Maria José Gil-García

• University of Alcalá

Se presenta un resumen de datos de trabajos de campo en el yacimiento de Malalmuerzo (Moclín, Granada).

RESUMEN El presente trabajo se localiza en el sector central de la Sierra de Guadarrama, coincidiendo con las delimitaciones del Parque Nacional. El objetivo es realizar el inventario, cartografía, cronología e interpretación de la secuencia crono-evolutiva de sus paleoglaciares. La Sierra de Guadarrama es una montaña media mediterránea, estructura...

This work examines the possible behaviour of Neanderthal groups at the Cueva Des-Cubierta (central Spain) via the analysis of the latter’s archaeological assemblage. Alongside evidence of Mousterian lithic industry, Level 3 of the cave infill was found to contain an assemblage of mammalian bone remains dominated by the crania of large ungulates, so...

Résumé Nous présentons dans ce travail, un panorama synthétique des occupations humaines du Nord du Maroc, en mettant l’accent sur l’association des données anthropologiques et des données culturelles, ceci dans un cadre chronologique compris entre le Paléolithique Moyen (MSA) et le Paléolithique Supérieur. Nous présentons aussi les projets dévelop...

Sedimentological, paleobiological, mineralogical, and geochemical analyses of a sediment core retrieved on the seafront of Cartagena Bay were performed after high-resolution sampling. A wide series of dates obtained through radiocarbon and amino acid racemization proved that the Holocene record on the analyzed core began at ca. 7300 yr cal BP. Rein...

Se presentan los datos de carácter palinológico correspondientes a cinco turberas localizaclas en los sectores central y oriental del Sistema Central Español. Los objetivos de nuestro trabajo es poder reconstruir, en base al contenido en polen de dicho material, la evolución de la vegetación en el área y sus implicaciones de carácter paleoclimático...

In this paper, we conduct a palynological analysis of a high-resolution Holocene record from Cartagena Bay, southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to establish paleoenvironmental variability of coastal areas in the western Mediterranean region at a centennial-scale over the last 7300 years. Statistical analysis of four palynozones allows reconstructio...

We reconstructed the palaeoenvironmental conditions of Cartagena Bay during the Holocene after a multidisciplinary study to identify natural variations and the anthropic processes of this coastal area. A total of 119 samples were recovered for amino acid racemization dating, 3 for radiocarbon dating (¹⁴C), and four sets of 80 samples for sedimentol...

Trace element concentrations in the Cartagena Bay coastal record reveal a contribution of natural processes. However, the influence of anthropogenic factors predominates in the last three millennia, particularly aerosol deposition linked to mining and industrial activities in the area. The coastal record of Cartagena can be considered a preserved e...

The archaeological investigations developed in the Cadiz coast and countryside during the last 25 years have revealed a series of human occupations dating between ca 8000-3000 cal BP and ranging culturally from Late Mesolithic until Late Bronze Age. Pollen analyses have revealed an open Mediterranean landscape developed under dry conditions driftin...

RESUMEN Se perforó un sondeo de 30 m en la Bahía de Cartagena. El doble objetivo del mismo fue obtener datos sobre el antiguo frente marítimo de la ciudad romana y establecer la cronoestratigrafía y evolución paleoambiental. El sondeo (E3) se muestreó con alta resolución. Los sedimentos de la parte inferior (30-11,3 m) con pre-dominio de colores ma...

The Malalmuerzo cave (Moclín, Granada, Spain) has been known since the 1980s for its archaeological remains and rock art, dated to the Neolithic and the Solutrean periods respectively. However, following thirty years of neglect, our team carried out a brief archaeological intervention after looters destroyed parts of the sediment fill of the cave....

A new record from a long sediment core (S3) in Navamu~ no (1505 m asl, western Iberian Central System) provides the reconstruction of the vegetation history and environmental changes in the region between 15.6 and 10.6 ka cal BP, namely during the Late Glacial and the early Holocene, using a multiproxy analysis (pollen-based vegetation and climate...

This study presents the results of the archaeological investigation in Benzú Cave, located on the North African shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The archaeological deposits, approximately 1 m deep, belong to two occupational levels dated to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. A wide range of artifacts was found, and this led to an interdisciplinary...

The evolution of the landscape surrounding the rivers of the Madrid basin during the Middle Pleistocene is summarised in the present paper. Patterns of adaptation of human populations who settled on the riverbanks have been established in this area through geoarchaeological data recovered from associated deposits, mainly in the Manzanares and Jaram...

Le projet de recherche appelé «Carte Archéologique du nord du Maroc», a été développé par des chercheurs de l'Université de Cadix, Université Abdelmalek Esaadi, Direction Régionale de la Culture de la Région de Tanger-Tétouan et de l'INSAP de Rabat. Nous avons fait quatre campagnes de prospection archéologique dans la région de Tétouan qui ont augm...

RESUMEN. El yacimiento de La Esparragosa se encuen-tra ubicado en la provincia de Cádiz (España), en plena orilla norte del Estrecho de Gibraltar. La tumba que nos ocupa constituye un caso excepcional para la denominada «cultura de los silos», ya que se ha podido documentar en este enterramiento en fosa la existencia de un individuo cubierto por un...

Objectives: To assess the adequacy of vancomycin use in hospitalized patients in order to identify dose optimization opportunities for clinical pharmacists. Steady state plasma concentrations were estimated for different prescribed vancomycin dosage regimens and then compared to recommended target concentrations considering patient clinical status....

In the eastern Iberian Peninsula, the archaeological site of Cuesta de la Bajada (Teruel, Spain) has produced some of the earliest evidence of Middle Paleolithic stone tool traditions together with evidence of equid and cervid carcasses defleshed by hominins. Based on the numerical age of 317-240 ka derived from OSL, ESR and AAR dating methods for...

Here we present a new site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): Galería de las Estatuas (GE), which provides new information about Mousterian occupations in the Iberian Plateau. The GE was an ancient entrance to the cave system, which is currently closed and sealed by a stalagmitic crust, below which a detritic sedimentary sequence of more t...

A synthesis of the occurrence of the evergreen oak (Quercus ilex-type) in the Cantabrian region (northern Spain) is presented on the basis of integrated charcoal and pollen analyses. Archaeological charcoal comes largely from sites along the littoral and pre-littoral territories of the Basque Country, Cantabria and Asturias dated from 45 to 3.7 Kyr...

Fossil evidence of Neanderthals during MIS3 in central Spain is rather scarce. Until now, the few remains from Los Casares Cave, Jarama VI site and Los Torrejones Cave constituted the bony record for this species in this region for this period. Recently, two Neanderthal teeth were recovered in Buena Pinta cave, a site discovered in 2003 situated in...

Cave sites with Mousterian occupations in the Iberian Peninsula are mainly limited to the Northern, Eastern and Southern mountain ranges. Thus, the information available for the interior part of the Iberian Peninsula is very limited. Since 2008, we are working on a new cave site in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain): Galería de las Estatuas (G...

The paleocontent of an II c. AD gaditan amphora found at Augusta Emerita (Hispanic) is analyzed from an interdisciplinary point of view (archaeology, epigraphy, archaeozoology & palynology)

During the execution of the two preliminary surveys required in the permit action undertaken in the plot of the Antonio Lopez street, number 241, several pieces of flint were found. These findings were primarily documented in the lower levels of polling 1. After presenting the respective communication of our findings to the competent authority, and...

The archaeological excavation in El Carabión Rockshelter (San Mamés de Aras, Cantabria) documented a deposit formed by occupations by human groups between the eleventh and sixth millennia BP. Owing to its situation and archaeological record, this is a key site to understand the way of life of the last hunter-gatherers in the transition towards the...

The Rexidora Cave (Asturias, NW Spain), discovered in 2012, provided a remarkable large mammal assemblage of MIS 3 age. The ongoing excavation works yielded 445 fossil remains including cold-adapted elements as woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), two species of special interest since they are poorly represe...

This paper introduces the sequence of the Buendía rockshelter (Central Spain), a multi-layered site with abundant lithic assemblages attributed to the Magdalenian. We present 18 new radiocarbon dates that firmly position the whole stratigraphy between 15 and 13 14C ka BP (18–16 cal ka BP), making the Buendía rockshelter an excellent palaeoenvironme...

L’abri de Benzú est situé dans la ville de Ceuta, en Afrique du Nord. Nous apportons ici unbilan sur la géologie, la stratigraphie, la chronologie, l’écologie et les ressources utilisées parles sociétés préhistoriques de ce site. Nous mettons l’accent sur les données technologiquesissues du mobilier archéologique et sur les modes de vie. Les fondem...

The archaeobotanical (Palynology and Anthracology) analysis of eight series from Oukaïmeden Valley (Atlas Moun-tains, Morocco) shows an archaeobotanical record that has undergone climatic and anthropic changes for the last 5147 ± 55 years BP (4050 - 3780 call BC). Climatic changes have been detected and human impact has been observed on the environ...

Persistence of relict tree species in Mediterranean environments is becoming increasingly unlikely in view of ongoing and future global change. The variability in the Holocene climate and more recent anthropogenic impacts have driven many populations to fragmentation and isolation, and even to extinction. However, some have persisted to the present...

In this paper we present a review of the available Holocene pollen records from the Spanish Central System (113 sites and 150 14C dates). Palynological data obtained from pollen analyses of peat-bogs, lakes and archaeological sites, as well as radiocarbon dating, were used to infer the human impact on vegetation and landscape during the last 9 mill...

A través del análisis de los sedimentos acumulados en el humedal del Parque Nacional de Las Tablas de Daimiel y su correlación con los datos histórico-documentales disponibles se ha podido interpretar que los cambios registrados en dichos sedimentos no sólo responden a cambios naturales sino que la influencia humana ha sido notable, aunque con inte...

The Cueva Mayor karst system of Atapuerca, in Northern Spain, hosts a highly significant record of human occupation from the Pleistocene. The climatic context of the human activities during the Pleistocene-Holocene for this inland site has not been well constrained, since existing records of the palaeoclimatic evolution of the Northern Iberian Peni...

The archaeobotanical (Palynology and Anthracology) analysis of eight series from Oukaïmeden Valley (Atlas Mountains, Morocco) shows an archaeobotanical record that has undergone climatic and anthropic changes for the last 5147 ± 55 years BP (4050 - 3780 call BC). Climatic changes have been detected and human impact has been observed on the environm...

The range of pollen that can be found around the city of Sigüenza has been analysed (La Alcarria, north-eastern region, Guadalajara, Spain), an area currently included in the territory comprising the Protected Origin Denomination ‘Miel de la Alcarria’. We studied the pollen recovered from two different types of biological sensors: bryophytes, live...

Geological mapping and cores show the complexity of the substratum of the actual wetland of Las Tablas de Daimiel and they allow to analyze its recent record. Present day wetland of Las Tablas de Daimiel develops upon Pliocene deposits and the incised deposits of the Guadiana River and tributaries, and represents an episode of aggradation built up...

The Shelter of Benzú is located near the city of Ceuta, in North Africa. We are currently working on the final stage of the scientific report of the activities carried out in the last years. So, we have done an evaluation, although still not final, of geological, stratigraphic, chronological, and ecological data as well as of the different resource...

El abrigo de Benzú se encuentra situado próximo a la ciudad de Ceuta, en el (norte) de África. Trabajamos en estos momentos en una fase final de la memoria científica de las actividades realizadas los últimos años. Por ello damos un balance, que todavía no es definitivo, de los datos geológicos, estratigráficos, cronológicos, ecológicos y de los re...

The Cueva del Camino site (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid) represents the most complete MIS 5 record from the Iberian Peninsula (away from the Mediterranean margin), including a large accumulation of fossilized remains of small and large vertebrates and two human teeth. The presence of carnivores (mainly hyenas) and humans suggests that the site should...

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Resumen: El maar de Fuentillejo está localizado en la Región Volcánica Central de Campo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real). Es un sistema cerrado y tiene 142 m de sedimentos lacustres, organizados en 23 unidades sedimentarias. Se ha realizado el estudio polínico, mineralógico y el análisis de facies para el intervalo temporal entre 167 a 120 ka del sondeo...

de episodios climáticos fríos mediante el registro de susceptibilidad magnética en la secuencia lacustre del maar del Fuentillejo (Ciudad Real) Identification of cold events using the magnetic susceptibility record from Fuentillejo maar-lake sequence (Ciudad Real, Spain) Resumen: El maar de Fuentillejo está localizado en la Región Volcánica Central...

El Parque Nacional de Las Tablas de Daimiel (PNTD), situado en la zona central de la Península Ibérica, constituyó un humedal ribereño ligado a llanuras de inundación de ríos, con alimentación fluvial y de aguas subterráneas. La sedimentación estuvo caracterizada por facies (1) carbonatadas (ambientes lacustres de aguas abiertas), (2) organógenas (...

Geochemical (element analysis, molecular analysis of organic compounds), physical, palynological, mineralogical and sedimentary facies analysis were performed to characterise the sedimentary record in Fuentillejo maar-lake in the Central Spanish Volcanic Field of Campo de Calatrava, in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic...

The site of El Portalón is the entrance to the Cueva Mayor karst system, located in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). This is an important Holocene archaeological site, which was excavated in the 1970s but from which little has been published. New excavations starting in 2000 have highlighted a deep stratigraphical sequence, with human occup...

Pollen analyses demonstrated that changes experienced in Las Tablas de Daimiel (TDNP) area throughout the Quaternary took place mainly through climate-induced landscape transformations as well as by human activities occurring in the region during the last 1,000 years. From a climatic point of view, the regional Pleistocene landscape was dominated b...

El Parque Nacional de Las Tablas de Daimiel ha sufrido muchas modificaciones a lo largo de su historia, tanto naturales como antrópicas y éstas han afectado de manera diversa al almacenamiento de carbono en el mismo. Para estudiar estas variaciones se ha realizado un análisis del registro sedimentario y de datos históricos de la zona. El registro s...

The analysis of the sediments of a temperate wetland in central Spain (Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park) and their correlation to historical and documental data allows to interpret the environmental changes recorded in such sediments as due to the variable intensity human action in addition to the natural variability. Recorded events are related...

The content in non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs), constitutes an important tool at the time of reconstructing the paleoenviromental changes of a deposit and explaining them in terms of climate and/or anthropic activity. This work show NPPs data from the peat deposit Pñ appear, of periglacial origin, located in the bulk of Peñalara, (Mountain range of...

El estudio polínico de un depósito higroturboso de origen periglacial localizado en el macizo de Peñalara (Sierra de Guadarrama. Madrid) apoyado en 7 dataciones AMS de 14C, proporciona la primera reconstrucción de alta resolución de la evolución de la vegetación en el área durante los últimos 1689 años. Los resultados obtenidos reflejan la existenc...

Most unsuccessful palynological work is never published. As a consequence, pollen analysts waste time re-processing sterile sediments, and the available literature exhibits a uniformly positive record of success in pollen extraction. Here we report failures with Quaternary pollen analyses in the Iberian Peninsula; that is, case studies where it was...

The rockshelter of Benzú has a Middle–Upper Pleistocene stratigraphic sequence with ten levels, seven with evidence of human occupation. Speleothems have been dated by U/Th and the sedimentary levels by OSL and TL, showing that the sequence extends from 250 ka to 70 ka. In this paper, we summarise the results of geomorphology, chronostratigraphy an...

In this paper we present a review of the available pollen analyses in the north-western Iberian Range with the aim of studying Fagus glacial refugia and Holocene expansion. The work collects the available pollen analyses in the area (24 sites and 58 14C dates). Based on the available palynological data, we try to reconstruct the changes that occurr...

En el presente trabajo se presentan los datos polínicos de los primeros 50 cm. del sondeo PVC 4.1 localizado a la derecha del río Cigüela, dentro del Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel, con el fin de poder establecer la reconstrucción paleoambiental y paleoclimática así como la influencia del hombre en este ecosistema. Se han podido identific...

We show data pollen, of core in Fuentillejo-1 (FU-1) located in the maar lake Fuentillejo site (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real), in order to know the palaeoenviromental changes. The sedimentary record upper 10 m (unit 23), show a deposition of different sedimentary facies, during the last 20240 a. cal BP. The decrease of forest and low diversity v...

Se ha estudiado el contenido en palinomorfos polínicos y no polínicos, en la secuencia Holocena de la cueva de la Buena Pinta (Yacimiento arqueopaleontológico de Pinilla del Valle, Madrid) . Los resultados obtenidos han puesto de manifiesto una dinámica de la vegetación reflejada en el tránsito progresivo hacia la instalación de un paisaje abierto,...

The use of a high resolution pollen record in combination with geochemical data from sediments composed mainly of layers of charophytes alternating with layers of vegetal remains plus some detrital beds permits the reconstruction of the environmental evolution of the last 3000 years in an inland wetland of the Mediterranean domain, thus introducing...

2007. Cambios en la vegetación durante el Holoceno reciente en el valle del Lozoya (Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid). [Vegetation change during the Late Holocene in the Lozoya valley (Guada-rrama Range, Madrid).] Revista Española de Paleontología, 22 (1), 95-102. ISSN 0213-6937. ABSTRACT Here we present palynological analyses carried avow a peaty loca...

The Rock Shelter of Benzú is situated in the area of North Africa. An interdisciplinary group of collaborators have worked there during three campaigns of excavations. It is exposed a balance of its geographic situation, geomorphology, stratigraphic sequence, absolute data, excavation system, as well as the pollen, faunal and lithic remains. The se...