Autor según el artículo: Garcia-Medrano, P; Moncel, MH; Maldonado-Garrido, E; Olle, A; Ashton, N
Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
Autor/es de la URV: Ollé Cañellas, Andreu
Palabras clave: Middle pleistocene Lithic technology Handaxes Gran dolina atapuerca Geometric morphometrics raw-material paleolithic site northwest europe middle pleistocene lithic technology human occupation handaxes handaxe reduction gesher benot yaaqov geometric morphometrics earliest occupation chaine-operatoire
Resumen: In the context of the Western European Acheulean Project, this study aims to characterize Acheulean technology in Western Europe through the analysis of handaxes and cleavers from 10 key sites (Britain 4, France 4, and Spain 2) to acquire a regional view of the occupation. The historically different systems used to categorize and analyze the data have made it difficult to compare results. Here we apply a unified and simple method (Western European Acheulean Project) that combines the traditional technological and metrical analysis of assemblages containing handaxes and cleavers with an in-depth geometric morphometric approach using three-dimensional models. This approach allows us to achieve a regional interpretation that identifies innovations through time and shaping strategies across the area. Our findings indicate the existence of two main technological groups in the sampled record: 1) northwestern and central France and Britain, from MIS 17/16 to MIS 11, and 2) Atlantic edge (Atapuerca in Spain and Menez-Dregan in France), from MIS 12/11 to MIS 8. Based on our technological analysis, the shaping of handaxes and cleavers was developed through time as a continuum of accumulative actions, with longer and more complex shaping strategies over time. Shaping technology shows traditions of manufacture over both time and geographical areas, which suggest cultural diffusion. Our geometric morphometric analysis further helped to identify not only general trends but also local adaptations in handaxe forms. Based on our findings, there were no apparent sudden innovations, but rather the application and development of specific techniques to refine size and shape.
Áreas temáticas: Psicología Odontología Medicina ii Historia Geociências General medicine Evolutionary biology Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Education Educação física Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Biology, miscellaneous Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Arts and humanities (miscellaneous) Archaeology Antropologia / arqueologia Antropología Anthropology
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: andreu.olle@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-8643-5536
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37060623/
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Human Evolution. 179 103357-
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Garcia-Medrano, P; Moncel, MH; Maldonado-Garrido, E; Olle, A; Ashton, N (2023). The Western European Acheulean: Reading variability at a regional scale. Journal Of Human Evolution, 179(), 103357-. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103357
DOI del artículo: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2023.103357
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications