This paper reviews the Mesolithic in the northwest Atlantic and inland area of the Iberian
Peninsula and it is considered in the overall context of the rest of the Peninsula. The …

There are relatively few coastal Mesolithic sites in the Iberian Mediterranean region,
probably due to a number of factors including sea level changes and the disappearance of …

Demographic change lies at the core of debates on genetic inheritance and resilience to
climate change of prehistoric hunter-gatherers. Here we analyze the radiocarbon record of …

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 …

This article focuses on a former salt lake in the upper Vinalopó Valley in south-eastern
Spain. The study spans the Late Pleistocene through to the Late Holocene, although with …

Stable isotope and dental-microwear analysis are methods commonly used to reconstruct
dietary habits in modern and ancient human populations. However, it is rare that they are …

The archaeological and chronological records of the Ebro River valley and the
Mediterranean watershed (Eastern Spain) are examined to evaluate the effects of the …

Current knowledge about the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in the Central and Western
Mediterranean European regions is deeply limited by the paucity of Late Mesolithic human …

Located on the Iberian Mediterranean coast, El Collado is an open-air site where a rescue
excavation was conducted over two seasons in 1987 and 1988. The archaeological work …

A gradualist approach has been taken in describing the evolution of the last foragers in the
Iberian Mediterranean Region (IMR) up to their rapid collapse, brought about by the …