A New Complete Sequence from Lower to Middle Paleolithic El Provencio
Quaternary International 566-567 (2020) 39–56 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Quaternary International journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/quaint A new complete sequence from Lower to Middle Paleolithic: El Provencio Complex (Cuenca, Spain) T ∗ S.D. Domínguez-Soleraa, , D. Morenob, C. Pérez-Garridoc a ARES Arqueología y Patrimonio Cultural, C/San Vicente 2, 16001, Cuenca, Spain b Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), Paseo Sierra Atapuerca, 3, 09002, Burgos, Spain c Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Calle Calera, 1, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Keywords: This paper presents the results of the archaeological research project on the Lower and Middle Paleolithic in the Lower Paleolithic municipality of El Provencio (Cuenca, Spain). During the first 6 years of the project, an unknown archaeological Middle Paleolithic complex has been defined with a large concentration of remains of lithic industry of Modes 1, 2 and 3, as well as OSL dating Pleistocene faunal remains (Mammuthus and Equus), associated with the large-scale sequences of the Záncara ESR dating River. The first ages obtained by two complementary dating methods are presented here: Electron Spin Lithic industry Resonance (ESR) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). The absolute dates of 41 ± 2.2 ka and Faunal remains 836 ± 46 ka (Al–Ti mean age) correspond to the upper and lower levels of the stratigraphic sequence re- spectively. The archaeological potential contained in this complex suggests an effective and uninterrupted human occupation of this region during ≈800 ka. 1. Introduction and archaeological background Neolithic and Calcolithic as well as some faunal remains.
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