Table 5. Summary of archaeological sites in terraces and their elevations (>30 m) related to archaeological assemblages or single potential artefacts of the Iberian fluvial basins dating roughly in the end of Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition (0.78–0.5 Ma).
Site complex and Fluvial Terrace Elevation | River basin | Site size | Lithic assemblagesa |
Ambrona T+40 m | Duero | dm2 | LCT |
Cansaladeta T+40 m | Francolí | m2 | LCT |
Guadalquivir T 40–60 m | Guadalquivir | m2 | PBC and LCT |
Pinedo T+30–40/+75–80 m | Tajo | m2 | LCT |
Maya T+30–50 m | Duero | m2 | LCT |
Puente Pino T+30–50 m | Tajo | m2 | LCT |
Puig d’en Roca T+50–80 m | Ter | m2 | PBC and LCT |
Sartalejo T+20–40 m | Tajo | m2 | LCT |
Yeltes Huerba T+30–50 m | Duero | m2 | LCT |
In this summary we note scarce representation of pebble and core artefact assemblages. These terrace systems contains, in the lower and middle elevations (<30 m), the archaeological sites of Middle Pleistocene age with LCT artefact assemblages of Iberian Peninsula record (various sources) dating to ∼<500 kyrs described in the right column of the table.
LCT: technology; PBC: technology [14].