On identifying Palaeolithic single occupation episodes: archaeostratigraphic and technological approaches to the Neanderthal lithic record of stratigraphic unit xa of El Salt (Alcoi, eastern Iberia)
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Título: | On identifying Palaeolithic single occupation episodes: archaeostratigraphic and technological approaches to the Neanderthal lithic record of stratigraphic unit xa of El Salt (Alcoi, eastern Iberia) |
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Autor/es: | Mayor, Alejandro | Hernández, Cristo M. | Machado, Jorge | Mallol, Carolina | Galván, Bertila |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Prehistoria y Protohistoria |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología, Historia Antigua, Filología Griega y Filología Latina |
Palabras clave: | Middle Palaeolithic | Neanderthals | Palimpsest dissection | Archaeostratigraphy | Raw material unit | El Salt |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Prehistoria |
Fecha de publicación: | 6-mar-2020 |
Editor: | Springer Nature |
Cita bibliográfica: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2020, 12:84. doi:10.1007/s12520-020-01022-4 |
Resumen: | Within the framework of archaeological palimpsest dissection, stratigraphic association of lithic remains with hearths and other archaeological materials in undisturbed Neanderthal contexts allows us to seek patterns in lithic and faunal assemblage composition, assess the degree of time averaging within assemblages and investigate the spatial distribution of archaeological remains. So far, the European Neanderthal record shows variability in such spatial parameters, not only among different geographic regions but also across time. This approach has been employed to draw conclusions about the main features of Neanderthal occupations from in situ archaeological contexts within individual site sequences. As contribution to this topic, we present new results from our ongoing archaeostratigraphic investigation of stratigraphic unit xa from El Salt (Alcoi, Alacant, eastern Iberia). Our previous study, based on stratigraphic analysis of the lithic record consisting of raw material units, yielded several micropalimpsests within unit xa. Here, we carry out further technological and spatial analysis of the micropalimpsest units. The results obtained from it suggest that we may be able, in specific cases, to recognise indicators of diachrony within the context of these archaeostratigraphic units. This confirms the existence of a micropalimpsest, and suggests that we have the chance to find analytical frames that are even closer to the human temporal scale than the AU. This should be the target of future interdisciplinary behavioural study of El Salt unit xa. This work illustrates the potential of a spatial and archaeostratigraphic approach to stone tool technology and brings to light the importance of archaeological palimpsest dissection as a first step for behavioural analysis in Palaeolithic research. |
Patrocinador/es: | Archaeological excavations at El Salt rockshelter are funded by the Spanish central government through the project called Neandertales en la montaña alicantina: un enfoque multianalítico (MEC-FEDER HAR2015-68321-P), and by the Valencian autonomous government through public research funding (DOGV P-0300900-H). One of the authors (AM) is also funded by Universitat d’Alacant through a university faculty formation grant (UAFPU 2018-049). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/103632 |
ISSN: | 1866-9557 (Print) | 1866-9565 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12520-020-01022-4 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01022-4 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - Prehistoria y Protohistoria - Artículos de Revistas |
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