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Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees

Researchers from the Universitat Autรฒnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created an open database with 124 carbon-14-dated samples that have made it possible to construct the chronological sequence of 380 sites located in the Aigรผestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. The evid

Radiocarbon dating confirms 10,000 years of continuous human occupation in the Pyrenees
Phys.org โ€” 16 June 2026
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Researchers from the Universitat Autรฒnoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created an open database with 124 carbon-14-dated samples that have made it possible to construct the chronological sequence of 380 sites located in the Aigรผestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park. The evidence confirms continuous human occupation for several thousand years at sites found at more than 2,000 meters (6,562 feet).

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