Author, as appears in the article.: Moclán, A; Huguet, R; Márquez, B; Alvarez-Fernández, A; Laplana, C; Arsuaga, JL; Pérez-González, A; Baquedano, E
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Huguet Pàmies, Rosa
Keywords: Zooarchaeology Utility Spatial analysis Site structure Pinilla del valle Olduvai gorge Neanderthal Middle palaeolithic Lithic tools Level o Hunting camp Cave Carnivore occupations Bone refits Behavioral organization Archaeology
Abstract: Spatial analysis has been much used to examine the distribution of archaeological remains at Pleistocene sites. However, little is known about the distribution patterns at sites identified as hunting camps, i.e., places occupied over multiple short periods for the capture of animals later transported to a base camp. The present work examines a Neanderthal hunting camp (the Navalmaillo Rock Shelter in Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain) to determine whether different activities were undertaken in different areas of the site. A spatial pattern was detected with a main cluster of materials (lithic tools, faunal remains, and coprolites) clearly related to the presence of nearby hearths-the backbone of the utilised space. This main cluster appears to have been related to collaborative and repetitive activities undertaken by the hunting parties that used the site. Spatial analysis also detected a small, isolated area perhaps related to carcasses processing at some point in time and another slightly altered by water.
Thematic Areas: Historia Geosciences, multidisciplinary Geociências Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: rosa.huguet@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-1750-6249
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-023-01746-z
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences. 15 (4):
APA: Moclán, A; Huguet, R; Márquez, B; Alvarez-Fernández, A; Laplana, C; Arsuaga, JL; Pérez-González, A; Baquedano, E (2023). Identifying activity areas in a neanderthal hunting camp (the Navalmaillo Rock Shelter, Spain) via spatial analysis. Archaeological And Anthropological Sciences, 15(4), -. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01746-z
Article's DOI: 10.1007/s12520-023-01746-z
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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