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The Holocene and Upper Pleistocene pollen sequence of Carihuela Cave, southern Spain

Authors: Fernández, Santiago; Fuentes, Noemí; Carrión, Jose Sebastián; González-Sampériz, Penélope; Montoya, Encarna; Gil-Romera, Graciela; Vega-Toscano, Gerardo; +1 Authors

The Holocene and Upper Pleistocene pollen sequence of Carihuela Cave, southern Spain

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[FR]: On présente une nouvelle séquence pollinique (ca. 15 700–1250 yr BP) provenant de trois sections stratigraphiques de la Grotte de la Carihuela (Granada, Sud-Est de l’Espagne), qui complète la période comprise entre le dernier Interglaciaire et l’Holocène Récent. Le Tardiglaciaire est caractérisé par un paysage ouvert avec des genévriers et une colonisation précoce de Quercus, tandis que l’Holocène est représenté par une chênaie mixte avec divers planifoliés et arbustes, qui diminuent après 5470 BP en même temps qu’arrive une expansion de xérophytes et l’apparition d’indicateurs anthropiques. La séquence de La Carihuela est en accord avec les données palynologiques générales des grands sites du Sud de l’Europe, comme celui de Padul dans la province de Granada, ou quelques autres de l’Espagne méditerranéenne, malgré la grande variabilité du changement paléo-environnemental qui va augmenter à partir de l’Holocène moyen et Récent. On peut dire en conclusion qu’au contraire des autres régions de l’Espagne, la forêt caducifoliée Quercus domine à l’Est de l’Andalousie depuis longtemps, malgré les modèles phytosociologiques de l’évolution de la végétation qui présentent des formations monospécifiques de Q. ilex/rotundifolia comme la forêt mûre potentielle à la région. Les dates suggèrent que les derniers Néanderthaliens de la Grotte de la Carihuela vivaient encore entre 28 440 et 21 430 BP, en accord avec l’hypothèse qui propose le Sud de l’Espagne comme le dernier refuge pour ces humains en Europe.

[EN]: A new pollen sequence (ca. 15,700–1250 yr BP) is presented for three stratigraphical sections of Carihuela Cave (Granada, southeastern Spain), thus completing a record that covers from the last Interglacial to late Holocene. The Late Glacial is characterized by open landscapes with junipers and early colonisation of Quercus, while the Holocene is depicted by mixed oak forests, with a diversity of broad-leaf trees and scrub, which decrease after ca. 5470 yr BP synchronously with the expansion of xerophytes and occurrence of indicators of anthropogenic disturbance. The whole pollen record of Carihuela fits into the general trends described for reference pollen sites of southern Europe, including Padul in the province of Granada, and other sequences from Mediterranean Spain, through which the heterogeneity of environmental change increases from mid to late Holocene. We conclude that, in contrast with other regions of Spain, deciduous Quercus-dominated forests are very old in eastern Andalusia, thus conflicting with floristic phytosociological models of vegetation change that imply that monospecific Q. ilex/rotundifolia woodlands are the potential mature forest in the region. Dating results suggest that the last Neanderthals of Carihuela lived between ca. 28,440 and 21,430 yr BP, which agrees with the postulation that southern Spain was the latest refugium for this human species in Europe.

This investigation has been funded by the projects PI-17/00739/FS/01 and PI-00369/FS/04 (Fundación Séneca, Murcia), and REN2003-02499-GLO (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid).

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historical biogeography, Holocene, Espagne, Palaeoecology, Paléoécologie, palaeoecology, Upper Pleistocene, Pléistocène supérieur, Historical biogeography, Vegetation history, Spain, Biogéographie historique, Histoire de la végétation, vegetation history, Holocène

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