Published June 13, 1996
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Journal article
New radiocarbon dates for the transition from middle to upper palaeolithic at El Castillo (Cantabria)
- 1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), 91 - Gif-sur-Yvette (France). Centre des Faibles Radioactivites
- 2. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid (Spain)
Description
The stratigraphic sequence at the El Castillo cave in Cantabria, Spain, extends from Lower to Upper Palaeolithic. The transition from Middle to Upper Palaeolithic is represented by levels assigned to Quina Mousterian and Early Aurignacian. Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon dates put the archaic Aurignacian industries at ca. 40,000 years ago and indicate that in northern Spain the Upper Palaeolithic began several millennia earlier than in other parts of western Europe. (authors). 16 refs., 1 tab
Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- La transition paleolithique moyen-paleolithique superieur a El Castillo (Cantabrie): nouvelles datations par le carbone-14
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Serie 2, Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes
- Journal Volume
- 322
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1093-1098.
- ISSN
- 1251-8050
- CODEN
- CRSPEA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 28006945
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CARBON 14; CAVES; CHARCOAL; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC STRATA; ISOTOPE DATING; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; QUATERNARY PERIOD; SPAIN; STRATIGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- AGE ESTIMATION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CAVITIES; CENOZOIC ERA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GEOLOGIC AGES; GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEI; PALEONTOLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROSCOPY; WESTERN EUROPE; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES