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Early evidence of stone tool use in bone working activities at Qesem Cave, Israel

  • Datos identificativos

    Identificador: PC:2030
    Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/PC2030
  • Autores:

    Jordi Rosell
    Andrea Zupancich
    Stella Nunziante-Cesaro
    Ruth Blasco
    Emanuela Cristiani
    Flavia Venditti
    Cristina Lemorini
    Ran Barkai
    Avi Gopher
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    Autor según el artículo: Jordi Rosell; Andrea Zupancich; Stella Nunziante-Cesaro; Ruth Blasco; Emanuela Cristiani; Flavia Venditti; Cristina Lemorini; Ran Barkai; Avi Gopher
    Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
    Autor/es de la URV: ROSELL ARDÉVOL, JORDI; Andrea Zupancich; Stella Nunziante-Cesaro; Ruth Blasco; Emanuela Cristiani; Flavia Venditti; Cristina Lemorini; Ran Barkai; Avi Gopher
    Palabras clave: tool use Israel fallow deer
    Resumen: For a long while, the controversy surrounding several bone tools coming from pre-Upper Palaeolithic contexts favoured the view of Homo sapiens as the only species of the genus Homo capable of modifying animal bones into specialised tools. However, evidence such as South African Early Stone Age modified bones, European Lower Palaeolithic flaked bone tools, along with Middle and Late Pleistocene bone retouchers, led to a re-evaluation of the conception of Homo sapiens as the exclusive manufacturer of specialised bone tools. The evidence presented herein include use wear and bone residues identified on two flint scrapers as well as a sawing mark on a fallow deer tibia, not associated with butchering activities. Dated to more than 300 kya, the evidence here presented is among the earliest related to tool-assisted bone working intended for non-dietary purposes, and contributes to the debate over the recognition of bone working as a much older behaviour than previously thought. The results of this study come from the application of a combined methodological approach, comprising use wear analysis, residue analysis, and taphonomy. This approach allowed for the retrieval of both direct and indirect evidence of tool-assisted bone working, at the Lower Palaeolithic site of Qesem Cave (Israel).
    Grupo de investigación: Autoecologia Humana del Quaternari
    Áreas temáticas: History Historia Història
    Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 2045-2322
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    Fecha de alta del registro: 2016-12-07
    Volumen de revista: 6
    Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep37686
    DOI del artículo: 10.1038/srep37686
    Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Año de publicación de la revista: 2016
    Página inicial: Art.num. 37686
    Tipo de publicación: Article Artículo Article
  • Palabras clave:

    Arqueologia
    Paleontologia-Plistocè
    tool use
    Israel
    fallow deer
    History
    Historia
    Història
    2045-2322
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