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The Significance of Subtlety: Contrasting Lithic Raw Materials Procurement and Use Patterns at the Oldowan Sites of Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain)

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    Identifier: imarina:9266663
    Authors:
    Barsky, DTitton, SSala-Ramos, RBargallo, AGregoire, SSaos, TSerrano-Ramos, AOms, OGarcia, JASToro-Moyano, IJimenez-Arenas, JM
    Abstract:
    Situated in southern Spain's Guadix-Baza basin, Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) are two of the most important western European Oldowan archeological sites. After 30 years of quasi-uninterrupted excavations, these two occurrences have yielded exceptional lithic and faunal records in precisely dated stratigraphic situations, providing a wealth of information about the oldest presence of hominins outside of Africa (1.4 and 1.3 Ma, respectively). Recently, excavations and multidisciplinary research have allowed to discern new patterns of lithic raw material procurement and use patterns practiced by the Orce hominins that enable us to clearly distinguish different behavioral schemes between these two sites; in spite of their spatial proximity. This paper explores new data from the lithic collections in relation to hominin technical and economic behavior, highlighting subtle but significant differences in their exploitation of local limestone and flint clasts more than a million years ago. During this period of the late Early Pleistocene, these sites were situated on the shores of an ancient saline lake and fresh water sources were available. This favorable environmental situation, while attractive to the hominins, also supported life for an abundance of large mammals, including competitive large carnivores, underlining questions of expedience as an influence on techno-morphology in these early stone toolkits. This paper analyzes these themes, highlighting updated information from these and other key European late Early Pleistocene sites.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Barsky, D; Titton, S; Sala-Ramos, R; Bargallo, A; Gregoire, S; Saos, T; Serrano-Ramos, A; Oms, O; Garcia, JAS; Toro-Moyano, I; Jimenez-Arenas, JM
    Department: Història i Història de l'Art
    URV's Author/s: Sala Ramos, Robert / Titton, Stefania
    Keywords: Western-europe Technology Stone tools Region Orce Oldowan Miocene Lithic raw materials Hominin behavior Hominin Guadix-baza basin Granada Early pleistocene Betic cordillera Assemblages 1st human occupation
    Abstract: Situated in southern Spain's Guadix-Baza basin, Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) are two of the most important western European Oldowan archeological sites. After 30 years of quasi-uninterrupted excavations, these two occurrences have yielded exceptional lithic and faunal records in precisely dated stratigraphic situations, providing a wealth of information about the oldest presence of hominins outside of Africa (1.4 and 1.3 Ma, respectively). Recently, excavations and multidisciplinary research have allowed to discern new patterns of lithic raw material procurement and use patterns practiced by the Orce hominins that enable us to clearly distinguish different behavioral schemes between these two sites; in spite of their spatial proximity. This paper explores new data from the lithic collections in relation to hominin technical and economic behavior, highlighting subtle but significant differences in their exploitation of local limestone and flint clasts more than a million years ago. During this period of the late Early Pleistocene, these sites were situated on the shores of an ancient saline lake and fresh water sources were available. This favorable environmental situation, while attractive to the hominins, also supported life for an abundance of large mammals, including competitive large carnivores, underlining questions of expedience as an influence on techno-morphology in these early stone toolkits. This paper analyzes these themes, highlighting updated information from these and other key European late Early Pleistocene sites.
    Thematic Areas: Interdisciplinar Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências General earth and planetary sciences Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Earth and planetary sciences (all) Ciências ambientais Biodiversidade
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: robert.sala@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7168-824X
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.893776/full
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Frontiers In Earth Science. 10
    APA: Barsky, D; Titton, S; Sala-Ramos, R; Bargallo, A; Gregoire, S; Saos, T; Serrano-Ramos, A; Oms, O; Garcia, JAS; Toro-Moyano, I; Jimenez-Arenas, JM (2022). The Significance of Subtlety: Contrasting Lithic Raw Materials Procurement and Use Patterns at the Oldowan Sites of Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain). Frontiers In Earth Science, 10(), -. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.893776
    Article's DOI: 10.3389/feart.2022.893776
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2022
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    Western-europe
    Technology
    Stone tools
    Region
    Orce
    Oldowan
    Miocene
    Lithic raw materials
    Hominin behavior
    Hominin
    Guadix-baza basin
    Granada
    Early pleistocene
    Betic cordillera
    Assemblages
    1st human occupation
    Interdisciplinar
    Geosciences, multidisciplinary
    Geociências
    General earth and planetary sciences
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Engenharias i
    Earth and planetary sciences (all)
    Ciências ambientais
    Biodiversidade
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