1. Insights into the Late Mesolithic toolkit : use-wear analysis of the notched blades. Case-studies from the Iberian Peninsula
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Niccolo Mazzucco, Juan Francisco Gibaja Bao, Unai Perales Barrón, Maria San Millán Lomas, Oreto Puchol, Manuel Guerra, Jose Ignacio Royo Guillén, Inigo García Martínez de Lagrán, Joaquim Cabanilles, Jesús García Gazolaz, Bernard Gassin, Préhistoire et Technologie (PréTech), Université Paris Nanterre (UPN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institució Milà i Fontanals, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU), SAPPO - Departament de Prehistòria de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Seminari d'Arqueologia Prehistòrica del Pròxim Orient (SAPPO), Université Autonome de Barcelone-Université Autonome de Barcelone, Departament de Prehistòria, Arqueologia i Història Antiga, Universitat de València, Universitat de València (UV), Departamento de Prehistoria, Arqueología, Antropología Social y Ciencias y Técnicas Historiográficas, Universidad de Valladolid (UVA), Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultura, Gobierno de Aragón, Servei d'Investigació Prehistòrica, Museu de Prehistòria de València, Sección de Arqueología, Departamento de Cultura, Deporte y Juventud, Gobierno de Navarra, Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of the Basque Country [Bizkaia] (UPV/EHU), Departamento de Geografía, Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU), Préhistoire et Technologie ( PréTech ), Université Paris Nanterre ( UPN ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Spanish National Research Council ( CSIC ), Universidad do Algarve, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, University of the Basque Country [Bizkaia] ( UPV/EHU ), Universitat de València ( UV ), Universidad de Valladolid [Valladolid] ( UVa ), Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés ( TRACES ), École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( EHESS ) -Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès ( UT2J ) -Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication ( MCC ) -Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives ( Inrap ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Universidad de Salamanca, Centre d'Études Préhistoire, Antiquité, Moyen-Age ( CEPAM ), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis ( UNS ), and Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
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Analisi funzionale ,Iberian Peninsu ,Lame a incavi e denticolate ,Use-Wear Analysis ,Late Mesolithic ,[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,[ SHS.ARCHEO ] Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory ,Mesolitico recente ,Penisola Iberica ,Notched Blades ,Use-Wear Analys ,Iberian Peninsula - Abstract
[EN] During the last decades we have gained a considerable amount of data about the Mesolithic lithic toolkit in the Western Mediterranean. A large set of instruments probably existed for a variety of purposes: foraging practices (both hunting and fishing), food processing, crafting activities, etc. Disposable tools, scarcely elaborated, coexisted with formal and more complex instruments, often composed of multiple parts and realized on a variety of raw-materials (e.g. stone, shell or bone inserts; bone or wood hafts, etc.). In this paper we will consider one particular type of tool that appears in the Western Mediterranean starting from the Seventh-Sixth millennia BC: the notched and denticulated blades. We will consider and interpret from a functional viewpoint materials from five different Late Mesolithic contexts: the Cocina Cave and Vallmayor IX in the NE of the Peninsula, Artusia rock-shelters in Navarre and Atxoste and Mendandia rock-shelters in the Basque country., [IT] Durante l’ultimo decennio, la nostra conoscenza dello strumentario litico Mesolitico nel Mediterraneo Occidentale si è considerabilmente arricchita. Sappiamo che esistevano una varietà di strumenti utilizzati per scopi diversi: l’ottenimento di alimenti (sia attraverso la caccia, che la pesca), l’elaborazione di tali alimenti, la produzione di artefatti, etc. Strumenti di natura speditiva, scarsamente elaborati, coesisterono con strumenti formali, più complessi, spesso costituiti di più parti e di materie prime diverse (es. inserti in pietra, conchiglia, osso, manici in legno od osso, etc.). In questo articolo ci concentriamo su un particolare tipo di strumento che compare nel Mediterraneo Occidentale tra il VII-VI millennio a.C.: le lame a incavi e denticolate. Consideriamo i materiali provenienti da cinque diverse siti del Mesolitico recente: la Grotta Cocina e il sito di Vallmayor IX nel nord-est della Penisola Iberica, il riparo sottoroccia di Artusia in Navarra e i siti di Atxoste e Mendandia nei Paesi Baschi e ne proponiamo un’interpretazione funzionale.
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- 2016