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Titre
Bone industry of the Lower Magdalenian in Cantabrian Spain: the square-section antler points of El Cierro Cave
Autor(es)
Sujet
Bone technology
Chaîne operatoire
Red deer antler
Antler points
Lower Magdalenian
Cantabrian region
Tecnología ósea
Cadena operativa
Asta de ciervo rojo
Magdaleniense inferior
Región cantábrica
Clasificación UNESCO
5504.05 Prehistoria
5505.01 Arqueología
Fecha de publicación
2018-04-05
Éditeur
Elsevier
Citación
Tapia, J., Álvarez-Fernández, E., Cueto, M., Portero, R., Bécares, J., Jordá Pardo, J.F. 2018. Bone industry of the Lower Magdalenian in Cantabrian Spain: The square-section antler points of El Cierro Cave. Quaternary International 472:13-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.029
Resumen
[EN]El Cierro Cave (Asturias, Northern Spain) has been a key site in the regional periodization of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian region since its excavation by Jorda-Cerda in the late 1950s. Lithic and bone artefacts from the Lower Magdalenian layers in this cave have been studied by several scholars from a typological stand point, discussing their relationship and continuity with the preceding Solutrean occupations in the same cave. This paper analyses red deer antler artefacts from El Cierro, dated in the Lower Madgalenian. The ensemble was retrieved during the 1977-1979 excavations, and the new field work undertaken since 2012 has confirmed the chronological and stratigraphic context of its origin. Within the production sequence of antler spear points, a particular procedure was followed to obtain the most characteristic tool sof that period: the square-section antler points.
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ISSN
1040-6182
DOI
10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.029
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