The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula over the past 8000 years

I Olalde, S Mallick, N Patterson, N Rohland… - Science, 2019 - science.org
We assembled genome-wide data from 271 ancient Iberians, of whom 176 are from the
largely unsampled period after 2000 BCE, thereby providing a high-resolution time transect …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence and context for the Cocina cave neolithic pottery: An approach from social networks analysis

L Molina-Balaguer, P Escribá-Ruiz… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cocina cave has been considered one of the main sites when explaining the transition from
Mesolithic to Neolithic in the Iberian Mediterranean façade. But the current review of its …

A multi-stage Bayesian modelling for building the chronocultural sequence of the Late Mesolithic at Cueva de la Cocina (Valencia, Eastern Iberia)

O García-Puchol, SB McClure, J Juan-Cabanilles… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a refined Mesolithic chronocultural sequence as a result of matching
data provided by the set of archaeological research conducted at Cueva de la Cocina …

Potential interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers in the Western Mediterranean: The geochronological data revisited

T Perrin, C Manen - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the Western Mediterranean, the Neolithic mainly developed and expanded during the
sixth millennium BCE. In these early phases, it generally spread through the displacement of …

Process and Dynamics of Mediterranean Neolithization (7000–5500 bc)

TP Leppard - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2022 - Springer
Why did the farming lifestyle appear and proliferate so rapidly through the Mediterranean
basin between 7000 and 5500 bc? In this paper, I review the archaeological and …

Analysis of stratigraphical sequences at Cocina Cave (Spain) using rare earth elements geochemistry

G Gallello, M Ramacciotti, O García‐Puchol… - Boreas, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the stratigraphical sequence of Cocina Cave (Spain) employing and
testing for the first time the capability of rare earth elements as markers of human activities in …

[HTML][HTML] Mesolithic human remains at Cueva de la Cocina: Insights from bioarchaeology and geochemistry

SB McClure, ÁP Fernández, OG Puchol… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
A series of previously unpublished human remains were found at Cueva de la Cocina (Dos
Aguas, Valencia, Spain) in excavations from the 1940s and 1970s. Our analyses indicate a …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying accurate artefact morphological ranges using optimal linear estimation: method validation, case studies, and code

A Key, MI Eren, MR Bebber, B Buchanan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
A fundamental goal of archaeologists is to infer the behaviour of past humans from the
attributes of the artefacts they left behind. The archaeological record is, however, fragmented …

[HTML][HTML] Refining chronologies and typologies: Cueva de la Cocina (Dos Aguas, Valencia, Spain) and its central role in defining the Late Mesolithic sequence in the …

J Juan-Cabanilles, O García-Puchol… - Quaternary International, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper constitutes a narrative view of the diachronic research conducted at Cueva de la
Cocina (Dos Aguas, València) and its consequences on the Spanish Mesolithic literature …

The exceptional finding of Locus 2 at Dehesilla Cave and the Middle Neolithic ritual funerary practices of the Iberian Peninsula

D García-Rivero, R Taylor, C Umbelino, TD Price… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
There is a significant number of funerary contexts for the Early Neolithic in the Iberian
Peninsula, and the body of information is much larger for the Late Neolithic. In contrast, the …