Re-evaluating the Gravettian technocomplex in Iberia: The 497C lithic assemblage from Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern Pyrenees)

Sánchez-Martínez, Javier; Torcal, Rafael Mora; Martínez-Moreno, Jorge

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.029

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“…Outside of the Périgord region, pit features were also found in the EUP and Gravettian Levels at the Spanish site of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Martinez-Moreno et al 2010;Sánchez-Martínez et al 2020). These pit features were described as small hearths, 50 cm in diameter (Martinez-Moreno et al 2010;Sánchez-Martínez et al 2020). Pit features were also found at the French site of Regismont-le-Haut, with 7 of the 31 combustion features excavated described as roughly circular in shape lying within shallow depressions (~ 5 cm in depth) (Anderson et al 2018;Lejay 2018).…”

Section: Pit Structuresmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Several of the hearths in the early Aurignacian levels of Abri Pataud, like at Abri Castanet, were dug directly into the limestone bedrock. Outside of the Périgord region, pit features were also found in the EUP and Gravettian Levels at the Spanish site of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Martinez-Moreno et al 2010;Sánchez-Martínez et al 2020). These pit features were described as small hearths, 50 cm in diameter (Martinez-Moreno et al 2010;Sánchez-Martínez et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

Murphree

Aldeias

2022

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Pyrotechnology, the ability for hominins to use fire as a tool, is considered to be one of the most important behavioural adaptations in human evolution. While several studies have focused on identifying the emergence of fire use and later Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal combustion features, far fewer have focused on modern human fire use. As a result, we currently have more data characterizing the hominin fire use prior to 50,000 years before present (BP), than we do for Upper Palaeolithic of Europe. Here we review the available data on Upper Palaeolithic fire evidence between 48,000 and 13,000 years BP to understand the evolution of modern human pyrotechnology. Our results suggest regional clustering of feature types during the Aurignacian and further demonstrate a significant change in modern human fire use, namely in terms of the intensification and structural variation between 35,000 and 28,000 years BP. This change also corresponds to the development and spread of the Gravettian technocomplex throughout Europe and may correspond to a shift in the perception of fire. Additionally, we also show a significant lack of available high-resolution data on combustion features during the height of last glacial maximum. Furthermore, we highlight the need for more research into the effects of syn- and post-depositional processes on archaeological combustion materials and a need for more standardization of descriptions in the published literature. Overall, our review shows a significant and complex developmental process for Upper Palaeolithic fire use which in many ways mirrors the behavioural evolution of modern humans seen in other archaeological mediums.

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Section: Pit Structuresmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Pit Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

Murphree

Aldeias

2022

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…All sediments were rinsed with water in 2-and 5-mm sieves to ensure that the smallest remains were not overlooked. Further information concerning recovery techniques can be consulted in previous works (Martínez-Moreno et al, 2011;Mora et al, 2010Mora et al, , 2014Roda Gilabert & Mora Torcal, (2014); Sánchez-Martínez et al, 2021).…”

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“…Core preparation with semi-circumferential methods begins by opening the knapping platform with a large removal and progressively creating lateral convexity by removals from the sides of the core. These actions are inherent to laminar knapping systems and are found in technocomplexes identified in western Europe from the Aurignacian (Bataille & Conard, 2018b;Bordes et al, 2011;Falcucci et al, 2017) and the Gravettian (Falcucci and Peresani, 2020;Sánchez-Martínez et al, 2021), introducing the idea that a series of technical principles persisted throughout the Upper Palaeolithic (Bar-Yosef & Kuhn, 1999). Core maintenance is fundamental to control lateral and distal convexity (Tab s16 and s17) and plays an important role in blade technology, although it is an optional feature in on-edge strategies (Tab s18).…”

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“…Reduction systems have been studied in depth in the Middle Palaeolithic (Boëda, 1991;Casanova et al, 2008;Mourre, 2003;Slimak, 2008), in the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition (Bordes & Teyssandier, 2012;Soressi & Roussel, 2014;Roussel et al, 2016) and the Early Upper Palaeolithic (Le ; Bon, 2006;Conard & Bolus, 2006;Bordes et al, 2007;Bataille & Conard, 2018b;Falcucci & Peresani, 2018;Sánchez-Martínez et al, 2021), describing a series of knapping strategies and methods that underpin the technical genesis of lithic technology. These analytical categories allow the hierarchical organisation of lithic exploitation schemes, providing an excellent frame to the study core reduction strategies (Geneste, 1991;Karlin, 1991b).…”

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Beyond Shapes: Core Reduction Strategies in the Magdalenian of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (NE Iberia)

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Core reduction provides insight into the technical actions involved in knapping sequences, one of the central elements in technological analysis. By examining reduction phases, cognitive and operational aspects of the management of lithic resources can be explored, and the technical behaviours of human groups reconstructed.This paper presents a technological and morphometric analysis of cores from the Magdalenian sequence of the Cova Gran de Santa Linya (SE Pyrenees), which ranges from 23 to 16 k cal BP. The knapping strategies suggest two types of lithic exploitation: one on nodules using semi-circumferential methods and the other on thick flakes using burin-core methods. Five knapping modalities were identified through the study of reduction sequences and the analysis of technical attributes, which highlights the technical diversity of lithic production systems.The data collected are supported by statistical analysis and reveal significant differences at the diachronic level and among the lithic assemblages. This study aims to suggest a reference model with which to characterise Magdalenian cores in technological terms. This model can broaden our understanding of the diversity of technical behaviours that appear from the beginning of LGM-b to the end of MIS 2 in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula.

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Not only domestic spaces: dismantling short‐term occupations in Level 497D of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain)

Sánchez‐Romero,

Martínez‐Moreno,

Benito‐Calvo

et al. 2024

J Quaternary Science

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The Early Upper Paleolithic Level 497D of Cova Gran (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain) comprises large assemblages of lithics, fauna, hearths, ash accumulations and well‐preserved refitting sequences. This provides exceptional information to analyze spatial patterns and deepen our understanding of the socio‐economic behavior of these human groups. This large interdisciplinary dataset has allowed us to carry out a detailed spatial study based on density analysis, geostatistics, fabric analysis and orientation techniques, revealing a structuring of the activities performed within the rock shelter. The distribution and accumulation of lithic artifacts, fauna and refits, and their association with the 10 hearths and ash accumulations, show that different types of activities were developed at the site, as well as showing the different uses of the hearths. 497D is a palimpsest where several short‐term occupations and/or activities could have occurred in a relatively short period of time, avoiding prolonged exposure to biotic and abiotic post‐depositional factors that could have significantly disturbed this well‐preserved assemblage. This level shows a place visited several times in relation to the development of specific activities, with movements throughout the landscape for the exploitation of local and regional resources, and less so its use as a domestic space. This implies that the central settlement, or dwelling space, would have been located somewhere other than Cova Gran.

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Re-evaluating the Gravettian technocomplex in Iberia: The 497C lithic assemblage from Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Southeastern Pyrenees)

Cited by 4 publications

References 76 publications

The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

The evolution of pyrotechnology in the Upper Palaeolithic of Europe

Beyond Shapes: Core Reduction Strategies in the Magdalenian of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (NE Iberia)

Not only domestic spaces: dismantling short‐term occupations in Level 497D of Cova Gran de Santa Linya (Pre‐Pyrenees, Spain)

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