Continental and marine (bold) shellfish species from Bajondillo Cave levels _19-17.

<p>NR: Number of rest. NISP: Number of individual species. LI: number of lithic industries.</p

Bulk sediment La/Lu ratios from Bajondillo Cave.

<p>Grey arrows reveal the increase of La/Lu values across eolian sand-rich layers from Bajondillo Cave.</p

Lithic industries from Bj₁₉.

<p>Retouched tools (1–4, 6, 10), Flakes (5, 7–9, 12), Levallois core (13), Thermoaltered items (6,12,14). All pieces executed in flint except no. 10 (quartzite).</p

U/Th dates from levels Bj₁₉, Bj₁₇ and Bj₁₆ at Bajondillo Cave.

<p>U/Th dates from levels Bj₁₉, Bj₁₇ and Bj₁₆ at Bajondillo Cave.</p

Stable oxygen isotopic composition of shells from Bajondillo Cave and Malaga coast.

<p>Bajondillo Cave: aragonitic and calcitic mollusk shells and two present-day specimens of <i>Mytilus cf. galloprovencialis</i> from the coast of Malaga.</p

Bajondillo Cave: Overview of records from the chronostratigraphical sequence (techno-typological sequence taken from [<b>6</b>]).

<p>Bajondillo Cave: Overview of records from the chronostratigraphical sequence (techno-typological sequence taken from <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024026#pone.0024026-CortsSnchez1" target="_blank">[<b>6</b>]</a>).</p

Bajondillo Cave: Pollen sequence from levels Bj₁₉-Bj₁₇.

<p>Bajondillo Cave: Pollen sequence from levels Bj₁₉-Bj₁₇.</p

Map of the Iberian Peninsula locating Middle Paleolithic sites with reported finds of marine mollusks.

<p>Map of the Iberian Peninsula locating Middle Paleolithic sites with reported finds of marine mollusks.</p

Radiocarbon (¹⁴C/AMS), Thermoluminescence (TL) and Uranium/Thorium (U/Th) dates from Bajondillo Cave.

<p>Radiocarbon (¹⁴C/AMS), Thermoluminescence (TL) and Uranium/Thorium (U/Th) dates from Bajondillo Cave.</p

Stable oxygen isotopic composition of shells from Bajondillo Cave and Malaga coast.

<p>Codes as follows: P.D.: Two present-day (year 2004) specimens of <i>Mytilus galloprovincialis</i> from the coast of Malaga. Species M.g. (<i>Mytilus galloprovincilis</i>), S.h. (<i>Stramonita haemastoma</i>), P.c. (<i>Patella caerulea</i>), Ib.m. (<i>Iberus marmoratus</i>), M.t. (<i>Monodonta turbinata</i>), M.l. (<i>Melanopsis laevigata</i>), Moll. (Mollusk sp), N.c. (<i>Neopycnodon cochlear</i>), C.e. (<i>Cerastoderma edule</i>), Ch.g. (<i>Chamalea gallina</i>), Mod. (<i>Modiolus</i> sp), B.t. (<i>Balanus trigosus</i>), B (Bivalvia sp), G (Gastropoda sp), A.t. (<i>Acanthocardia tuberculata</i>), C.ch. (<i>Callista chione</i>), R.d. (<i>Rumina decollata</i>), Gi. (<i>Glycymeris</i> sp).</p