Chronology of fluvial terrace sequences for large Atlantic rivers in the Iberian Peninsula (Upper Tagus and Duero drainage basins, Central Spain)

PG Silva, E Roquero, M López-Recio, P Huerta… - Quaternary Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This work analyses the chronology of fluvial terrace sequences of the two most important
fluvial basins from central Spain draining to the Atlantic Ocean (Upper Tagus and Duero …

Palaeoenvironmental changes in the southwestern Mediterranean (ODP site 976, Alboran sea) during the MIS 12/11 transition and the MIS 11 interglacial and …

D Sassoon, V Lebreton, N Combourieu-Nebout… - Quaternary Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The transition from the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 12 glacial (ca. 478–424 ka BP) to the MIS
11 interglacial (ca. 424–365 ka BP) is one of the most remarkable climatic shifts of the …

First evidence of an extensive Acheulean large cutting tool accumulation in Europe from Porto Maior (Galicia, Spain)

E Méndez-Quintas, M Santonja, A Pérez-González… - Scientific Reports, 2018‏ - nature.com
Abstract We describe a European Acheulean site characterised by an extensive
accumulation of large cutting tools (LCT). This type of Lower Paleolithic assemblage, with …

Searching for lazy people: the significance of expedient behavior in the interpretation of Paleolithic assemblages

M Vaquero, F Romagnoli - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 2018‏ - Springer
A quick glance at the evolution of lithic assemblages throughout prehistory highlights a great
variability in the time and effort invested in technological activities. This variability has been …

La Noira Site (Centre, France) and the technological behaviours and skills of the earliest Acheulean in Western Europe between 700 and 600 ka

MH Moncel, J Despriée, G Courcimaut… - Journal of Paleolithic …, 2020‏ - Springer
New fieldwork and the revision of lithic collections during the past decade have renewed our
interpretation of the timing and characteristics of the earliest Acheulean techno-complexes in …

The Acheulean from Atapuerca: Three steps forward, one step back

A Ollé, M Mosquera, XP Rodríguez-Álvarez… - Quaternary …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Abstract In Western Europe, Acheulean cultural evidence is well attested by ca. 0.5 Ma.
However, recent work has proven that it was present earlier; at the end of the Early …

Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group

PR Chauhan, DR Bridgland, MH Moncel… - Quaternary Science …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
artefacts throughout the 'Old World', especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study …

Refining the chronology of Acheulean deposits at Porto Maior in the River Miño basin (Galicia, Spain) using a comparative luminescence and ESR dating approach

M Demuro, LJ Arnold, M Duval, E Méndez-Quintas… - Quaternary …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Trapped charge dating of optically bleached quartz, which involves techniques such as
electron spin resonance (ESR) and thermally transferred optically stimulated luminescence …

Insights into the late stages of the Acheulean technocomplex of Western Iberia from the Arbo site (Galicia, Spain)

E Méndez-Quintas, M Demuro, LJ Arnold… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The arrival and disappearance of the Acheulean technocomplex in Europe, and specifically
in the Iberian Peninsula, is a longstanding topic of discussion with relevance for unravelling …

ESR dating of Middle Pleistocene archaeo-paleontological sites from the Manzanares and Jarama river valleys (Madrid basin, Spain)

D Moreno, M Duval, S Rubio-Jara, J Panera… - Quaternary …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In this work, three important Pleistocene sites of the Madrid basin located close to the
junction of the Manzanares (PRERESA site) and the Jarama (Valdocarros site and Maresa …