Mesolithic Iberian Shell and Lithic Exchange Networks (c. 9000–5000 BCE)

1. Early Holocene shoreline shifts reshape Iberian mobility

   Jan 1, 9000 BCELabels: Iberian coast, Early Holocene

   • Sci Rep
   • Quaternary Sci

2. Cantabrian shell-midden lifeways become widespread

   Jan 1, 8000 BCELabels: Cantabrian coast, Shell middens

   • Quaternary Sci
   • AAS

3. Marine shells used as ornaments at El Mazo

   Jan 1, 7000 BCELabels: El Mazo, Personal ornaments

   • Quaternary Int
   • Quaternary Sci

4. Mostly local stone use, with tracer flints present

   Jan 1, 6900 BCELabels: Stone tools, Tracer flint

   • AAS

5. 8.2 ka cold event coincides with expanded lithic links

   Jan 1, 6250 BCELabels: 8 2, El Mazo

   • AAS

6. Central Portugal’s Muge shell middens form social landmarks

   Jan 1, 6250 BCELabels: Muge, Tagus valley

   • J Anthropol

7. Flysch flint signals 130–145 km-scale transport

   Jan 1, 6200 BCELabels: Flysch flint, El Mazo

   • AAS
   • NW Iberia

8. Coast–mountain contacts exceed 150 km in northwest Iberia

   Jan 1, 6100 BCELabels: Coast mountain, Northwest Iberia

   • NW Iberia

9. Late Mesolithic burial peaks in Tagus and Sado valleys

   Jan 1, 5850 BCELabels: Tagus valley, Sado valley

   • Radiocarbon

10. Northern shell midden research reframes settlement behavior

    Jan 1, 5500 BCELabels: Asturias, Shell middens

    • Quaternary Sci

11. Neolithic expansion begins reducing hunter-gatherer burial activity

    Jan 1, 5500 BCELabels: Neolithic expansion, Southwest Iberia

    • Radiocarbon
    • Sci Rep

12. Mesolithic exchange networks give way to Neolithic economies

    Jan 1, 5000 BCELabels: Mesolithic networks, Neolithic economies

    • Quaternary Sci
    • Sci Rep