Estudio microestratigráfico de los procesos de combustión del nivel VIII de Cova Negra (Xàtiva, València)

The micromorphological study of Level VIII from Cova Negra has allowed to identify several combustion independent microfacies which present vegetable structures and vegetable compositions, also identified through phytolith analysis. After a period of abandonment, combustion microfacies are detected all over a large part of the cavity. In later periods, two zones of combustionare identified and attributed to domestic activity of the human groups who frequented the cave. The identification of these processes in Cova Negra sheds light on how Neanderthal people acted in Occidental Mediterranean area.