Refining upon the climatic background of the early Pleistocene hominid settlement in Western Europe: Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Guadix-Baza Basin, se …

HA Blain, I Lozano-Fernández, J Agustí… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Pleistocene sites of Barranco León and Fuente Nueva-3 (Guadix-Baza
Basin, SE Spain) have yielded thousands of Mode 1 or Oldowan lithic artifacts (both sites) …

New stratigraphically constrained palaeoenvironmental reconstructions for the first human settlement in Western Europe: The Early Pleistocene herpetofaunal …

C Sanchez-Bandera, O Oms, HA Blain… - Quaternary Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early Pleistocene sites of Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (Guadix-Baza
Basin, SE Spain) have yielded abundant Oldowan lithic artifacts and one hominin tooth …

The oldest human fossil in Europe, from Orce (Spain)

I Toro-Moyano, B Martínez-Navarro, J Agustí… - Journal of Human …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Orce region has one of the best late Pliocene and early Pleistocene continental
paleobiological records of Europe. It is situated in the northeastern sector of the …

Villafranchian: the long story of a Plio-Pleistocene European large mammal biochronologic unit

L Rook, B Martínez-Navarro - Quaternary International, 2010 - Elsevier
European continental mammal biochronology has been developed in Italy since the
pioneering work of Augusto Azzaroli. The Villafranchian is a Mammal Age, a …

Evidence of earliest human occurrence in Europe: the site of Pirro Nord (Southern Italy)

M Arzarello, F Marcolini, G Pavia, M Pavia… - …, 2007 - Springer
Some flint lithic artifacts were discovered in the fissure fillings of the well-known Pirro Nord
site (Apulia, Southern Italy). The lithic industry, composed by three cores and some flakes …

Homo vs. Pachycrocuta: earliest evidence of competition for an elephant carcass between scavengers at Fuente Nueva-3 (Orce, Spain)

MP Espigares, B Martínez-Navarro, P Palmqvist… - Quaternary …, 2013 - Elsevier
Homo and Pachycrocuta were the two major agents responsible for modifying and
accumulating bones during early Pleistocene times in Europe. However, although an …

[PDF][PDF] The acheulian of western Europe

M Santonja, P Villa - Axe age: Acheulian toolmaking from quarry …, 2006 - researchgate.net
In the current state of knowledge, the European distribution of Acheulian industries that
include handaxes and cleavers appears to be centered in southwestern Europe; their …

On the limits of using combined U-series/ESR method to date fossil teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites of the Orce area (Guadix-Baza basin, Spain)

M Duval, C Falguères, JJ Bahain, R Grün… - Quaternary …, 2012 - cambridge.org
The combined U-series/electron spin resonance (ESR) dating method was applied to nine
teeth from two Early Pleistocene archaeological sites located in the Orce area (Guadix-Baza …

Climate forcing of first hominid dispersal in Western Europe

J Agustí, HA Blain, G Cuenca-Bescós… - Journal of Human …, 2009 - Elsevier
In the last decade, new paleontological and archeological evidence has challenged
previous views on the early human settlement of Europe. In particular, the Georgian site of …

The archaic stone tool industry from Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3,(Orce, Spain): Evidence of the earliest hominin presence in southern Europe

IT Moyano, D Barsky, D Cauche, V Celiberti… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
The Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 sites are located in the Guadix-Baza Basin in Orce
(Andalusia, Spain) about 80 km from the Mediterranean Sea. The sites were accumulated in …