Procedencia del aprovisionamiento lítico durante el Paleolítico medio en el yacimiento del Abric Romaní (Capellades, Barcelona). Niveles M, Oa y P

Identifier:  TDX:2750

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2750

Authors:  Gómez de Soler, Bruno

Abstract:
The main objective of this thesis is the knowledge of abiotic raw materials used by the Neanderthals who occupied the Abric Romani in the M, Oa and P levels. Our objective is to establish the geographical origin of the archaeological material and thus to know lithic procurement areas and therefore their mobility routes. As the raw material used, with percentages around 80%, is chert, we focus in this lithology because is the most abundant and representative of the archaeological record. For the three levels studied, the more siliceous type represented in the archaeological record is that of Sant Martí de Tous (SMT) which is situated about 15 km away from the Abric Romani rockshelter. The mobility routes are unidirectional: NW-SE. The other possible routes, like as E-W, are ignored due to the absence in the archaeological record of the siliceous types ALE and SAL from the Gaià basin. In addition, there is little evidence of the axis S -SW by the low presence of MUSCH and SER chert types (littoral and littoral Catalan Cordillera Depression), which would mark us a possible direction towards the sea. Definitely, we establish a provisioning model as a regional catchment of a foraging range about 15 km, where the highest concentrations of silicifications are found in the St. Martí de Tous (SMT) outcrops, sometimes leading to increase to almost 25 km with the catchment in the Panadella (PAN) outcrops.