This paper shows the first results of the archaeological excavation of Coímbre B, a site which until this moment has provided evidences of a rich Upper Magdalenian habitat, as well as Lower Magdalenian and Gravettian occupation remains.... more
This paper shows the first results of the archaeological excavation of Coímbre B, a site which until this moment has provided evidences of a rich Upper Magdalenian habitat, as well as Lower Magdalenian and Gravettian occupation remains. Stratigraphical sequence identified in B zone of Coímbre cave, significantly influenced by the movement of a seasonal and frequent water current, but in a more marginal form by the end of Upper Paleolithic each time, conditioned an sporadic human presence in B zone, combined with the occupation of another areas of the cave, thus becoming in a preferential habitat area in the moment in which water flow ceases definitely. This levels succession shows, in a graphic way, how had influenced different climatic oscillations in karstic activity and in the human occupation model developed in Coímbre cave.
