Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees

After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has considerably increased. In the southern central Pyrenees, some previously unknown Neolithic sites have been discovered at subalpine and alpine altitudes (1,000–1,500 m a.s.l.). One of them is Cueva Lóbrica,...

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Autores principales:	Gassiot-Ballbè Ermengol, Mazzucco Niccolò, Díaz-Bonilla Sara, Obea-Gómez Laura, Rey-Lanaspa Javier, Barba-Pérez Marcos, Garcia-Casas David, Rodríguez-Antón David, Salvador-Baiges Guillem, Majó-Ortín Tona, Clemente-Conte Ignacio
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	early neolithic mesolithic pyrenees agriculture livestock Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d6a4b1292afb434d896e9d4875373b782021-12-05T14:11:00ZMountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0193https://doaj.org/article/d6a4b1292afb434d896e9d4875373b782021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0193https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has considerably increased. In the southern central Pyrenees, some previously unknown Neolithic sites have been discovered at subalpine and alpine altitudes (1,000–1,500 m a.s.l.). One of them is Cueva Lóbrica, 1,170 m a.s.l., which has an occupation phase with impressed pottery dated ca. 5400 cal BCE. Another is Coro Trasito, 1,558 m a.s.l., a large rock shelter that preserves evidence of continuous occupations in the Early Neolithic, 5300–4600 cal BCE. Evidence of human occupation at higher altitudes has also been documented. In the Axial Pyrenees, at the Obagues de Ratera rock shelter, 2,345 m a.s.l., an occupation has been dated to around 5730–5600 cal BCE. At Cova del Sardo, in the Sant Nicolau Valley, at 1,780 m a.s.l., a series of occupations have been excavated, dated to ca. 5600–4500 cal BCE. These sites allow us to discuss patterns of occupation of the mountainous areas between the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. Recent data suggest that the last hunter–gatherer occupied all altitudinal stages of the Pyrenees, both in the outer and inner ranges. A change in the settlement pattern seems to have occurred in the Early Neolithic, which consisted of a concentration of occupations in the valley bottom and mid-slopes, in biotopes favourable to both herding and agriculture.Gassiot-Ballbè ErmengolMazzucco NiccolòDíaz-Bonilla SaraObea-Gómez LauraRey-Lanaspa JavierBarba-Pérez MarcosGarcia-Casas DavidRodríguez-Antón DavidSalvador-Baiges GuillemMajó-Ortín TonaClemente-Conte IgnacioDe Gruyterarticleearly neolithicmesolithicpyreneesagriculturelivestockArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1015-1034 (2021)
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description	After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has considerably increased. In the southern central Pyrenees, some previously unknown Neolithic sites have been discovered at subalpine and alpine altitudes (1,000–1,500 m a.s.l.). One of them is Cueva Lóbrica, 1,170 m a.s.l., which has an occupation phase with impressed pottery dated ca. 5400 cal BCE. Another is Coro Trasito, 1,558 m a.s.l., a large rock shelter that preserves evidence of continuous occupations in the Early Neolithic, 5300–4600 cal BCE. Evidence of human occupation at higher altitudes has also been documented. In the Axial Pyrenees, at the Obagues de Ratera rock shelter, 2,345 m a.s.l., an occupation has been dated to around 5730–5600 cal BCE. At Cova del Sardo, in the Sant Nicolau Valley, at 1,780 m a.s.l., a series of occupations have been excavated, dated to ca. 5600–4500 cal BCE. These sites allow us to discuss patterns of occupation of the mountainous areas between the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. Recent data suggest that the last hunter–gatherer occupied all altitudinal stages of the Pyrenees, both in the outer and inner ranges. A change in the settlement pattern seems to have occurred in the Early Neolithic, which consisted of a concentration of occupations in the valley bottom and mid-slopes, in biotopes favourable to both herding and agriculture.
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author	Gassiot-Ballbè Ermengol Mazzucco Niccolò Díaz-Bonilla Sara Obea-Gómez Laura Rey-Lanaspa Javier Barba-Pérez Marcos Garcia-Casas David Rodríguez-Antón David Salvador-Baiges Guillem Majó-Ortín Tona Clemente-Conte Ignacio
author_facet	Gassiot-Ballbè Ermengol Mazzucco Niccolò Díaz-Bonilla Sara Obea-Gómez Laura Rey-Lanaspa Javier Barba-Pérez Marcos Garcia-Casas David Rodríguez-Antón David Salvador-Baiges Guillem Majó-Ortín Tona Clemente-Conte Ignacio
author_sort	Gassiot-Ballbè Ermengol
title	Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees
title_short	Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees
title_full	Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees
title_fullStr	Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees
title_full_unstemmed	Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees
title_sort	mountains, herds and crops: notes on new evidence from the early neolithic in the southern central pyrenees
publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d6a4b1292afb434d896e9d4875373b78
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Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees

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