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Low-cost technologies in a rich ecological context: Hotel California open-air site at Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain

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    Identificador: imarina:9291968
    Autors:
    Santamaría MNavazo MArnold LJBenito-Calvo ADemuro MCarbonell E
    Resum:
    Hotel California is part of a network of open-air Neanderthal sites located in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). In this study, we examine the technology of the lithic assemblages recovered from this site's archaeological levels 3 to 7, which are characterised by the use of local raw materials, non-hierarchical centripetal exploitation systems, systematic production of flakes and few retouched items. This type of expedient technology is repeated throughout the entire sequence, which spans Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 3 to 4. Through a comparison with the technocomplexes and occupation histories of surrounding sites – including a re-evaluation of the published chronology for the nearby site of Fuente Mudarra, which is now dated exclusively to MIS 5 – we examine whether the detected pattern is applicable to the rest of the Atapuerca Mousterian record and if this expedient behaviour has equivalents in other sites in the region. Our findings show that the lithic procurement, exploitation and configuration strategies employed at the Sierra de Atapuerca open-air sites were constant over broad time periods spanning MIS 5 to 3, in contrast to the technological sequences observed at other nearby sites on the Northern Iberian Plateau. The recurrent settlement of these open-air Neanderthal sites over tens of thousands of years and the consistent use of expedient technologies during different occupation periods is likely attributable to the rich ecological context of the Sierra de Atapuerca environs.
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    Autor segons l'article: Santamaría M; Navazo M; Arnold LJ; Benito-Calvo A; Demuro M; Carbonell E
    Departament: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/s de la URV: Carbonell Roura, Eudald
    Paraules clau: Sierra de atapuerca Open-air sites Neanderthals Middle paleolithic site Lithic technology Expedient technology single sierra de atapuerca rock shelter radiocarbon chronologies open-air sites neanderthals neanderthal settlement multiple grains luminescence lithic technology las estatuas human occupation dose distributions
    Resum: Hotel California is part of a network of open-air Neanderthal sites located in the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain). In this study, we examine the technology of the lithic assemblages recovered from this site's archaeological levels 3 to 7, which are characterised by the use of local raw materials, non-hierarchical centripetal exploitation systems, systematic production of flakes and few retouched items. This type of expedient technology is repeated throughout the entire sequence, which spans Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 3 to 4. Through a comparison with the technocomplexes and occupation histories of surrounding sites – including a re-evaluation of the published chronology for the nearby site of Fuente Mudarra, which is now dated exclusively to MIS 5 – we examine whether the detected pattern is applicable to the rest of the Atapuerca Mousterian record and if this expedient behaviour has equivalents in other sites in the region. Our findings show that the lithic procurement, exploitation and configuration strategies employed at the Sierra de Atapuerca open-air sites were constant over broad time periods spanning MIS 5 to 3, in contrast to the technological sequences observed at other nearby sites on the Northern Iberian Plateau. The recurrent settlement of these open-air Neanderthal sites over tens of thousands of years and the consistent use of expedient technologies during different occupation periods is likely attributable to the rich ecological context of the Sierra de Atapuerca environs.
    Àrees temàtiques: Paleontology Historia y filosofía de la ciencia Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geosciences, interdisciplinary Geography, physical Geografía Geociências Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Ciencias humanas Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade Arts and humanities (miscellaneous) Archaeology
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Adreça de correu electrònic de l'autor: eudald.carbonell@urv.cat
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0001-6306-3621
    Data d'alta del registre: 2024-08-03
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enllaç font original: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jqs.3501
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Referència a l'article segons font original: Journal Of Quaternary Science. 38 (5): 658-684
    Referència de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Santamaría M; Navazo M; Arnold LJ; Benito-Calvo A; Demuro M; Carbonell E (2023). Low-cost technologies in a rich ecological context: Hotel California open-air site at Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain. Journal Of Quaternary Science, 38(5), 658-684. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3501
    DOI de l'article: 10.1002/jqs.3501
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2023
    Tipus de publicació: Journal Publications
  • Paraules clau:

    Arts and Humanities (Miscellaneous),Earth and Planetary Sciences (Miscellaneous),Geography, Physical,Geosciences, Interdisciplinary,Geosciences, Multidisciplinary,Paleontology
    Sierra de atapuerca
    Open-air sites
    Neanderthals
    Middle paleolithic site
    Lithic technology
    Expedient technology
    single
    sierra de atapuerca
    rock shelter
    radiocarbon chronologies
    open-air sites
    neanderthals
    neanderthal settlement
    multiple grains
    luminescence
    lithic technology
    las estatuas
    human occupation
    dose distributions
    Paleontology
    Historia y filosofía de la ciencia
    Historia
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geosciences, interdisciplinary
    Geography, physical
    Geografía
    Geociências
    Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous)
    Ciencias humanas
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Biodiversidade
    Arts and humanities (miscellaneous)
    Archaeology
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