Socioeconomic, Technological, and Cultural Adaptation of the Mesolithic Population in Central-Eastern Cantabria (Spain) in the Early and Middle Holocene

Abstract This article presents the research on palaeoenvironmental changes that took place at end of Tardiglacial, in early and middle Holocene, observed sites anthropic origin central-eastern Cantabria. Through comparative analysis economy, settlement pattern, industries Azilian Mesolithic settlements, we try to infer repercussions they could have had last hunter-gatherers, order adapt modification territory, change available resources, socio-economic consequences settlement. The radiocarbon record Cantabria Cantabrian region (Northern Spain) between 9.5 7.9 ka cal BP is analysed assess impact cold events occurred 9.3 8.2 BP, identified palaeoenvironment.