The Benzú rockshelter: a Middle Palaeolithic site on the North African coast
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Publication Date
11-1-2008
Publication Title
Quaternary International
Volume Number
27
Issue Number
23-24
Abstract
The rockshelter of Benzú has a Middle–Upper Pleistocene stratigraphic sequence with ten levels, seven with evidence of human occupation. Speleothems have been dated by U/Th and the sedimentary levels by OSL and TL, showing that the sequence extends from 250 ka to 70 ka. In this paper, we summarise the results of geomorphology, chronostratigraphy and excavation, and provide preliminary results on the pollen, faunal and lithic remains. The location of the site on the North African coast of the Strait of Gibraltar offers the potential to throw light on contacts and relationships between prehistoric communities in North Africa and the South Iberian Peninsula, for whom the Strait may have served as a bridge rather than a barrier.
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Article
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.030
Recommended Citation
Ramos, José; Bernal, Darío; Domínguez-Bella, Salvador; and Calado, David, "The Benzú rockshelter: a Middle Palaeolithic site on the North African coast" (2008). KIP Articles. 6528.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/6528
