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The TD6 (Aurora stratum) hominid site. Final remarks and new questions

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1006/jhev.1999.0334

1095-8606

J.M. Bermu ́dez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell, Isabel Ca ́ceres, J. Carlos Dı ́ez, Yolanda Fernández–Jalvo, Marina Mosquera, Andreu Ollé, J. Rodrı ́guez, Xose ́ Pedro Rodrı ́guez, Antonio Rosas, Jordi Rosell, Robert Sala, J.M. Verge ́s, Jan van der Made,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

The study of the faunal and lithic assemblage (including almost a hundred human fossil remains) recovered from the Aurora stratum-TD6 level of the Lower Pleistocene cave site of Gran Dolina (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) has allowed us to answer some important questions concerning the debate about the earliest evidence for human occupation of Europe. However, it has also started new discussions about some geographical, ecological, and economic aspects of this earliest occupation. The nature (definitive or ephemeral) of the first occupation, as well as the model for the arrival of the Acheulean (Mode 2) in Europe are also issues for discussion.