High-resolution Neanderthal settlements in mediterranean Iberian Peninsula: A matter of altitude? / C. Sánchez-Hernández, L. Gourichon, R. Blasco, E. Carbonell, G. Chacón, B. Galván, C.M. Hernández-Gómez, J. Rosell, P. Saladié, J. Soler, N. Soler, J. Vallverdú, F. Rivals



En: Quaternary Science Reviews, N. 247 (2020) , 106523

Elsevier Ltd Neanderthals are widely known to be a resilient human species that successfully faced constant and strong environmental fluctuations modifying the landscapes they inhabited and the availability of their potential resources. It has been traditionally assumed that environmental features could strongly affect human behaviour due to the stretch relationship between their potential prey and the availability of habitats. Environmental changes would produce a high variability in the settlement patterns of the Neanderthal groups. However, the preponderant influence of environmental conditions on these human groups has recently been strongly questioned. This is especially true for the Iberian Peninsula, where latitudinal position and orographic features supported the persistence of environmental conditions that allowed the permanence of a wide range of biotopes and animal and vegetal resources. In the present study, we reconstruct the Neanderthal settlement patterns (i.e. duration and season) from four archaeological sites located in the Mediterranean area of the Iberian Peninsula: Arbreda Cave (Serinyà, Girona), Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona), Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona), and El Salt (Alcoy, Alicante). We focus on identifying whether they show a high variability in settlement patterns and check for the existence of local influences, such as the altitude. To reach these objectives, we designed a multi-proxy approach combining tooth wear and dental cementum analysis of the main Neanderthal preys: Cervus elaphus, Equus ferus, Equus hydruntinus, Bos primigenius and Capra pyrenaica. Our results first suggest that local features (i.e. orography, altitude, and environment) appear to be predominant factors determining the main feeding behaviour of the un.

Dietary traits of ungulates in northeastern Iberian Peninsula: Did these Neanderthal preys show adaptive behaviour to local habitats during the Middle Palaeolithic? / C. Sánchez-Hernández, L. Gourichon, J. Soler, N. Soler, R. Blasco, J. Rosell, F. Rivals



En: Quaternary International, N. 557 (2020) , p. 47-62

Elsevier Ltd and INQUA Diet is closely connected to the habitat exploited by ungulates and is one of the main links between them and the surrounding environment. When climatic fluctuations modified the vegetal coverture and habitat, ungulates' dietary behaviours and ecological niches could have been impacted severely. During the Middle Palaeolithic, the Mediterranean peninsulas were known to be climatic refuges because they seemed less susceptible to these changes. However, the altitude or latitude of a given site may have resulted in local particularities that could have influenced the vegetal composition and therefore the feeding behaviour of ungulates from the same region. In the present research we investigate whether these variables necessitated adaptive changes in the feeding behaviours of ungulates hunted by Neanderthals through the study of two archaeological sites, Arbreda Cave (Serinyà, Girona, Spain) and Teixoneres Cave (Moià, Barcelona, Spain). We use a combined analysis of dental wear (meso- and microwear) and dental cementum analysis of Cervus elaphus, Equus ferus, and Equus hydruntinus teeth. Dental wear reflects the immediate and average annual dietary traits of ungulates as well as the environmental conditions in the surroundings. Dental cementum analysis allows accurately identifying the season of ungulate death and linking an individual's dietary preferences with the seasonal conditions in its last moments of life. As results, red deer at both sites were mixed-feeders in the annual cycle. A slight increase in grass consumption was identified during winter for populations from sub-unit IIIa of Teixoneres Cave. Horse and wild ass based their diet on grasses, but the latter showed seasonal adaptation toward a mixed consumption of grasses and conce.

El Recinte de l'Escola Industrial de Barcelona. Arquitectura per a la indústria, la universitat i els serveis (1870-2020) / Ramon Graus, J. Rosell, Montserrat Villaverde Rey
Graus i Rovira, Ramon


Barcelona : Diputació de Barcelona, 2021
280 p.
ISBN 9788419091086

Els cent cinquanta anys del recinte de l'Escola Industrial són un testimoni de primera mà de la trajectòria històrica de la ciutat de Barcelona i de tot Catalunya. Des dels inicis, quan la fàbrica tèxtil de la família Batlló es trobava als afores de Barcelona, fins al recinte actual, molt més obert, d'ús públic i enclavat en ple Eixample, transcórre un segle i mig que ha vist la puixança del a Catalunya del tombant de segle, l'esclat modernitzador de Prat de la Riba i la Mancomunitat i el de la República, així com els passos enrere forçats i violents de la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, breu però nociva, i la de Franco, una llarga nit de regressió social i política. Durant les últimes dècades, la recuperació democràtica ha permès donar un nou impuls, irreversible, al projecte de l'Escola Industrial, ara bolcat en el servei públic i l'atenció a la ciutadania. La Diputació de Barcelona, ja present en els esforços pioners de Prat de la Riba, ha pilotat aquesta nova etapa. Aquest llibre és una edició revisada i ampliada de la segona part de l'Escola Industrial de Barcelona (1904-2004): cent anys d'ensenyament tècnic i d'arquitectura. (Editorial).

Morfología de la costa baja de la provincia de Gerona / por A. Obrador, L. Pallí, J. Rosell, y J. Trilla; fotos Toni Vidal
Pla i Dalmau, Josep Maria


En: Revista de Gerona. Girona, núm. 55 (1971) , p. 29-36 : il.