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We present new field evidence, geochemical and isotopic data, and age constraints on Lower Jurassic mafic rock suites within a >200-km-long curvilinear belt in the Rif orogenic belt in northern Morocco and show that these rock assemblages formed as part of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP). The CAMP represents a large igneous province that straddles the edges of the modern peri-Atlantic continents. It developed ~200 Ma, following the initiation of the breakup of Pangea. Main magmatic rocks in the Rif External Zone include basaltic lavas, massive dolerite, and isotropic and cumulate gabbros, all intruded by dolerite and trondhjemite dikes and sills. Available U-Pb zircon ages from dolerite, gabbro, and trondhjemite dike rocks are 200 ± 4 , 196 ± 4 , and 192 ± Ma , respectively. Based on their geochemical affinities and isotopic compositions, the analyzed rocks define basalt-dolerite and gabbro-cumulate gabbro-trondhjemite groups. The basalt-dolerite group samples are subalkaline in nature and have low TiO2 contents, whereas the gabbro-cumulate gabbro-trondhjemite group samples are alkaline and display high TiO2 values. Most samples are tholeiitic in character and show large-ion lithophile and light rare earth element enrichment and high field strength element depletion compared with normal mid-ocean ridge basalt (MORB). Samples of both groups display low 143Nd/144Nd201 Ma (0.51182–0.51262) and high 87Sr/86Sri ratios with ɛ Nd values ranging from −1.51 to +4.85. The basalt-dolerite group rocks have enriched MORB compositions, compatible with the low-Ti CAMP suites, whereas the gabbro-cumulate gabbro-trondhjemite group rocks have oceanic island basalt compositions reminiscent of high-Ti CAMP suites in other continents. Magmas of the gabbro-cumulate gabbro-trondhjemite group underwent differentiation through tholeiitic fractionation. Magmas of the rocks of both groups included melt components, originated from partial melting of a previously subduction-modified subcontinental lithospheric mantle. Our results indicate that the Early Jurassic CAMP magmatism in northern Morocco marked a major episode of continental magmatism before the opening of the Maghrebian Tethys between Africa and Iberia in the latest Jurassic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reviews a set of miniatures from domestic contexts in Iron Age eastern Iberia, and interprets them in terms of their role in forging social personae. After an introduction to the historical case under consideration, the miniatures are described in terms of their typology and their contexts of provenance are outlined. Though not abundant, they tend to occur in central places in the landscape; specifically, they are often found in houses of the powerful. The vast majority are miniatures of pottery and tools, though some miniature weapons are recorded. We contend that these objects were used as a means of enculturation and for the learning of values and norms. It is no coincidence that they emerge in the archaeological record of Iron Age Iberia at the same time as the rise of a social structure based on hereditary power. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Copyright of Archivo de Prehistoria Levantina is the property of Museu de Prehistoria de Valencia and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Coastal adaptations of Palaeolithic foragers along the north Atlantic seaboard have received renewed attention in the last decade and include growing evidence for exploitation of whale bone by Late Glacial Magdalenian groups to the north of the Pyrenees. Here we present a systematic revision of Magdalenian osseous industries from the Cantabrian region designed to explore whether this phenomenon was more widely shared by hunter-gatherer groups along the Atlantic coast of the northern Iberian Peninsula. Fifty-four whale bone objects were identified from 12 of the 64 sampled sites. Essentially represented by large, finished weapon elements (projectile points), these objects are primarily associated with the middle phase of the Cantabrian Magdalenian, and overlap slightly with the beginning its upper and probably the end of its lower phases. More broadly, the circulation of these objects evinces regular, long-distance (ca. 600 km) communication networks operating on both sides of the current French and Spanish Basque Country between 17.8 and 15 cal ka BP. The structure of this network poses interesting questions concerning potential social and/or economic interactions between Magdalenian groups from the Pyrenees and neighbouring Cantabrian region. We suggest that the use of whale bone by these particularly mobile hunter-gatherer groups for the production of hunting weapons was connected to the longer use-life afforded by the large size of this particular raw material. This choice potentially reflects attempts to offset raw material transport costs by privileging their regular maintenance rather than the replacement of hunting weaponry. This growing body of evidence for the exploitation of marine resources during the Magdalenian further reinforces the Bay of Biscay being the backdrop to the emergence of the first regular, diversified and organized coastal economies at the end of the Last Glaciation. • The earliest evidence for whale bone artefacts in the Iberian Peninsula. • Long-distance, structured Magdalenian social networks across the Pyreneo-Cantabrian region. • Confirmation that the earliest coastal economies emerged in the Bay of Biscay. • Magdalenian foragers used whale bone for its unique properties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]