Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal)
The site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating to ca. 400 ka (Marine Isotope Stage 11), is one of the very few Middle Pleistocene localities to have provided a fossil hominin cranium associated with Acheulean bifaces in a cave context. The multi-analyt...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/176887 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176887 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Jaciments paleontològics Plistocè Homínids fòssils Paleontological excavations Pleistocene Fossil hominids |
| id |
ES_cbafcc8d4befd30d8ebf3101562406a2 |
|---|---|
| oai_identifier_str |
oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/176887 |
| network_acronym_str |
ES |
| network_name_str |
España |
| spelling |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Daura Luján, Joan Cabanes i Cruelles, Dan Égüez, Natalia Carrancho, Ángel Badal, Ernestina Souto, Pedro Rodrigues, Filipa Zilhão, João, 1957- Jaciments paleontològics Plistocè Homínids fòssils Paleontological excavations Pleistocene Fossil hominids The site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating to ca. 400 ka (Marine Isotope Stage 11), is one of the very few Middle Pleistocene localities to have provided a fossil hominin cranium associated with Acheulean bifaces in a cave context. The multi-analytic study reported here of the by-products of burning recorded in layer X suggests the presence of anthropogenic fires at the site, among the oldest such evidence in south-western Europe. The burnt material consists of bone, charcoal and, possibly, quartzite cobbles. These finds were made in a small area of the cave and in two separate occupation horizons. Our results add to our still-limited knowledge about the controlled use of fire in the Lower Palaeolithic and contribute to ongoing debates on the behavioural complexity of the Acheulean of Europe. Nature Publishing Group https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176887 |
| title |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| spellingShingle |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Jaciments paleontològics Plistocè Homínids fòssils Paleontological excavations Pleistocene Fossil hominids |
| title_short |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| title_full |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| title_fullStr |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| title_sort |
Early evidence of fire in south-western Europe: the Acheulean site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal) |
| author |
Sanz Borràs, Montserrat |
| author_facet |
Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Daura Luján, Joan Cabanes i Cruelles, Dan Égüez, Natalia Carrancho, Ángel Badal, Ernestina Souto, Pedro Rodrigues, Filipa Zilhão, João, 1957- |
| author_role |
author |
| author2 |
Daura Luján, Joan Cabanes i Cruelles, Dan Égüez, Natalia Carrancho, Ángel Badal, Ernestina Souto, Pedro Rodrigues, Filipa Zilhão, João, 1957- |
| author2_role |
author author author author author author author author |
| topic |
Jaciments paleontològics Plistocè Homínids fòssils Paleontological excavations Pleistocene Fossil hominids |
| topic_facet |
Jaciments paleontològics Plistocè Homínids fòssils Paleontological excavations Pleistocene Fossil hominids |
| description |
The site of Gruta da Aroeira (Torres Novas, Portugal), with evidence of human occupancy dating to ca. 400 ka (Marine Isotope Stage 11), is one of the very few Middle Pleistocene localities to have provided a fossil hominin cranium associated with Acheulean bifaces in a cave context. The multi-analytic study reported here of the by-products of burning recorded in layer X suggests the presence of anthropogenic fires at the site, among the oldest such evidence in south-western Europe. The burnt material consists of bone, charcoal and, possibly, quartzite cobbles. These finds were made in a small area of the cave and in two separate occupation horizons. Our results add to our still-limited knowledge about the controlled use of fire in the Lower Palaeolithic and contribute to ongoing debates on the behavioural complexity of the Acheulean of Europe. |
| publishDate |
2020 |
| format |
article |
| status_str |
publishedVersion |
| url |
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/176887 |
| eu_rights_str_mv |
openAccess |
| publisher |
Nature Publishing Group |
| institution |
Universidad de Barcelona |
| collection |
Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| reponame_str |
Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| instname_str |
Universidad de Barcelona |
| _version_ |
1878440808719319040 |
| publishDateSort |
2020 |
| author_browse |
Badal, Ernestina Cabanes i Cruelles, Dan Carrancho, Ángel Daura Luján, Joan Rodrigues, Filipa Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Souto, Pedro Zilhão, João, 1957- Égüez, Natalia |
| publisherStr |
Nature Publishing Group |
| score |
6,924472 |