Bryozoa, Annelida, Arthropoda y Echinodermata: otras evidencias de invertebrados marinos de la cueva de Los Gitanos (Sámano, Castro Urdiales, Cantabria).

Abstract

[EN] Los Gitanos de Montealegre cave has one of the most outstanding sequences in the Cantabrian region, thanks to which it has been possible to determine, in particular, the subsistence activities practiced by the first foodproducing societies, including the collection of marine invertebrates in the intertidal zone. Although the characteristic is the shellfishing of gastropods, particularly limpets, other organisms have been documented at the site that provide us with information on related aspects beyond the subsistence of the Neolithic and Chalcolithic groups. This chapter studies in detail a set of archaeozoological remains of marine origin belonging to different bryozoans (Turbicellepora magnicostata), annelids (genera Spirorbis and Spirobranchus), arthropods (crab species Eriphia verrucosa, Pachygrapsus marmoratus, Necora puber and Xanthidae, and the goose barnacle Pollicipes pollicipes), and echinoderms (purple sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus).