1. Use-Wear Analysis of a Set of Geometric Projectils from the Mesolithic Context of Cocina Cave (Eastern Spain)
- Author
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García Puchol, Oreto, Gibaja, Juan Francisco, Juan Cabanilles, Joaquim, and Mazzucco, Niccolò
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Use-wear ,Cueva de la Cocina ,Microliths ,Geometric tools ,Mesolithic ,Lithic style - Abstract
In this paper we present the preliminary results of the functional analysis of a set of geometric tools (mainly trapezes and triangles) from the Mesolithic layers of the Cocina Cave (Valencia region, Eastern Spain). This site has a long stratigraphic sequence that includes late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic levels. A recent revision of the lithic assemblage from a selected pit (E1) provided the basis for the study of the dynamics of lithic techno-typology from the first levels of the sequence (middle of the IX millennium cal BP) until the end of the Mesolithic period (dated around the middle of VIII millennium cal BP). Use-wear analysis provided data on the degree of use, and the relation between hafting and shape. This information allows us to explain some hypotheses for understanding the change mechanisms that operated in lithic style and their translation in chronocultural terms., Laboratory analyses were supported by the project HAR2012-33111 “MESO COCINA: los últimos caza-recolectores y el paradigma de la neolitización en el mediterráneo occidental)” of the University of Valencia and the Museo de Prehistoria de Valencia. The ANR project directed by P. Allard “The last hunter-gatherers of Western Europe” supported the C14 dataset.
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- 2014