THE IMPACT OF THE 8,200 CAL BP CLIMATIC EVENT ON HUMAN MOBILITY STRATEGIES DURING THE IBERIAN LATE MESOLITHIC

Abstract

Recent marine and lake core studies in the Western Mediterranean Basin and Iberia have changed the traditional perception of Holocene climate change. Particularly important in this region, the 8,200 cal BP event is marked by colder and more arid conditions. During this episode, we identify a pattern of abandonment episodes at five Late Mesolithic sites. We suggest that such desertion episodes are correlated with adjustments in the logistic mobility system undertaken in the context of broader structural changes in regional settlement organization.