Paleoambiente y cambios culturales en los inicios del Holoceno: el abrigo de Artusia (Unzué, Navarra) [Paleoenvironment and cultural changes in the early Holocene: the rock shelter of Artusia (Unzué, Navarra)]

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the 2009 and 2010 excavation campaigns of the Artusia rock shelter (Unzué, Navarre, Spain). Five different Mesolithic occupation phases (Artusia I-V) have been identified, specifically in the Mesolithic of Notches and Denticulates (Artusia I and II) and the Geometric Mesolithic (Artusia III, IV and V). In addition, the sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental record allowed to clearly define several climatic events which developed around 6550 cal BC - 8500 cal BP and 6250 cal BC - 8200 cal BP. Here we present a description of these events and their (pre)historical interpretation with the aim of recognizing how they influenced the Mesolithic hunter-gatherer groups living in the Ebro Basin of the Iberian Peninsula.