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Understanding Neanderthal technological adaptation at Navalmaillo Rock Shelter (Spain) by measuring lithic raw materials performance variability

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dc.contributor.authorAbrunhosa, Ana
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Telmo
dc.contributor.authorMarquez, Belen
dc.contributor.authorBaquedano, Enrique
dc.contributor.authorLuis Arsuaga, Juan
dc.contributor.authorPerez-Gonzalez, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T10:50:59Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T10:50:59Z
dc.date.issued2019-11
dc.description.abstractNavalmaillo Rock Shelter is an Upper Pleistocene archaeological site in the Lozoya River Valley (Madrid, Spain) with a quartz-based Mousterian lithic assemblage. To understand the reasons behind an intense use of quartz over flint and quartzite, a mechanical experiment was carried out. Flakes from flint, quartzite, and local quartz were tested under controlled conditions and quantifiable variables. The mechanical action consisted in a standardised linear repetitive cutting protocol over antler and pine wood. Results allowed to differentiate flake resistance between raw materials through mass and edge angle material loss statistics. Results also showed that the edges produced on flint are sharper allowing to create deeper cuts, but the thin working edges break more easily meaning that they would need a higher maintenance by retouch. Quartzite and quartz have similar performances, but quartzite suffers a more intense modification of the edge angle, while quartz edges present a higher endurance. When compared with flint, quartzite and quartz are more suitable for those tasks where heavier force is applied. Based on that, we concluded that there was no functional disadvantage in using a quartz-based toolkit. Therefore, the quartz assemblages recovered throughout the sequence of Navalmaillo Rock Shelter show that it was intensely explored not just because of its availability in the landscape but also for its suitability to the development of the different activities taking place at Navalmaillo Rock Shelter such as big sized herbivore butchering, for a long time span.
dc.description.sponsorshipFundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT - Portuguese Science Foundation) [SFRH/BD/110511/2015]
dc.description.sponsorshipWenner-Gren Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipPrograma Investigador FCT [IF/01075/2013]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12520-019-00826-3
dc.identifier.issn1866-9557
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14182
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.subjectPinilla Del Valle
dc.subjectMaterial quality
dc.subjectMaterial economy
dc.subjectFlint
dc.subjectArtifacts
dc.subjectMiddle
dc.subjectTools
dc.subjectFlake
dc.subjectLevallois
dc.subjectRaw materials
dc.subjectNavalmaíllo Rock Shelter
dc.subjectMiddle Palaeolithic
dc.subjectExperimental archaeology
dc.subjectQuartz
dc.titleUnderstanding Neanderthal technological adaptation at Navalmaillo Rock Shelter (Spain) by measuring lithic raw materials performance variability
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oaire.citation.endPage5962
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.startPage5949
oaire.citation.titleArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences
oaire.citation.volume11
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person.givenNameAna
person.givenNameTelmo
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