A taste for the unusual. Green, flat pebbles used by late Neanderthals
| Autor: | Rossella Duches, Isabella Caricola, Davide Margaritora, Marco Peresani, Elena Marrocchino, Paolo Ferretti, Carmela Vaccaro, Andrea Zupancich, Stefano Bertola, Negar Eftekhari, Emanuela Cristiani, Stella Nunziante Cesaro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Archeology
History Socio-culturale Human Factors and Ergonomics PE10_10 Pebble Neanderthal 03 medical and health sciences Cave Middle Paleolithic 0601 history and archaeology Bone Serpentinite Pebble Tool Use-wear and residue analysis Bone Neanderthal Italy 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences geography 060101 anthropology geography.geographical_feature_category Use-wear and residue analysis SH6_2 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology Northern italy Italy Green materials Tool Alluvium Geology Serpentinite |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.19390982 |
| Popis: | Neanderthals collected unusual, sometimes colorful mineral materials from different sources. Several green serpentinite smooth pebbles with a flat shape and use modifications were unearthed at Fumane Cave in northern Italy. This study explores cognitive and functional criteria that influenced the selection and use of unique pebbles based on their regional geology, morphology, petrology, use wear, and residues. Besides the attraction for green materials, there is no evidence for the use of soft green and flat pebbles, like those from Fumane Cave, during the Middle Palaeolithic. Moreover, these materials were collected by Neanderthals only from ca. 44 ka cal BP, despite the large availability of green serpentine pebbles in the alluvial beds near the cave. Ultimately, we provide new data to understand the role of aesthetic and technological factors in shaping the human behavioral range in the Middle Paleolithic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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