Sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Sant Corneli Platform (Santonian), Southern Central Pyrenees

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Gili ◽  
Enric Vicens ◽  
A. Obrador ◽  
Peter William Skelton ◽  
Gregorio López
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Stratigraphy ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees

scholarly journals Late-Holocene forest resilience in the central Pyrenean highlands as deduced from pollen analysis of Lake Sant Maurici sediments

The Holocene ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 095968362110332
Author(s):  
Valentí Rull ◽  
Núria Cañellas-Boltà ◽  
Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Roman Period ◽  
High Mountain ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees ◽  
The Middle Ages

Palynological analysis of the last ca. 4300 cal year BP using a sediment core taken from high mountain (ca. 1900 m elevation) Lake Sant Maurici sediments (southern-central Pyrenees) showed remarkable vegetation constancy during the Bronze Age and the Middle Ages. Records of the Iron Age and the Roman period were missing due to a major sedimentary gap. During the studied periods, the vegetation around the lake was largely dominated by pine ( Pinus) forests with birch ( Betula), oak ( Quercus) and hazel ( Corylus) trees, as is the case today. The composition of these forests and the abundance of their components remained quite stable, despite the occurrence of temperature and moisture shifts. The degree of human disturbance, notably that of pastoralism and cereal cultivation by scattered and temporary settlements, was very low and had little or no effect on the dominant forests. This situation contrasts with most high-elevation (subalpine and alpine) environments of the central Pyrenees that were massively anthropized during the Middle Ages. Further research should be aimed at finding sediments corresponding to the Iron Age and the Roman period to verify whether the vegetation constancy can be extended throughout the Late-Holocene. Past records of this type may allow the estimation of natural and anthropogenic thresholds for irreversible forest changes, which would be useful for conservation purposes.

scholarly journals Mountains, Herds and Crops: Notes on New Evidence from the Early Neolithic in the Southern Central Pyrenees

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1015-1034
Author(s):  
Ermengol Gassiot-Ballbè ◽  
Niccolò Mazzucco ◽  
Sara Díaz-Bonilla ◽  
Laura Obea-Gómez ◽  
Javier Rey-Lanaspa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Settlement Pattern ◽  
Mountainous Areas ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Valley Bottom ◽  
Rock Shelter ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Late Mesolithic ◽  
Central Pyrenees

Abstract After years of intense fieldwork, our knowledge about the Neolithisation of the Pyrenees has considerably increased. In the southern central Pyrenees, some previously unknown Neolithic sites have been discovered at subalpine and alpine altitudes (1,000–1,500 m a.s.l.). One of them is Cueva Lóbrica, 1,170 m a.s.l., which has an occupation phase with impressed pottery dated ca. 5400 cal BCE. Another is Coro Trasito, 1,558 m a.s.l., a large rock shelter that preserves evidence of continuous occupations in the Early Neolithic, 5300–4600 cal BCE. Evidence of human occupation at higher altitudes has also been documented. In the Axial Pyrenees, at the Obagues de Ratera rock shelter, 2,345 m a.s.l., an occupation has been dated to around 5730–5600 cal BCE. At Cova del Sardo, in the Sant Nicolau Valley, at 1,780 m a.s.l., a series of occupations have been excavated, dated to ca. 5600–4500 cal BCE. These sites allow us to discuss patterns of occupation of the mountainous areas between the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic. Recent data suggest that the last hunter–gatherer occupied all altitudinal stages of the Pyrenees, both in the outer and inner ranges. A change in the settlement pattern seems to have occurred in the Early Neolithic, which consisted of a concentration of occupations in the valley bottom and mid-slopes, in biotopes favourable to both herding and agriculture.

Discussion on palaeostresses associated with thrust sheet emplacement and related folding in the southern central Pyrenees, Huesca, Spain Journal, Vol. 152, 1995, 353–356

1995 ◽  
Vol 152 (6) ◽  
pp. 1053-1054
Author(s):  
J. P. Turner ◽  
P. L. Hancock ◽  
M. B. Martínez-Peña ◽  
A. M. Casas-Sainz ◽  
H. Millán-Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Thrust Sheet ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees

Environmental and climate change in the southern Central Pyrenees since the Last Glacial Maximum: A view from the lake records

CATENA ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 668-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penélope González-Sampériz ◽  
Josu Aranbarri ◽  
Ana Pérez-Sanz ◽  
Graciela Gil-Romera ◽  
Ana Moreno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Glacial Maximum ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
The Last Glacial Maximum ◽  
Central Pyrenees ◽  
The Last Glacial

scholarly journals Bronze Age to Medieval vegetation dynamics and landscape anthropization in the southern-central Pyrenees

2021 ◽  
pp. 110392
Author(s):  
Valentí Rull ◽  
Teresa Vegas-Vilarrúbia ◽  
Juan Pablo Corella ◽  
Blas Valero-Garcés
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Vegetation Dynamics ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees

Palaeostresses associated with thrust sheet emplacement and related folding in the southern central Pyrenees, Huesca, Spain

1995 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. MARTINEZ-PEÑA ◽  
A. M. CASAS-SAINZ ◽  
H. MILLAN-GARRIDO
Keyword(s):  
Thrust Sheet ◽  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees

Thrust sequence in the southern central Pyrenees

1990 ◽  
Vol VI (2) ◽  
pp. 265-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Verges ◽  
J. A. Munoz
Keyword(s):  
Southern Central ◽  
Central Pyrenees
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