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Geocronología de la sucesión arqueoestratigráfica de Los Estragales en la Terraza Compleja de Butarque (Valle del río Manzanares, Madrid)

2008; Issue: 45 Linguagem: Inglês

2173-6545

Alfredo Pérez González, Susana Rubio‐Jara, Joaquín Panera, David Uribelarrea,

Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide

In the low valley of Manzanares river, south of Madrid, is located the Butarque Complex Terrace formed by piling up of alluvial deposits of the Upper Pleistocene. In Perales del Rio they have been excavated and picked up industries of the Middle Palaeolithic mainly in flint, in the sites of Los Estragales 1, 2 and 3, dated by TL and OSL between the Eemien (5e) and MIS 4. The terraces overlapped with the Butarque Complex Terrace, at +11-12 m, +8m and La Gavia II, they have been deposited during the Heinrich events H4, H2 and H1, of agreement with the luminiscence datings.