The Radiocarbon Chronology of El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

Three additional radiocarbon assays were run on samples from 3 levels lying below the classic (±15,500 BP) Lower Cantabrian Magdalenian horizon in the outer vestibule excavation area of El Mirón Cave in the Cantabrian Cordillera of northern Spain. Although the central tendencies of the new dates are out of stratigraphic order, they are consonant with the post-Solutrean, Initial Magdalenian period both in El Mirón and in the Cantabrian region, indicating a technological transition in preferred weaponry from foliate and shouldered points to microliths and antler sagaies between about 17,000–16,000 BP (uncalibrated), during the early part of the Oldest Dryas pollen zone. Now with 65 14 C dates, El Mirón is one of the most thoroughly dated prehistoric sites in western Europe. The until-now poorly dated, but very distinctive Initial Cantabrian Magdalenian lithic artifact assemblages are briefly summarized

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• El Mirón Cave

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology•2020

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• Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age and Additional Magdalenian Radiocarbon Dates for El Mirón Cave (Ramales De La Victoria, Cantabria, Spain). Date List Vii

  Open Access•Manuel R González-Morales, Borja González-Rabanal et al.•Radiocarbon•2023

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• Lithic raw material conveyance and hunter-gatherer mobility during the Lower Magdalenian in Cantabria, Spain

  Open Access•Lisa M Fontes, L G Straus et al.•Quaternary International•2015

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• The Upper Paleolithic sequence in el Mirón Cave (Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2019

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• The Magdalenian human burial of El Mirón Cave (Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science•2015

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• A Spatial Distribution Study of Faunal Remains from Two Lower Magdalenian Occupation Levels in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, Spain

  Open Access•Jeanne Marie Geiling, L G Straus et al.•Papers from the Institute of…•2016

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• The vegetational and climatic contexts of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•María José Iriarte Chiapusso, A Arrizabalaga et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science•2015

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• Initial and Lower Magdalenian Large Mammal Faunas and Human Subsistence at El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•Milena Carvalho, E L Jones et al.•Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology•2021

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• Relationship between Magdalenian subsistence and environmental change

  Open Access•Gloria Cuenca‐bescó, A B Marín‐arroyo et al.•Quaternary International•2012

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• Cores, Core-scrapers, and Bladelet Production during the Lower Magdalenian Occupations of El Mirón Cave, Cantabrian Spain

  L G Straus, Lisa M Fontes et al.•Lithic Technology•2016

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• What is left of the Badegoulian “interlude”? New data on cultural evolution in southern France between 23,500 and 20,500 cal. BP

  Open Access•Sylvain Ducasse•Quaternary International•2012

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• Spatial distribution analysis of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•Jeanne Marie Geiling, A B Marín‐arroyo•Journal of Archaeological Science•2015

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• The Magdalenian settlement of the Cantabrian region (Northern Spain)

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Quaternary International•2012

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• After the Deep Freeze

  Open Access•L G Straus•Journal of Archaeological Method…•2012

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• El grafismo rupestre paleolítico de la cueva de El Mirón (Ramales de la Victoria, Cantabria, España)

  Open Access•Marcos García Díez, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Trabajos de Prehistoria•2012

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• El Mirón Cave (Ramales, Cantabria, Spain) Date List V

  Open Access•Lawrence G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Radiocarbon•2016

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• New Dates for the Solutrean and Magdalenian of Cantabrian Spain

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Radiocarbon•2018

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• Radiocarbon Dating the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Radiocarbon•2015

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• Assessing the Chronostratigraphy of El Mirón Cave, Cantabrian Spain

  Open Access•Rachel J A Hopkins, L G Straus et al.•Radiocarbon•2021

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• Radiocarbon Dates from the O xford AMS S ystem

  Open Access•Christopher B Ramsey, T F G Higham et al.•Archaeometry•2015

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• Lower Magdalenian secondary human burial in El Mirón Cave, Cantabria, Spain

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Antiquity•2011

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• La grotte de la Riera (Asturies) et la question du Solutréen cantabrique (et ibérique)

  Lawrence-Guy Straus, Geoffrey A Clark•Bulletin de la Société…•2000

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• Une révision de la séquence de la Riera (Asturies) et la question du Badegoulien cantabrique

  Bruno Bosselin, François Djindjian•Bulletin de la Société…•1999

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• Intcal04 Terrestrial Radiocarbon Age Calibration, 0–26 Cal Kyr BP

  Open Access•Paula J Reimer, Mgl Baillie et al.•Radiocarbon•2004

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• Essai d'adaptation des méthodes statistiques au Paléolithique supérieur. Premiers résultats

  Denise De Sonneville-Bordes, Jean Perrot•Bulletin de la Société…•1953

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• Early Magdalenian Variability

  L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Journal of Field Archaeology•2008

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• Last Glacial Human Settlement in Eastern Cantabria (Northern Spain)

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Journal of Archaeological Science•2002

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• Further Radiocarbon Dates for the Upper Paleolithic of El Mirón Cave (Ramales De La Victoria, Cantabria, Spain)

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González Morales et al.•Radiocarbon•2007

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• El Mirón Cave and the 14 C Chronology of Cantabrian Spain

  Open Access•L G Straus, Manuel R González-Morales et al.•Radiocarbon•2003

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• Extraordinary Early Magdalenian finds from El Mirón Cave, Cantabria (Spain)

  Open Access•Manuel R González Morales, Manuel R González-Morales et al.•Antiquity•2009

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