Making visible the hidden. Digital reconstruction and spatial analysis of the Upper Pleistocene geoarchaeological record of Jarama VI Rock Shelter Geosite in the Jarama Canyon (Valdesotos, Guadalajara, Spain)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17735/cyg.v35i1-2.86007Keywords:
Geosite; archaeological site; digitization; spatial analysis; palaeofloods; Central IberiaAbstract
The Geosite of Jarama VI is a rock shelter containing a lithostratigraphic sequence formed by five Upper Pleistocene sedimentary units, three of wich present archaeological remains of the Middle Palaeolithic with an age older than 50 ka BP. A bone of Homo neanderthalensis has been found in one of those units. In order to preserve all the analogical information available on this LIG and have a digital record of it, we have carried out three consecutive projects whose objectives were focused (i) on obtaining a detailed digital cartography of the site and its surroundings; (ii) the digitalization of the analogical record from the archeological excavations carried out between 1989-1993; (iii) the creation and completion of a Spatial Data Infrastructure and (iv) the development of a microspatial and statistical analysis of the site; (v) finally, we have carried out a hydraulic study of the paleo-floods observed in its sedimentary register.