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Revisiting the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic archaeology of Gruta do Caldeirão (Tomar, Portugal)

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A caraterização tecno-tipológica das indústrias líticas recolhidas nas sondagens H, Z e N (18 m²) do sítio arqueológico da Cardina-Salto do Boi, no vale do Rio Côa, conjugada com o estudo da gestão das respetivas matérias-primas, permitiu identificar três ocupações do Paleolítico Médio, datadas de (1) ca. 155 ka BP a ca. 80 ka BP, (2) ca. 80 ka BP a 51 ka BP e (3) 51 ka BP a 39 ka BP. Permitiu, também, reconhecer uma sequência de ocupações do Paleolítico Superior, sobrepostas estratigraficamente às do Paleolítico Médio, posteriores a 34 ka BP, bem como mistura de materiais líticos dos dois períodos em unidades estratigráficas das sondagens Z e N, datadas do intervalo compreendido entre 39 ka BP e 34 ka BP. Dado que o sítio arqueológico da Cardina-Salto do Boi é, até ao momento, o único no Vale do Côa com uma sequência de vestígios da presença humana que vai do MIS 6 (ca. 190 ka BP a ca. 140 ka BP) ao MIS 1 (11,7 ka BP ao presente), o seu estudo revela-se da máxima importância, uma vez que contribui para a compreensão diacrónica da exploração do território por parte do Homem de Neandertal e do Homem Anatomicamente Moderno.The techno-typological characterization of the lithic industries from trenches H, Z, and N (18 m²) from the Cardina-Salto do Boi archaeological site, in the Côa River valley, combined with the study of the lithic resource management, made it possible to identify three Middle Palaeolithic occupations, dating from (1) ca. 155 ka BP to ca. 80 ka BP, (2) ca. 80 ka BP to 51 ka BP, and (3) 51 ka BP to 39 ka BP. It also allowed the recognition of a succession of Upper Paleolithic occupations, after 34 ka BP, stratigraphically overlapping those from the Middle Paleolithic, as well as a mixture of lithic artifacts from both periods in stratigraphic units of the Z and N trenches, dated to the interval between 39 ka BP and 34 ka BP. Since the Cardina-Salto do Boi archaeological site is, to date, the only one in the Côa Valley with a succession of occupations ranging from MIS 6 (ca. 190 ka BP to ca. 140 ka BP) to MIS 1 (11.7 ka BP to the present), its study proves to be of utmost importance, as it contributes to the understanding of the strategies for exploring the territory carried out by the Neanderthals and Anatomically Modern Humans
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PTDC/HAR-ARQ/30413/2017
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16
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10
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e0259089-e0259089
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2021-10-27
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1932-6203
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