The palaeoecoloical potential of pollen records in caves: the case of Mediterranean Spain |
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| Institution: | 1. Área de Botánica, Departamento de Biolog??a Vegetal, Facultad de Biolog??a, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain;2. Institut de Ciències de la Terra “Jaume Almera” (CSIC), c/Mart?? i Franquès s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain;3. Departamento de Geograf??a, Facultad de Geograf??a e Historia, Universidad de Valencia, 46080 Valencia, Spain;4. Área de Antropolog??a F??sica, Departamento de Biolog??a Animal, Facultad de Biolog??a, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain;1. REQUIMTE-LAQV, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Sta Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal;2. CIMO, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Campus Sta Apolónia, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal;3. GI Arqueobiología, Instituto de Historia, CCHS, CSIC, Albasanz 26-28, 28037 Madrid, Spain;4. Institute of Agronomy, University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal;1. Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9300, South Africa;2. Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Aberystwyth, Penglais Campus, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom;3. Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC. Avda. Montañana, 1005, 50159, Zaragoza, Spain;4. National Museum of Namibia, PO Box 1203, Windhoek, Namibia;5. Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA |
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| Abstract: | Important palynological sequences are reviewed from caves with archaeological interest in Mediterranean Spain. Upper Pleistocene sites include Abric Roman?? and Abric de l’Arbreda in NE Spain, and in SE Spain Cueva de la Carihuela, Cova Beneito, Cueva de Perneras, Cueva del Algarrobo and the Holocene Cova de l’Or and Cova de les Cendres. Carihuela has the longest sequence, starting in the last interglacial and covering most of the last glaciation. A pre-Würm phase was followed by two glacial maxima separated by an interpleniglacial phase, and in the Lateglacial the Younger Dryas seems present. Whereas at Carihuela harsh pleniglacial conditions caused Mediterranean associations to disappear, in the milder surroundings of Beneito and Perneras these were able to survive. At Roman??, pollen shows acute palaeoclimatic sensitivity, pointing to upland refuges nearby. Holocene pollen from Cova de l’Or and Cendres underlines the importance of pine in natural woodlands of mature meso and thermomediterranean taxa. Some between-site comparisons and contrasts with modern bioclimatology are interpreted in the context of the palaeoclimate history. Despite taphonomical and methodological problems of cave palynology, its future in arid regions such as SE Spain is promising. |
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