stratified Mesolithic site of this region that was supposed not to be inhabited during this cultural period which took place during the cool-arid oscillations occurred at the time of the 8.2 cal BP event
Perspectives
The croos-disciplinary approach developed in this site: pollen, charcoal, faunal remains, lithics and raw material allowed an comprehensive study of this site. The reconstruction of vegetal landscape, the woodland exploitation practices and the management of both animal resources and raw material carried out in this site allowed to consider how the nature of this human occupation could be connected with the series of readjustments and adaptations developed by prehuistoric communities in response of the mid-Holocene climate variability.
PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia
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This page is a summary of: Vegetation, climate and human settlement interactions at the late Mesolithic site of Cueva Blanca (Hellín, Albacete, SE Spain), The Holocene, October 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0959683615596826.
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