Autor según el artículo: Moclán, A; Huguet, R; Pérez-González, A; Arsuaga, JL; Baquedano, E
Departamento: Història i Història de l'Art
Autor/es de la URV: Huguet Pàmies, Rosa
Palabras clave: Zooarchaeology Tools Technology Taphonomy Spear horizon Pleistocene Neanderthals Neanderthal Navalmaillo rock shelter Middle Hammerstone percussion Cave Bone retouchers Bone retouche Behavior
Resumen: Bone retouchers are considered as a part of the osseous industry of the Pleistocene hominin groups. They are usually identified as mid-shaft fragments of ungulate limb bones used to retouch the edge of a lithic tool. These tools are relatively abundant in Middle Paleolithic contexts, although there is wide variability between different archaeological sites. In this work we present two new cases of bone retouchers identified in the level F of the Middle Paleolithic site of the Navalmaillo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain), located in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. This site is one of the different Middle Paleolithic sites of the Calvero de la Higuera archaeological complex and it has been characterized as a Neanderthal hunting camp. The bone retouchers found in the Navalmaillo Rock Shelter are characterized by being diaphyseal fragments of bovine metatarsals. They are significatively large in comparison with other bone retouchers from Middle Paleolithic contexts. The analysis of the bone retouchers allows to conclude that they were used to retouch lithic tools of a raw material that was not quartz (probably chert). This is of great interest because quartz is the main raw material in this archaeological site. The bone retouchers from Navalmaillo Rock Shelter provide interesting archaeological information about the Neanderthal activities carried out on the site. This information serves us to increase the knowledge regarding subsistence activities and the occupation patterns developed by Neanderthals groups in the Navalmaillo Rock Shelter.
Áreas temáticas: Historia Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Arqueología y prehistoria Archeology (arts and humanities) Archeology Archaeology Animal science and zoology
Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Direcció de correo del autor: rosa.huguet@urv.cat
Identificador del autor: 0000-0002-1750-6249
Fecha de alta del registro: 2024-08-03
Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Enlace a la fuente original: https://revistas.uam.es/archaeofauna/article/view/18222
URL Documento de licencia: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Archaeofauna. 32 (1): 27-41
Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Moclán, A; Huguet, R; Pérez-González, A; Arsuaga, JL; Baquedano, E (2023). Aproximación tafonómica al Abrigo de Navalmaíllo: el uso de fragmentos diafisarios de animales de talla grande como retocadores óseos. Madrid: Universidad Autónoma De Madrid
DOI del artículo: 10.15366/archaeofauna2023.32.1.002
Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Año de publicación de la revista: 2023
Tipo de publicación: Proceedings Paper