Author, as appears in the article.: Alonso-Fernandez, ES; Vaquero, M; Daura, J; Costa, AM; Sanz, M; Araujo, AC; Peresani, M
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Alonso Fernández, Elvira Susana / Vaquero Rodríguez, Manuel
Keywords: Paleolithic site technology surface palimpsests middle human occupation geofacts france evolution complexity
Abstract: Upper Paleolithic lithic assemblages have traditionally been considered a paramount example of the high level of complexity characterizing the technological behavior of prehistoric modern humans. The diversity and standardization of tools, as well as the systematic production of blades and bladelets, show the high investment of time, energy and knowledge often associated with Upper Paleolithic technocomplexes. However, more expedient behaviors have also been documented. In some cases, such low-cost behaviors can be dominant or almost exclusive, giving assemblages of Upper Paleolithic age an "archaic" appearance. In this paper, we address these expedient Upper Paleolithic technologies through the study of a lithic assemblage recovered from a Gravettian-age layer from the Lagar Velho rockshelter (Leiria, Portugal). Due to the specific formation processes characterizing this site, we also discuss the distinction between artifacts and geofacts, an aspect that is particularly difficult in expedient assemblages. Moreover, the combination of lithic refitting and data on thermal damage allows us to approach the temporal nature of the lithic assemblage and the timing of the different agents contributing to its formation.Copyright: © 2023 Alonso-Fernández et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Author's mail: manuel.vaquero@urv.cat elvirasusana.alonso@estudiants.urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6572-8543
Record's date: 2024-03-09
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294866
Papper original source: Plos One. 18 (12): e0294866-e0294866
APA: Alonso-Fernandez, ES; Vaquero, M; Daura, J; Costa, AM; Sanz, M; Araujo, AC; Peresani, M (2023). Refits, cobbles, and fire: Approaching the temporal nature of an expedient Gravettian lithic assemblage from Lagar Velho (Leiria, Portugal). Plos One, 18(12), e0294866-e0294866. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294866
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Article's DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294866
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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