Radiocarbon dating casts doubt on the late chronology of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Iberia

Wood, Rachel; Barroso Ruíz, Cecilio; Ángel Cadrecha y Caparrós, Miguel; Francisco Jordá Pardo, Jesús; Galván Santos, Bertila; Higham, Thomas

doi:10.1073/pnas.1207656110

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Radiocarbon dating casts doubt on the late chronology of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in southern Iberia

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences • Feb 4, 2013

Authors:

Rachel Wood

Cecilio Barroso Ruíz

Miguel Ángel Cadrecha y Caparrós

Abstract

It is commonly accepted that some of the latest dates for Neanderthal fossils and Mousterian industries are found south of the Ebro valley in Iberia at ca. 36 ka calBP (calibrated radiocarbon date ranges). In contrast, to the north of the valley the Mousterian disappears shortly before the Proto-Aur...

Subject

Radiocarbon dating

Mousterian

Neanderthal

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