Английская Википедия:El Salt
Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Шаблон:Short description
El Salt is an archaeological site from the Middle Paleolithic near Alcoy, in the Spanish Province of Alicante, which was frequented by groups of archaic humans for thousands of years.Шаблон:Sfn Scientists have found evidence of Neanderthal settlements, including fire pits and flint tools, dating back at least 50,000 years, including six teeth;Шаблон:Sfn they disappeared from the site and possibly the Iberian peninsula some 45,000 years ago. In 2014, the then-oldest known human coprolites were discovered at the site, which revealed that Neanderthals' diets included plants.Шаблон:Sfn
Description
El Salt is located close to the confluence of the Polop and Barxell (or Barchell) rivers, minor rivers that are tributaries of the Serpis. It is an open-air rock shelter at 680Шаблон:Sfn (or 700Шаблон:Sfn) meters above sea level, one of several site clusters in the plain of Valencia that give evidence of "significant levels of mobility across extended territories" by population groups.Шаблон:Sfn
The site has a 6.3 meters thick stratified deposit, at the bottom of a limestone wall, 38 meters high, which is covered with tufa and travertine deposits. Thermoluminescence dating indicated its age is between 60.7 ± 8.9 and 45.2 ± 3.4 Ka.Шаблон:Sfn Thirteen lithostratigraphic units are grouped into five different segments; the second contains units IX-XII, containing "horizontally bedded fine sands with abundant archaeological remains and combustion residues". Evidence of campfires are found in abundance in unit X, some 50,000 years old. That unit is up to 35 cm thick, and one of its sub-units (called Xb, 10-14 cm thick and browner, with more clay, than Xa) suggests that the climate at the time of deposit was more humid than today's.Шаблон:Sfn
Unit X suggests "several diachronic human occupation episodes and different site functions".Шаблон:Sfn Analysis of the coprolites left at the site (the sample had been left on the remains of a campfire) indicated the donor was omnivorous: fats associated with meat consumption were found, but also evidence that the donor had eaten plants.Шаблон:Sfn
A study published in 2014 indicates that Neanderthals may have disappeared from the Iberian Peninsula some 45,000 years ago, perhaps 5,000 years earlier than from the rest of Europe.Шаблон:Sfn
History of the research
Excavations at the site were done in the 1960s already.Шаблон:Sfn Recent excavations have been directed by a research group from the University of La Laguna since 1986, led by Prof. Bertila Galván;Шаблон:Sfn it is supported by grants from MICINN/FEDER and the government of the Valencian Community.Шаблон:Sfn
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite news
- Шаблон:Cite news
- Шаблон:Cite journal
Шаблон:Neanderthal sites in the Province of Valencia, Spain
- Английская Википедия
- Страницы с неработающими файловыми ссылками
- 1986 archaeological discoveries
- 2014 archaeological discoveries
- Alcoy
- Neanderthal sites
- Prehistoric sites in Spain
- Province of Valencia
- Rock shelters
- Archaeological sites in the Valencian Community
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
