Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects

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Autor(a) principal: Gameiro, Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Aubry, Thierry, Almeida, Francisco, Dimuccio, Luca, Gabriel, Sónia, Gaspar, Rita, Gomes, Sérgio, Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas, Figueiredo, Sofia, Manzano, Carmen, Marreiros, Joao, Oliveira, Cláudia, Santos, André Tomás, Silva, Maria João, Tereso, João Pedro, Xavier, Pedro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14905
Resumo: The Tardiglacial of Portugal has been associated with the Magdalenian culture and lithic industries characterized by tool miniaturization, a diversity of microlith types, and the absence of a intentional blade production. The technological characterization, the chronology and the phasing of the Portuguese Magdalenian have been defined based on data recovered from open-air sites of the Estremadura region (Central Portugal). This paper presents an overview of the research undertaken over the last twenty-five years, including results from research and preventive archaeology fieldwork outside this region, namely in the Côa, Sabor and Vouga Valleys (northern Portugal), as well as in the Guadiana Valley and Algarve regions (southern Portugal). Our chronological boundaries are the Greenland Stadial 2-1b and the 8.2 ka event, from Early Magdalenian to Early Mesolithic. Regarding vegetation, deciduous Quercus underwent expansion during the warm phases of the Tardiglacial and retracted during cold ones, when pines increased. After the Solutrean, the faunal assemblages show a decrease in the variability of the represented species and an increase in fish, birds, small mammals and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Concerning the cultural sequence, the Middle Magdalenian remains uncharacterised. After the Upper Magdalenian, and thenceforward, the use of local raw materials and of cores-on-flakes (burin or carinated endscraper type) for bladelet production gradually increased. In terms of lithic armatures typology, a four-stage sequence can be discerned: 1) Upper Magdalenian with axial points rather than backed bladelets, quite common in previous phases; 2) Final Magdalenian with an increase in the diversity of armature types; 3) Azilian with geometric microliths, curved backed points (Azilian points) and Malaurie points, and 4) Early Mesolithic without retouched bladelet tools or at best a persistence of Azilian armature types. There were some changes in the Palaeolithic rock art of the Douro basin between phase 3 (Final Magdalenian) and phase 4 (Late Azilian): figurative animal representations give place to animal depictions characterized by their geometrical bodies, often filled-in, and red deer becomes the best-represented animal.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
title Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
spellingShingle Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
Gameiro, Cristina
Tardiglacial
Lithic technology
Palaeoenvironment
Art
Chronostratigraphy
title_short Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
title_full Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
title_fullStr Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
title_full_unstemmed Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
title_sort Archaeology of the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in Portugal: synthesis and prospects
author Gameiro, Cristina
author_facet Gameiro, Cristina
Aubry, Thierry
Almeida, Francisco
Dimuccio, Luca
Gabriel, Sónia
Gaspar, Rita
Gomes, Sérgio
Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas
Figueiredo, Sofia
Manzano, Carmen
Marreiros, Joao
Oliveira, Cláudia
Santos, André Tomás
Silva, Maria João
Tereso, João Pedro
Xavier, Pedro
author_role author
author2 Aubry, Thierry
Almeida, Francisco
Dimuccio, Luca
Gabriel, Sónia
Gaspar, Rita
Gomes, Sérgio
Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas
Figueiredo, Sofia
Manzano, Carmen
Marreiros, Joao
Oliveira, Cláudia
Santos, André Tomás
Silva, Maria João
Tereso, João Pedro
Xavier, Pedro
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sapientia
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gameiro, Cristina
Aubry, Thierry
Almeida, Francisco
Dimuccio, Luca
Gabriel, Sónia
Gaspar, Rita
Gomes, Sérgio
Valcarce, Ramón Fábregas
Figueiredo, Sofia
Manzano, Carmen
Marreiros, Joao
Oliveira, Cláudia
Santos, André Tomás
Silva, Maria João
Tereso, João Pedro
Xavier, Pedro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Tardiglacial
Lithic technology
Palaeoenvironment
Art
Chronostratigraphy
topic Tardiglacial
Lithic technology
Palaeoenvironment
Art
Chronostratigraphy
description The Tardiglacial of Portugal has been associated with the Magdalenian culture and lithic industries characterized by tool miniaturization, a diversity of microlith types, and the absence of a intentional blade production. The technological characterization, the chronology and the phasing of the Portuguese Magdalenian have been defined based on data recovered from open-air sites of the Estremadura region (Central Portugal). This paper presents an overview of the research undertaken over the last twenty-five years, including results from research and preventive archaeology fieldwork outside this region, namely in the Côa, Sabor and Vouga Valleys (northern Portugal), as well as in the Guadiana Valley and Algarve regions (southern Portugal). Our chronological boundaries are the Greenland Stadial 2-1b and the 8.2 ka event, from Early Magdalenian to Early Mesolithic. Regarding vegetation, deciduous Quercus underwent expansion during the warm phases of the Tardiglacial and retracted during cold ones, when pines increased. After the Solutrean, the faunal assemblages show a decrease in the variability of the represented species and an increase in fish, birds, small mammals and rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Concerning the cultural sequence, the Middle Magdalenian remains uncharacterised. After the Upper Magdalenian, and thenceforward, the use of local raw materials and of cores-on-flakes (burin or carinated endscraper type) for bladelet production gradually increased. In terms of lithic armatures typology, a four-stage sequence can be discerned: 1) Upper Magdalenian with axial points rather than backed bladelets, quite common in previous phases; 2) Final Magdalenian with an increase in the diversity of armature types; 3) Azilian with geometric microliths, curved backed points (Azilian points) and Malaurie points, and 4) Early Mesolithic without retouched bladelet tools or at best a persistence of Azilian armature types. There were some changes in the Palaeolithic rock art of the Douro basin between phase 3 (Final Magdalenian) and phase 4 (Late Azilian): figurative animal representations give place to animal depictions characterized by their geometrical bodies, often filled-in, and red deer becomes the best-represented animal.
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