Dynamics of continuity and change in Iberian Neanderthal populations: comparison between the Cantabrian and the Northern Mediterranean

        Dinámicas de continuidad y cambio en las poblaciones de neandertales ibéricos: comparación entre el Cantábrico y el Mediterráneo Septentrional (2). PID2022-138590NB-C44.

• Program: Knowledge Generation 2023. State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2021-2023. Ministry of Science and Innovation.
  Period of execution: 01/09/2023-31/08/2026.
  Amount: 43,375€.
  Number of participants: 3.
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Julià Maroto Genover (UdG).
  ICRPC Participants: Dr. Joaquim Soler.

DESCRIPTION

Neanderthal communities had a long and continuous existence in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, developing a nomadic way of life based on hunting and gathering throughout the period known as the Middle Paleolithic (300,000 – 40,000 years before present). This period is characterized by a remarkable continuity in the subsistence and technical aspects but at the same time shows some singularities. This project aims to identify, describe and interpret these dynamics of continuity and change through a comparison exercise between two connected but at the same time environmentally contrasting territories such as, on the one hand, the Cantabrian coasts and, on the other, the northern Iberian Mediterranean.