Estudio de los microvertebrados del pleistoceno superior de la cueva de bolinkoba (abadiño, bizkaia)
- Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga
- Aitziber Suárez-Bilbao
- Amaia Ordiales Castrillo
- Xabier Murelaga Bereicua
ISSN: 2341-3689
Year of publication: 2015
Issue Title: Excavaciones Arqueologicas en Bizkaia
Issue: 6
Pages: 113-120
Type: Article
More publications in: Kobie .Bizkaiko Arkeologi Indusketak = Excavaciones Arqueológicas en Bizkaia
Abstract
This paper provides the study of the microvertebrates assemblage from the site of Bolinkoba (Abadiño, Bizkaia). A minimum of 98 individuals have been successfully identified, representing 14 taxa: one glirid (Glis glis), seven cricetids (Arvicola amphibius, Arvicola sapidus,Pliomys lenki, Microtus oeconomus, Microtus agrestis, Microtus arvalis, Microtus (Terricola) sp.), one murid (Apodemus sylvaticus-flavicollis), four insectivores (Sorex araneus-coronatus, Sorex minutus, Crocidura russula, Talpa sp.) and one saurian (Anguis fragilis). Altogether, microvertebrates accumulation is exiguous, so the paleoenvironmental interpretation has to be considered with caution. According to these remains, environmental conditions throughout the stratigraphic sequence (it comprises three chrono-cultural units: Mousterian, Evolved Aurignacian and Gravettian) were cold, although not harsh enough to involve the disappearance of forest species and the presence of steppic taxa