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Micromorphological Study of Site Formation Processes at El Sidrón Cave (Asturias, Northern Spain): Encrustations over Neanderthal Bones

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dc.contributor.authorCañaveras, Juan Carlos
dc.contributor.authorSánchez Moral, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorDuarte Matías, E.
dc.contributor.authorSantos Delgado, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Pablo Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorCuezva Robleño, Soledad
dc.contributor.authorFernández Cortés, Ángel
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz Cervera, María Concepción
dc.contributor.authorRasilla, Marco de la
dc.contributor.authorLario Gómez, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-20T12:06:01Z
dc.date.available2024-05-20T12:06:01Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractEl Sidrón Cave is an archaeological and anthropological reference site of the Neanderthal world. It shows singular activity related to cannibalisation, and all existing processes are relevant to explain the specific behaviour of the concerned individuals. This paper presents geoarchaeological data, primarily based on mineralogical and petrographic techniques, from an investigation of the nature of the encrustations or hard coatings that affect a large part of the Neanderthal bone remains and their relationship with the depositional and post-depositional processes at the archaeological site. Crusts and patina were found to be numerous and diverse, mainly composed of calcite and siliciclastic grains, with different proportions and textures. The analysis indicated different origins and scenarios from their initial post-mortem accumulation to the final deposit recovered during the archaeological work. The presence of micromorphological features, such as clotted-peloidal micrite, needle-fibre calcite (NFC) aggregates, clay coatings, iron–manganese impregnation, and/or adhered aeolian dust may indicate that a significant proportion of the remains were affected by subaerial conditions in a relatively short period of time in a shelter, cave entrance, or shallower level of the karstic system, prior to their accumulation in the Ossuary Gallery.en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ geosciences11100413
dc.identifier.issn2076-3263
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/13172
dc.journal.issue413
dc.journal.titleGeosciences
dc.journal.volume11
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.centerFacultad de Ciencias
dc.relation.departmentCiencias Analíticas
dc.relation.researchgroupGeología Aplicada al Medio Ambiente (GAMA)
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject.keywordscave sediment
dc.subject.keywordsKarst
dc.subject.keywordsGeoarchaeology
dc.subject.keywordsPalaeoanthropology
dc.subject.keywordsmiddle Palaeolithic
dc.subject.keywordsMousterian
dc.subject.keywordsIberian Peninsula
dc.titleMicromorphological Study of Site Formation Processes at El Sidrón Cave (Asturias, Northern Spain): Encrustations over Neanderthal Boneses
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