Publication: Nuevos restos humanos procedentes de la Cueva de la Zarzamora (Segovia, España)
Loading...
Full text at PDC
Publication Date
2013-01
Advisors (or tutors)
Editors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi
Citations
Exportar
Abstract
Once restos humanos, dos dientes y nueve fragmentos del esqueleto postcraneal pertenecientes al tronco, pelvis y pie, han sido recuperados en la cueva de la Zarzamora, situada en el límite meridional de la meseta Castellana (Segovia, España). Los resultados obtenidos del estudio métrico y morfológico permiten inferir que podrían corresponder a un solo individuo con una edad de muerte en torno a los diez años. Los huesos humanos se encontraban englobados en un relleno sedimentario del Pleistoceno superior interpretado como cubil de hienas. No obstante, una datación directa ha proporcionado una fecha de 4.749±34 años BP correspondiente a una fase temprana del Calcolítico. Estos hallazgos son de gran relevancia, teniendo en cuenta la escasez de restos humanos de esta época en esta región de la Península Ibérica.
The present paper reports the recently recovered human bone remains from the Cueva de la Zarzamora in the southernmost limits of the Castilian Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula (Segovia, Spain). A total of two teeth and nine human bones from the trunk, pelvis and foot regions have been recovered. A complete inventory, metrical and morphological study has been carried out. All this remains could correspond to a single individual and its age-of-death was very likely around 10 years old. The direct radiocarbon dating of one of the rib fragments using ultrafiltration pre-treatment protocols has provided a date of 4749 ± 34 years BP which would place these remains in the Chalcolithic archaeological period. This piece of evidence is of great relevance, taking into account the scarcity of human bone remains of this age in this region of the Iberian Peninsula.
The present paper reports the recently recovered human bone remains from the Cueva de la Zarzamora in the southernmost limits of the Castilian Plateau of the Iberian Peninsula (Segovia, Spain). A total of two teeth and nine human bones from the trunk, pelvis and foot regions have been recovered. A complete inventory, metrical and morphological study has been carried out. All this remains could correspond to a single individual and its age-of-death was very likely around 10 years old. The direct radiocarbon dating of one of the rib fragments using ultrafiltration pre-treatment protocols has provided a date of 4749 ± 34 years BP which would place these remains in the Chalcolithic archaeological period. This piece of evidence is of great relevance, taking into account the scarcity of human bone remains of this age in this region of the Iberian Peninsula.
Description
Recibido: 2013-05-09 / Aceptado: 2013-11-18