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Subspheroids in the lithic assemblage of Barranco León (Spain): Recognizing the late Oldowan in Europe.
Titton, Stefania; Barsky, Deborah; Bargalló, Amèlia; Serrano-Ramos, Alexia; Vergès, Josep Maria; Toro-Moyano, Isidro; Sala-Ramos, Robert; Solano, José García; Jimenez Arenas, Juan Manuel.
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  • Titton S; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Barsky D; Area de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Bargalló A; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Serrano-Ramos A; Area de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Vergès JM; Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, United Kingdom.
  • Toro-Moyano I; Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • Sala-Ramos R; Laboratorio 3D de Modelización Arqueológica, Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
  • Solano JG; Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social (IPHES), Tarragona, Spain.
  • Jimenez Arenas JM; Area de Prehistoria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain.
PLoS One ; 15(1): e0228290, 2020.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31999766
The lithic assemblage of Barranco León (BL), attributed to the Oldowan techno-complex, contributes valuable information to reconstruct behavioral patterning of the first hominins to disperse into Western Europe. This archaic stone tool assemblage comprises two, very different groups of tools, made from distinct raw materials. On the one hand, a small-sized toolkit knapped from Jurassic flint, comprising intensively exploited cores and small-sized flakes and fragments and, on the other hand, a large-sized limestone toolkit that is mainly linked to percussive activities. In recent years, the limestone macro-tools have been the center of particular attention, leading to a re-evaluation of their role in the assemblage. Main results bring to light strict hominin selective processes, mainly concerning the quality of the limestone and the morphology of the cobbles, in relation to their use-patterning. In addition to the variety of traces of percussion identified on the limestone tools, recurrences have recently been documented in their positioning and in the morphology of the active surfaces. Coupled with experimental work, this data has contributed to formulating hypothesis about the range of uses for these tools, beyond stone knapping and butchery, for activities such as: wood-working or tendon and meat tenderizing. The abundance of hammerstones, as well as the presence of heavy-duty scrapers, are special features recognized for the limestone component of the Barranco León assemblage. This paper presents, for the first time, another characteristic of the assemblage: the presence of polyhedral and, especially, subspheroid morphologies, virtually unknown in the European context for this timeframe. We present an analysis of these tools, combining qualitative evaluation of the raw materials, diacritical study, 3D geometric morphometric analysis of facet angles and an evaluation of the type and position of percussive traces; opening up the discussion of the late Oldowan beyond the African context.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Hominidae / Comportamiento del Uso de la Herramienta Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Asunto de la revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Hominidae / Comportamiento del Uso de la Herramienta Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research Límite: Animals País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: PLoS One Asunto de la revista: CIENCIA / MEDICINA Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: España Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos