RT journal article
T1 The nature and chronology of human occupation at the Galerias Bajas, from Cueva de Ardales, Malaga, Spain
A1 Ramos Muñoz, José Francisco
A1 Cantalejo-Duarte, Pedro
A1 Blumenröther, Julia
A1 Bolin, Viviane
A1 Otto, Taylor
A1 Rotgänger, Miriam
A1 Kehl, Martin
A1 Kellberg Nielsen, Trine
A1 Espejo-Herrerías, María del Mar
A1 Fernández Sánchez, Diego Salvador
A1 Moreno Márquez, Adolfo
A1 Vijande Vila, Eduardo
A1 Cabello, Lidia
A1 Becerra, Serafín
A1 Pitarch Martí, África
A1 Riquelme, José Antonio
A1 Cantillo Duarte, Juan Jesús
A1 Domínguez Bella, Salvador
A1 Ramos García, Pablo
A1 Tafelmaier, Yvonne
A1 Weniger, Gerd-Christian
A2 Ciencias de la Tierra
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
AB The Cueva de Ardales is a hugely important Palaeolithic site in the south of the Iberian Peninsula owing to its rich inventory of rock art. From 2011-2018, excavations were carried out in the cave for the first time ever by a Spanish-German research team. The excavation focused on the entrance area of the cave, where the largest assemblage of non-figurative red paintings in the cave is found. A series of 50 AMS dates from the excavations prove a long, albeit discontinuous, occupation history spanning from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Neolithic. The dating of the Middle Palaeolithic layers agrees with the U/Th dating of some red non-figurative paintings in the entrance area. In addition, a large assemblage of ochre lumps was discovered in the Middle Palaeolithic layers. Human visits of the cave in the Gravettian and Solutrean can be recognized, but evidence from the Aurignacian and Magdalenian cannot be confirmed with certainty. The quantity and nature of materials found during the excavations indicate that Cueva de Ardales was not a campsite, but was mainly visited to carry out non-domestic tasks, such as the production of rock art or the burial of the dead.
PB PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
SN 1932-6203
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27586
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/27586
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026