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- El Neolítico del Noreste de la Península Ibérica: caracterización del utillaje lítico talladoPublication . Gibaja, Juan Francisco; Terradas, Xavier; Palomo, AntoniLos contextos neolíticos de la costa mediterránea española siempre han sido objetode estudio por parte de los prehistoriadores, por ser una zona de vital importancia para comprender el origen, desarrollo y avance del neolítico en la Península Ibérica. Actualmente no es posible entender el proceso de neolitización peninsular y su consolidación sin recurrir a la información ofrecida por los numerosos yacimientos encontrados en Cataluña y Valencia. En el caso de Cataluña, tanto las características del registro arqueológico, como las paulatinas dataciones radiométricas realizadas de manera sistemática, especialmente, en estos últimos años, han sido los ejes sobre los que se han sustentado las heterogéneas periodizaciones establecidas. El número de periodos y subperiodos, los criterios que dan respuesta a esa división, la horquilla cronológica asociada a cada periodo, etc., dependen absolutamente de cada investigador. Evidentemente, uno de los elementos que más han influenciado y al que siempre se ha recurrido para construir tales periodizaciones ha sido el de la forma y la decoración de la cerámica.
- Territory and abiotic resources between 33 and 15.6 ka at Vale Boi (SW Portugal)Publication . Pereira, Telmo; Bicho, Nuno Gonçalo Viana Pereira Ferreira; Cascalheira, João; Infantini, Leandro; Marreiros, Joao; Paixão, Eduardo; Terradas, XavierThe environmental shifts during the Late Pleistocene had major influences in the landscape and, consequently, in the available resources. This had direct impact on human behavior and ecology, requiring people to constantly adjust to new economical conditions. In coastal areas, the retreat of the shoreline during the colder phases might have made available presently underwater raw material sources in the form of outcrops and gravels, eventually making it easier to gather lithic raw materials.In this paper, we present our preliminary results on the diachronic variability of raw materials in Vale Boi. Vale Boi is a coastal site, located 2.5 km from the present coastline, in the margins of a freshwater stream. The site has three different loci, all rich in lithics, fauna (including marine), bone tools, adornments, charcoal, and ochre, and evidence of continuous human occupation from c. 33 to 15.6 ka cal BP. This chronostratigraphic record makes it a perfect study case for the understanding of coastal populations' behavior and economy throughout the Upper Paleolithic.Our objective is to infer the territory of resources exploitation, landscape, and economic patterns. Raw material sources are usually fixed points on the landscape (in contrast to other resources such as fauna and flora) and, therefore, are one of the best ways of understanding how people moved in the landscape and, consequently, to infer past human behavior. We used a macroscopic approach in both the archaeological and the geological record in order to correlate sources and artifacts. Despite the absence of detailed quantitative data on each chert type, our results show that the hunteregatherers who occupied Vale Boi during the Upper Paleolithic not only used several raw materials but also a variety of sources of the same raw material. This happened both diachronically and synchronically, suggesting that not only the complete sequence as well as each archaeological layer seem to have had a considerable economic complexity with the use of adjacent and distal sources. With this paper, we aim to present updated information on the variability of raw materials at Vale Boi, including the chert assemblages, along with new chert sources in order to establish a basis for a future detailed study on the raw material sourcing at the site. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved.
- The necropolis of Can Gambus-1 (Sabadell, Barcelona). New data on the funerary practices during the Middle Neolithic in the northeast of the Iberian PeninsulaPublication . Roig, Jordi; Manel Coll, Joan; Gibaja Bao, Juan; Chambon, Philippe; Villar, Vangelis; Ruiz, Jordi; Terradas, Xavier; Eulalia Subira, MariaIn this paper we deal with the Neolithic burials at the site of Can Gambus-1, belonging of the so called Cultura de los Sepulcros de Fosa" (from end of the fifth to the beginning of the fourth millennia cal BC). The main aim is to present new data on the procedures of excavation of the pits, the materials used in the covering of the graves and the treatment given to some of the corpses. The detailed archaeological reconstruction of the funerary behaviour has been possible thanks to the exceptional state of preservation of the graves, the rigorous process of archaeological excavation, the anthropological study carried out, as well as to the achievement of a detailed taxonomic study of all the available evidences. Likewise, the grave goods recovered in the burials are presented. Their quantity and quality is outstanding compared with other similar funerary contexts. Probably this fact is due to the exclusive presence of adult individuals among the buried ones.
- Within and beyond: chert pocurement patterns during the upper palaeolithic in Southwesternmost IberiaPublication . Belmiro, Joana; Terradas, Xavier; Dominguez-Bella, Salvador; Cascalheira, JoãoAnalyses of raw materials and the distinction between local/regional and long-distance sources have proven invaluable for understanding the extensive movements, interactions, and social networks during the Upper Palaeolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. However, unlike other parts of Iberia, research on the management and acquisition of raw materials in the south and west of Iberia remains relatively underdeveloped. Despite significant knowledge about the technological practices of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from southern Portugal, particularly from studies conducted at the site of Vale Boi, there is a noticeable lack of focus on raw materials management. This paper presents the first comprehensive characterisation of chert raw materials from the Gravettian, Proto-Solutrean, and Solutrean occupations at Vale Boi, using both macroscopic and petrographic techniques. Our study reveals that the majority of chert found at Vale Boi originates locally, within a 20 km radius. However, a non-negligible portion of the chert comes from non-local sources, indicating > 200 km raw material circulation from central Portugal and southern Spain.