Holocene environmental change in a montane region of southern Europe with a long history of human settlement

JS Carrión, N Fuentes, P González-Sampériz… - Quaternary Science …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper uses a palynological sequence to examine the Holocene (8390–160calyrBP)
environmental history of the Sierra de Baza (Granada, southeastern Spain) with the goal of …

A review of charcoal analysis as a tool for assessing Quaternary and Tertiary environments: achievements and limits

I Figueiral, V Mosbrugger - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2000 - Elsevier
Identification of charcoal fragments (≥ 2mm) using reflected light microscopy is routinely
carried out to study former natural ecosystems, assess changes in vegetation communities …

Expected trends and surprises in the Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands

JS Carrión, S Fernández, P González-Sampériz… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
Recent, high-resolution palaeoecological records are changing the traditional picture of post-
glacial vegetation succession in the Iberian Peninsula. In addition to the influence of …

The historical origins of aridity and vegetation degradation in southeastern Spain

JS Carrión, S Fernández, G Jiménez-Moreno… - Journal of arid …, 2010 - Elsevier
The complex relationships within modern landscapes cannot be understood without the
benefit of retrospective studies. We review palaeoenvironmental data for southeastern …

Identification of ancient irrigation practices based on the carbon isotope discrimination of plant seeds: a case study from the South-East Iberian Peninsula

JL Araus, A Febrero, R Buxó… - Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
This study presents the analysis of carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) in cereal and faba bean
seeds from archaeological sites as a rapid method of evaluating the occurrence or otherwise …

[HTML][HTML] Palynological investigations in the Orce archaeological Zone, early Pleistocene of southern Spain

J Ochando, J Carrión, Y Altolaguirre, M Munuera… - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2022 - Elsevier
Palynological investigations in the Orce Archaeological Zone (OAZ)(Guadix-Baza Basin,
Granada, Spain), Venta Micena 1 (VM1), Barranco León (BL) and Fuente Nueva 3 (FN3) are …

Mapping Early Pleistocene environments and the availability of plant food as a potential driver of early Homo presence in the Guadix-Baza Basin (Spain)

Y Altolaguirre, M Schulz, L Gibert, AA Bruch - Journal of Human Evolution, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Guadix-Baza Basin, in SE Spain, harbors hominin fossils and lithic artifacts
dated to ca. 1.4–1.3 Ma, representing the first hominin habitat in the Iberian Peninsula and …

On the origin and domestication of Olea europaea L. (olive) in Andalucía, Spain, based on the biogeographical distribution of its finds

MO Rodríguez-Ariza, EM Moya - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2005 - Springer
The remains of Olea europaea in archaeological contexts in the southern Iberian Peninsula
have been found in the Epipalaeolithic levels of Cueva de Nerja (10860±160 bp). The …

Early anthropogenic change in western Mediterranean mountains (Sierra Nevada, SE Spain)

F Alba-Sánchez, D Abel-Schaad, JA López-Sáez… - Anthropocene, 2021 - Elsevier
Human impact on western Mediterranean mountains is gaining more attention, as they
harbour a rich plant diversity threatened by global change. This paper presents an analysis …

A long Early Pleistocene pollen record from Baza Basin (SE Spain): Major contributions to the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of Southern Europe

Y Altolaguirre, AA Bruch, L Gibert - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The basin of Baza is located in the central area of the Betic Range (SE Spain) with a
catchment area of over 4000 km 2. It contains a continuous and well preserved lacustrine …