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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Pleistocene landscapes in central Iberia inferred from pollen analysis of hyena coprolites
Journal of Quaternary Science, Volume 22, No. 2, Year 2007
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New pollen data from hyena coprolites from central Spain are presented. The fossil faecal material has been recovered from two karstic systems in different localities, Villacastín and Los Torrejones, which are both around 1000m a.s.l. The combined findings of bone remains and coprolites in both locations suggest the following chronology: late Middle Pleistocene for Villacastín and early Upper Pleistocene for Los Torrejones. The environments inferred from pollen are broadly in keeping with evidence from associated vertebrate fossil remains, and include a shifting mosaic of open and wooded habitats with abundant pine and juniper species, steppe-grassland areas with composites and chenopods, and enclaves with mixed oak forests. However, Los Torrejones appears to have been less forested than Villacastín. The abundance of oaks in Villacastín may imply the presence of refugia within an interconnected network of several enclaves during the glacial stages in the Upper Pleistocene. A possible explanation for the patchiness of the landscape may be in the role of herbivores, although the long distances and variety of habitats that hyenas had to roam through could be another explanation for the heterogeneous pollen contents in their dung. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Carrión, Jóse Sebastián
Spain, Murcia
Universidad de Murcia
Scott, Louis
South Africa, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State
Arribas, Alfonso
Spain, Madrid
Museo Geominero
Fuentes, Noemí
Spain, Murcia
Universidad de Murcia
Gil-Romera, Graciela
Spain, Madrid
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Montoya, Encarni
Spain, Murcia
Universidad de Murcia
Statistics
Citations: 50
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
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Doi:
10.1002/jqs.1024
ISSN:
02678179
e-ISSN:
10991417