Bone retouchers from the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave (Berici Hills, north-eastern Italy)
| Autor: | Marco Peresani, Davide Delpiano, Eva Francesca Martellotta, Alessandra Livraghi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology geography Neanderthal geography.geographical_feature_category Cervids 060102 archaeology biology Socio-culturale Mousterian 06 humanities and the arts Bone retouchers 01 natural sciences Archaeology Mousterian Quina Italy Limb bones Cave biology.animal Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 36:102864 |
| ISSN: | 2352-409X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102864 |
| Popis: | Bone retouchers are present in the human toolkit throughout the Lower and Middle Palaeolithic and appear in many contexts across Europe, sometimes in association with heavily retouched stone tools. Here we present the complete assemblage of bone retouchers recovered in the Mousterian Quina site of De Nadale Cave in the north of Italy dated to the onset of MIS 4. The results show that this assemblage is consistent – both in morphological and technological features - with bone retouchers recovered in the rest of Europe. The predominance of cervid and bovid limb bones is observed, and the study of the retouch-induced stigmata reveals intense modification of the lithic industry carried out on-site. This analysis contributes to our understanding of Neanderthal cultural and economic choices in the Quina complex in Europe. |
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