Lithic economy and territory of Epipaleolithic hunter–gatherers in the Middle Tagus: The case of Pena d'Água (Portugal)
| Autor: | Mafalda Barrocas Dias Teixeira da Costa, Anne Farias, Telmo Pereira, Catarina Andrade, José Mirão, António Faustino Carvalho |
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| Přispěvatelé: | AUT: AFC01768 |
| Jazyk: | portugalština |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010506 paleontology
Provenance 060101 anthropology Epipaleolithic Pleistocene Range (biology) p-XRF 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology VP-SEM-EDS Paleontology Economy μ-XRD Raw material provenance Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology Magdalenian Geology Holocene Mesolithic 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Earth-Surface Processes |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC)-FCT-Sociedade da Informação instacron:RCAAP Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) |
| Popis: | In Central Portugal (westernmost Eurasia) the transition from the traditional Pleistocene hunter-gatherer societies to the complex Mesolithic societies of the Holocene has been debated for decades. While some argue that these differences were a progressive phenomenon that started with the shift from the Pleistocene to the Holocene, others defend that the Late Pleistocene patterns were fairly similar to those of the Epipaleolithic and that the major shift was rapid, dramatic and triggered by the necessary adaptation to the 8.2 ka cal BP (8.09-8.25 ka cal BP) climatic event. The study of lithic raw material provenance might be useful for this discussion, since it has been suggested that the Magdalenian and Epipaleolithic populations from this region were collecting this resources within a close range territory, whereas the Mesolithic populations were acquiring them at longer distances.In this paper, we present the results from p-XRF, VP-SEM-EDS and mu-XRD analysis done on the Epipaleolithic lithic assemblage from Pena d'Agua Rockshelter, and in some geological samples from secondary sources located similar to 14 km from this site. This layer is of major relevance for this debate since it is dated from 8.19 ka cal BP. If the transition was gradual, it would be expected that this assemblage would show some traits of higher-complexity seen in the Mesolithic, namely of longer distance acquisition. However, our results indicate correspondence between the archaeological chert types and some of the geological sources. The differences seen between the archaeological specimens and geological samples are mostly present in traits that can be related with manufacture, handling and post-depositional phenomena.The results suggest that, in what concerns to the economy of abiotic resources, the Epipaleolithic populations living at the time of the dramatic 8.2 ka cal BP cold event, were performing a short range acquisition of lithic raw materials which reinforces the idea of continuity from the Late Pleistocene to the 8.2 ka cal BP event and an abrupt and dramatic shift soon after this phenomena. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and INQUA. All rights reserved. |
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