A B Marín‐arroyo
Biographic Data
| ID | 131165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A B Marín‐arroyo |
| GIVEN NAMES | A B |
| FAMILY NAME | Marín‐arroyo |
| SIGNATURE | ARROYO A B M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Cantabria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3353-5581 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 515 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Cronología y estrategias de subsistencia durante el Gravetiense en la cueva de Altamira (Santillana del Mar, Cantabria)
La cueva de Altamira es mundialmente conocida como la Capilla Sixtina del Paleolítico. Sin embargo, el conocimiento sobre los modos de vida de los grupos humanos que la ocuparon durante el Paleolítico Superior es limitado. El presente estudio expone nuevos datos sobre la cronología y las estrategias de subsistencia de la ocupación gravetiense a partir del estudio de los restos bioarqueológicos, combinando un análisis arqueozoológico y tafonómico …
The Elephant in the Room
During the Upper Paleolithic of southwestern France, the working of mammoth ivory is widely documented, but the use of mammoth bone has not been identified except for one possible Gravettian case. Here we report six worked objects made of mammoth bone from five sites in southwestern France, which have been identified taxonomically by proteomics using ZooMS. They were radiocarbon dated and their chronological distribution spans the Upper Paleolith…
Bone collagen hydrogen isotopes as tracers of local palaeoclimate
Hydrogen stable isotopes (δ 2 H) preserved in bone collagen have been proposed as a promising proxy for palaeoclimatic reconstruction, though empirical applications remain limited. To evaluate the reliability and scope of this approach, we performed a multiisotopic analysis (δ 13 C, δ 15 N, δ 34 S, and δ 2 H) on 50 herbivore bone samples collected from three archaeostratigraphic layers spanning the Aurignacian sequence of Isturitz Cave (France). …
Fold but not sheepfold”
The functional interpretation of cave deposits known as fumiers (organic accumulations generated by livestock stabling) has traditionally been linked to the keeping of small ruminants, particularly sheep and goats. However, recent archaeozoological research suggests that such deposits may reflect a wider range of herding practices and species management strategies. This study examines the Chalcolithic faunal assemblage (3000–2500 cal BCE) from th…
Assessing the chronostratigraphy of the Paleolithic sequence of La Viña rock shelter (Asturias, Spain)
La Viña rock shelter is a relevant archaeological site for understanding the late Middle and Upper Palaeolithic cultural development in northern Iberia as evidenced by the Mousterian, Aurignacian, Gravettian, Solutrean and Magdalenian bone and lithic industries, parietal engravings and human subsistence remains recovered during the 1980s excavations by J. Fortea in the western and central excavation areas. This paper aims to present 16 new radioc…
Archaeological-Gastronomy tourism
This study aims to conceptualize Archaeological-gastronomy tourism as a co-creative tourism product which combines the exploration of archaeological heritage with culinary experiences. In particular, we draw upon the "From Prehistory to the Plate" (PreHGastro) project developed in Cantabria (Spain), a region with several UNESCO-recognized Paleolithic caves and a strong culinary tradition. A mixed-methods approach was employed, integrating quantit…
New Insights into Serbian Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) Diet and Ecology Using Bone Collagen δ 13 C and δ 15 N Analysis in the Context of European Cave Bear Extinction
The extinction of the cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) and the factors leading to their demise have been widely discussed. Environmental change, dietary inflexibility, human predation, and resource competition all potentially contributed to their decline. Determining the ecological and dietary behaviour of cave bears is crucial in contextualising their extinction. Here, bone collagen δ13C and δ15N evidence from the site of Šalitrena Pećina (Serbia), f…
Synanthropy of the Isturitz foxes during the Aurignacian is not proven
Hittite cultural conventions on hygiene
Several anthropological and historical studies based on comparative research show that there is no universal concept of ‘cleanliness’ or ‘hygiene’ common to all cultures in all historical periods. Ideas about what is considered clean, the means used to keep persons, objects and places clean, and the frequency or appropriate timing of cleaning actions differ between cultures, and even within a given culture. The latter implies that, sometimes, the…
Aurignacian groups at Isturitz (France) adapted to a shifting environment upon their arrival in Western Europe ∼42,000 years ago
The Marine Isotope Stage 3 is a context of considerable climatic instability. Establishing the link between global climate changes and their impact on the local ecological contexts and prey exploited by human populations is challenging. Still, it is necessary to understand better the local conditions where humans lived to unravel how they adapted to fluctuating environmental conditions. Here, we address this question by studying 250 osteodental e…
Paleoenvironmental inferences from ungulate dental microwear texture analysis during the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Covalejos (northern Iberia)
Greening a lost world
The scarcity of pictorial reconstructions focusing on Quaternary flora and vegetation prompts a reevaluation of traditional zoocentrism in future paleoartistic research. Here we present paleoartistic renderings depicting vegetation landscapes around the Orce Archaeological Zone (OAZ), encompassing sites dating from 1.6 to 1.2 million years ago during the Early Pleistocene of the Guadix-Baza Basin in southern Spain. Four pieces are based on fossil…
Late Pleistocene Neanderthal exploitation of stable and mosaic ecosystems in northern Iberia shown by multi-isotope evidence
During the last glacial period, rapidly changing environments posed substantial challenges to Neanderthal populations in Europe. Southern continental regions, such as Iberia, have been proposed as important climatic “buffer” zones during glacial phases. Contextualising the climatic and ecological conditions Neanderthals faced is relevant to interpreting their resilience. However, records of the environments and ecosystems they exploited across Ib…
Late Pleistocene Hominin Settlement Patterns in the Central Balkans
Recent research in the Central Balkans is discovering multiple human occupations previously unknown from the region, revealing its strategical location within Europe for human populations dispersing towards Central and Western Europe during the Pleistocene. Šalitrena Pećina (Serbia) contains evidence of late Neanderthal and early anatomically modern human (AMH) presence during the mid-to-late MIS 3. A Bayesian model of the radiocarbon dates, comb…
Ecological evolution in northern Iberia (SW Europe) during the Late Pleistocene through isotopic analysis on ungulate teeth
During the Late Pleistocene, stadial and interstadial fluctuations affected vegetation, fauna, and human groups that were forced to cope with these pronounced climatic and environmental changes in time and space. These changes were especially abrupt during the Marine Isotopic Stage (MIS) 3. However, little is still known about the local and regional climatic conditions experienced by hominins in Europe. Here we reconstruct the climatic trends in …
Taphonomic data from the transitional Aurignacian of El Castillo cave (Spain) reveals the role of carnivores at the Aurignacian Delta level
Palaeolithic sites are complex palimpsests due to the recurrent presence of human groups and carnivores through time, as documented in several European caves and rock shelters. Within these contexts, it can be challenging to identify the main contributors to bone accumulations and interpret human subsistence strategies and the role of carnivores. Consequently, taphonomic analyses are crucial for distinguishing the origins of these occupation epis…
Subsistence strategies during the Gravettian in the rock shelter of La Viña (Asturias, N Spain)
The rock shelter of La Viña, located on the northern Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, contains a rich archaeological sequence dated from the Mousterian to the Magdalenian. This site preserves an extended Gravettian occupation where a diversified assemblage of fauna, lithic and bone tools has been attested. In this paper, we undertake the archaeozoological and taphonomic study of the macromammals found in the Gravettian levels X and IX of …
Hornos de la Peña (Northern Iberia)
The study of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is one of the topics of more interest in the field of human evolution, where the differences in the subsistence strategies carried out by Neanderthals and Anatomically Modern Humans have generated numerous debates during recent years. Hornos de la Peña cave (Cantabria, Northern Iberia), excavated during 1909-1910, contains archaeological levels attributed to this transition, which have prov…
Coastal and Inland subsistence strategies during the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region (northern Iberian Peninsula)
The Gravettian site of Fuente del Salín Cave is located in the northern Iberian Peninsula (Cantabrian Region, Spain). In 2016, excavations conducted at the site yielded numerous faunal remains, including mammals and fish. Researchers also recovered molluscs remains during the 1990, 1991, and 2000 campaigns. This study presents the results of the archaeozoological and taphonomical analyses of the large mammals and fish remains recovered during the…
Seasonality of Human Occupations in El Mirón Cave
Bone weathering in an Atlantic environment
Weathering constitutes one of the most investigated taphonomic processes for understanding the formation of archaeological and paleontological assemblages. Despite being studied for decades through numerous monitoring experiments, no homogeneous methodology exists to compare the results obtained in different regions and climates. Here, we present the protocols and the preliminary results of an experimental research started four years ago in a coa…
Using ZooMS to assess archaeozoological insights and unravel human subsistence behaviour at La Viña rock shelter (northern Iberia)
The highly fragmented nature of Palaeolithic faunal assemblages is a regular limitation in archaeozoological analyses as it prevents a precise taxonomic identification following comparative anatomy criteria. In this paper, we integrate Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) analysis of unidentifiable bone fragments within archaeozoological and taphonomic data to overcome this limitation and disentangle the subsistence strategies of Solutrean…
Structuring domestic space in the Lower Magdalenian
Documenting the intentional structuring of space by hunter-gatherers can be challenging, especially in complex cave contexts. One approach is the spatial analysis of discard patterns. Here, the authors consider the spatial distribution of faunal remains from the Lower Magdalenian Level 115 in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, to assess a possible structuring function for an unusual alignment of rocks. Although it is impossible to determine whether the al…
Subsilience
El clima se ha propuesto como uno de los posibles factores desencadenantes de la extinción de los Neandertales. Las oscilaciones rápidas y abruptas, registradas en diferentes registros climáticos del hemisferio norte, empujaron los ecosistemas hacia resultados catastróficos durante el Estadio Isotópico 3 (MIS3). En estas condiciones, la supervivencia de una especie dependió, fundamentalmente, de sus habilidades de adaptación. Comprender el rol qu…
Estrategias de subsistencia durante el Solutrense cantábrico
El Abrigo de La Viña es uno de los yacimientos claves para el estudio del Paleolítico Superior de la región cantábrica, debido a su larga secuencia arqueológica y a sus grafías parietales pre-magdalenienses. En este trabajo se presenta el estudio arqueozoológico y tafonómico de los restos faunísticos hallados en los niveles solutrenses del Sector Occidental. Los resultados muestran una explotación preferente del ciervo complementado con otras esp…
Archaeological implications of human-derived manganese coatings
Exploitation of the Montane Zone of Cantabrian Spain during the Late Glacial
Human exploitation of the upper valleys in Cantabrian Spain during the Late Glacial, based on the archaeological record, has been considered peripheral relative to the settlement of the nearby coastal plain. This territorial occupation model assumes that inland sites were used sporadically and logistically. The zooarchaeological analysis undertaken for El Mirón Cave, located in the foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains, represents a turning point…
Multi-Isotope investigations of ungulate bones and teeth from El Castillo and Covalejos caves (Cantabria, Spain)
A chrono-cultural reassessment of the levels VI–XIV from El Cuco rock-shelter
Probable evidences of bone accumulation by Pleistocene bearded vulture at the archaeological site of El Mirón Cave (Spain)
Environment and subsistence strategies at La Viña rock shelter and Llonin cave (Asturias, Spain) during MIS3
Distinguishing Bearded Vulture Activities within Archaeological Contexts
In Europe, the bearded vultureGypaetus barbatusis currently an endangered species limited now to high mountain areas, but had a broader geographical distribution in the past. It breeds on ledges in limestone cliffs, in habitats similar to those also selected by prehistoric human groups. This species feeds mainly on bones of medium-sized ungulates that are processed before ingestion at bone-breaking sites or ossuaries; bone remains subsequently ac…
Archeozoological study of the macromammal remains stratigraphically associated with the Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Comportamiento económico de los últimos cazadores- recolectores y primeras evidencias de domesticación en el occidente de Asturias. La Cueva de Mazaculos II
El estudio del comportamiento económico desarrollado por los últimos grupos de cazadores-recolectores del Mesolítico Cantábrico, fundamentalmente dominado por el abundante registro de la explotación del medio marino, cuenta con reducidas evidencias del consumo de mamíferos terrestres, en lo que supone una ruptura con la tendencia observada durante el Paleolítico Superior. Las causas de este cambio y su implicación en la demografía de la región se…
The Chronometric Dating and Subsistence of Late Neanderthals and Early Anatomically Modern Humans in the Central Balkans
Eastern Europe, particularly the Balkans, played a major role as a likely cul-de-sac for late Neanderthal survival and as a gateway to Europe for Anatomically Modern Humans (AMH) during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition. Despite the importance of the region, the known archaeological record during this period is still very limited, with little available site information. The recently excavated site of Šalitrena Pe?ina (Mionica, Serbia), s…
The Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition at El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
The Red Lady of El Mirón”. Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain
Taphonomic study of the human remains from the Magdalenian burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Manganese coating of the Tabun faunal assemblage
Connections between the Levant and the Balkans in the late Middle Pleistocene
Hornos de la Peña (Northern Iberia)
The study of the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition is one of the topics of more interest in the field of human evolution, where the differences in the subsistence strategies carried out by Neanderthals and Anatomically Modern Humans have generated numerous debates during recent years. Hornos de la Peña cave (Cantabria, Northern Iberia), excavated during 1909-1910, contains archaeological levels attributed to this transition, which have prov…
Assessing What Lies Beneath the Spatial Distribution of a Zooarchaeological Record
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are being incorporated into archaeology as a technique to improve the understanding of spatial organization and the relationships among finds within specific areas. Although their use as a basic tool in predicting the location of archaeological sites or in assessing the extent of their catchment areas is relatively common, in general, they have less often been applied to the study of the spatial distribution…
Spatial distribution analysis of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Economic adaptations during the Late Glacial in northern Spain
The archaeozoological record provides direct evidence of the subsistence strategies of ancient groups, and thus can be used to test hypotheses about cultural and economic human evolution. Along the Cantabrian coast (northern Spain) the shift from the specialised procurement of high-ranked prey to more diversified resource exploitation during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition has traditionally been explained from two contrasting points of view. …
Using ZooMS to assess archaeozoological insights and unravel human subsistence behaviour at La Viña rock shelter (northern Iberia)
The highly fragmented nature of Palaeolithic faunal assemblages is a regular limitation in archaeozoological analyses as it prevents a precise taxonomic identification following comparative anatomy criteria. In this paper, we integrate Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS) analysis of unidentifiable bone fragments within archaeozoological and taphonomic data to overcome this limitation and disentangle the subsistence strategies of Solutrean…
Revisiting Hornos de la Peña 100 years after
Patrones de movilidad y control del territorio en el Cantábrico Oriental durante el Tardiglaciar
El tipo de ocupación y uso del territorio constituyó una de las herramientas adaptativas a disposición de los grupos cazadores-recolectores del final del Pleistoceno para optimizar el acceso a los recursos y permitir una explotación eficiente del medio en el que habitaron. La Cornisa Cantábrica, por sus especiales cualidades topográficas y ambientales resulta idónea para la investigación de este tipo de mecanismos, habiéndose identificado una ten…
New insights into the use and circulation of reindeer antler in northern Iberia during the Magdalenian (ca. 21-13 cal ka BP)
Interactions between prehistoric foragers and reindeer at the end of the Pleistocene are still poorly documented in northern Iberia, particularly the reasons and means by which their antlers were collected, processed and circulated. Here we review the main osseous industries dated to between 21 and 13 cal ka BP, focusing on the use and circulation of reindeer antler as a raw material for the production of weapons and tools by Magdalenian foragers…
Birds of prey and humans in prehistoric Europe
Investigating prehistoric diet and lifeways of early farmers in central northern Spain (3000-1500 CAL BC) using stable isotope techniques
El Neolítico de la cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete) en el contexto de la Sierra del Segura
Desde su excavación en el verano de 1973, la Cueva del Niño ha sido considerada un yacimiento de gran importancia para conocer el proceso de introducción de la economía de producción o de la tecnología cerámica en el sureste de la Península Ibérica, y especialmente para establecer cómo dicho proceso pudo haber afectado a las poblaciones ya asentadas en la región de la Sierra del Segura. Sin embargo, la información proporcionada por la Cueva del N…
Archaeological implications of human-derived manganese coatings
Patrones de movilidad y control del territorio en el Cantábrico Oriental durante el Tardiglaciar
El tipo de ocupación y uso del territorio constituyó una de las herramientas adaptativas a disposición de los grupos cazadores-recolectores del final del Pleistoceno para optimizar el acceso a los recursos y permitir una explotación eficiente del medio en el que habitaron. La Cornisa Cantábrica, por sus especiales cualidades topográficas y ambientales resulta idónea para la investigación de este tipo de mecanismos, habiéndose identificado una ten…
Probable evidences of bone accumulation by Pleistocene bearded vulture at the archaeological site of El Mirón Cave (Spain)
The use of optimal foraging theory to estimate Late Glacial site catchment areas from a central place
Comportamiento económico de los últimos cazadores- recolectores y primeras evidencias de domesticación en el occidente de Asturias. La Cueva de Mazaculos II
El estudio del comportamiento económico desarrollado por los últimos grupos de cazadores-recolectores del Mesolítico Cantábrico, fundamentalmente dominado por el abundante registro de la explotación del medio marino, cuenta con reducidas evidencias del consumo de mamíferos terrestres, en lo que supone una ruptura con la tendencia observada durante el Paleolítico Superior. Las causas de este cambio y su implicación en la demografía de la región se…
Economic adaptations during the Late Glacial in northern Spain
The archaeozoological record provides direct evidence of the subsistence strategies of ancient groups, and thus can be used to test hypotheses about cultural and economic human evolution. Along the Cantabrian coast (northern Spain) the shift from the specialised procurement of high-ranked prey to more diversified resource exploitation during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition has traditionally been explained from two contrasting points of view. …
Assessing What Lies Beneath the Spatial Distribution of a Zooarchaeological Record
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are being incorporated into archaeology as a technique to improve the understanding of spatial organization and the relationships among finds within specific areas. Although their use as a basic tool in predicting the location of archaeological sites or in assessing the extent of their catchment areas is relatively common, in general, they have less often been applied to the study of the spatial distribution…
Exploitation of the Montane Zone of Cantabrian Spain during the Late Glacial
Human exploitation of the upper valleys in Cantabrian Spain during the Late Glacial, based on the archaeological record, has been considered peripheral relative to the settlement of the nearby coastal plain. This territorial occupation model assumes that inland sites were used sporadically and logistically. The zooarchaeological analysis undertaken for El Mirón Cave, located in the foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains, represents a turning point…
New Perspectives on Taphonomy
Relationship between Magdalenian subsistence and environmental change
Distinguishing Bearded Vulture Activities within Archaeological Contexts
In Europe, the bearded vultureGypaetus barbatusis currently an endangered species limited now to high mountain areas, but had a broader geographical distribution in the past. It breeds on ledges in limestone cliffs, in habitats similar to those also selected by prehistoric human groups. This species feeds mainly on bones of medium-sized ungulates that are processed before ingestion at bone-breaking sites or ossuaries; bone remains subsequently ac…
Palaeolithic Human Subsistence in Mount Carmel (Israel). A Taphonomic Assessment of Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic Faunal Remains from Tabun, Skhul and el‐Wad
Detailed archaeozoological studies of Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic (250–40 kya) faunal assemblages from Tabun, Skhul and el‐Wad caves, located in Mount Carmel (Israel), are presented here, expanding on the previous palaeontological analyses carried out by Garrod and Bate in the 1930 ́s and by Garrard five decades later. Despite the well‐known excavation bias of the older excavations, this study makes greater use of modern taphonomic techni…
New Opportunities for Previously Excavated Sites
The Human Occupations of El Mirón Cave (Ramales De La Victoria, Cantabria, Spain) During the Last Glacial Maximum/Solutrean Period
El Mirón Cave (Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, Spain) has evidence of brief visits (by hunting parties) to the montane zone of the upper Asón valley in easternmost Cantabria during the Last Glacial Maximum with 14C dates ranging between 19.2-18.4 kya uncal BP. Landscapes were largely treeless (scattered pines), with varying degrees of humidity and some amelioration at the end of the sequence of seven levels. Armed with a variety of Solutrean f…
Manganese coating of the Tabun faunal assemblage
Taphonomy and archaeozoological research
La secuencia musteriense de la Cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete) y el poblamiento neandertal en el sureste de la Península Ibérica
En este artículo se presentan los resultados de la revisión de los materiales arqueológicos procedentes de la excavación realizada en 1973 en la Cueva del Niño (Aýna, Albacete) correspondientes a ocupaciones del Paleolítico Medio. Esta revisión se realizó fundamentalmente mediante el análisis tecnológico de la industria lítica, el estudio arqueozoológico y tafonómico de los restos de macromamíferos y el análisis de los restos carpológicos. Además…
Late Pleistocene foot infection in Dama mesopotamica from Tabun B (Mount Carmel, Israel)
Spatial distribution analysis of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Taphonomic study of the human remains from the Magdalenian burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
Archeozoological study of the macromammal remains stratigraphically associated with the Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)
The Red Lady of El Mirón”. Lower Magdalenian life and death in Oldest Dryas Cantabrian Spain
El Abrigo de la Castañera (Cantabria, Spain)
A Spatial Distribution Study of Faunal Remains from Two Lower Magdalenian Occupation Levels in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, Spain
Human behaviour can be reconstructed by analysing specific activities and campsite organization using spatial analysis. The dense occupation layers of the Lower Cantabrian Magdalenian in the Northern Spain reveal varied aspects of Upper Palaeolithic lifeways, including evidence of specific localized activities. The outer vestibule of El Mirón cave has a particularly rich and intact Lower Magdalenian occupation horizon, Levels 15–17. The excavat…
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