New data for the Upper Paleolithic in Cantabrian Spain: Arangas cave (Cabrales, Asturias, Spain) /
Álvarez-Fernández, E., Cubas, M., Aparicio, M.T., Cueto, M., Elorza, M., Gabriel, S., Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, N., Murelaga, X., Portero, R., Suárez-Bilbao, A., Tapia, J., Uzquiano, P., Arias, P.
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The Arangas karstic system is located in Asturias, North of Spain. The different caveslocated in this system (Arangas, Los Canes and Tiu Llines) were excavated from 1985 to 1998, allowing us to record different archaeological sequences from the Solutrean to the Bronze Age.During 2007, a new field season was developed in Arangas Cave with the aim to record the lowerlayers of the archaeological sequence in a very specific area (named Area E). Levels E, F andG were recorded during the archaeological excavation. Levels E and F are characterized by ahigh abundance of fauna remains (macro and micro-mammals) and, in less affluence, lithic andcharcoal remains, showing an intense anthropic activity. The only radiocarbon date availablereflects that the formation of Level F took place during the Lower Magdalenian (14840±65BP; 18258-17863 cal BP). The lower part of the stratigraphy, level G, shows less abundanceof remains, which a decrease from the top to the bottom of the archaeological level. In thiscontribution we present all the archaeological information related to the occupations dated inthe Late Upper Paleolithic in the sector E of the cave.
Álvarez-Fernández, E., Cubas, M., Aparicio, M.T., Cueto, M., Elorza, M., Gabriel, S., Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, N., Murelaga, X., Portero, R., Suárez-Bilbao, A., Tapia, J., Uzquiano, P., Arias, P., 2018. New data for the Upper Paleolithic in Cantabrian Spain: Arangas cave (Cabrales, Asturias, Spain). Journal of Archaeological Sciences : Reports 29.