Rotas en mil pedazos: un estudio preliminar de esquirlas óseas del sitio musteriense de Roca San Miguel (Arén, Huesca)

Abstract


 
 
 Se presenta un avance del estudio de las esquirlas óseas recuperadas en los trabajos iniciales del nuevo yacimiento musteriense de Roca San Miguel (Arén, Huesca). En uno de los sondeos efectuados (cata intermedia) abundan los restos de fauna en un estado de fragmentación extremo y en distintos grados de combustión. Se analizan sus características y se proponen explicaciones para esa acumulación: consumo intensivo, uso como combustible...
 
 

Geomorphological, chronological, and paleoenvironmental context of the Mousterian site at Roca San Miguel (Arén, Huesca, Spain) from the penultimate to the last glacial cycle

“…In the middle trench, the faunal share is high: in the MLP2 and MLPR levels, osseous remains are ∼33%, and in the highest MLP level, they are up to almost 60%. In all three subunits, the features are the same: hundreds of very small bone splinters, with most showing obvious signs of having been directly affected by fire after being defleshed (Sola et al, 2016). In the SLN level of the younger upper trench, bone remains are minor compared to lithics (10% versus 90%), and are mostly splinters of unburned long bones, although some butchery marks (scratches) of anthropic origin have been detected.…”

“…The different levels of Unit A contain a high proportion of small stones, lithic elements, and bone splinters that are fragmented and reveal different degrees of cremation. The burned bones might be the result of residue thrown into the fire to clean the area, but could also have been employed as fuel (Sola et al, 2016). Three samples from Unit A were OSL dated.…”

Mobility across the pre-Pyrenean mountain ranges during the Chalcolithic through strontium isotopes in human enamel: La Cueva de los Cristales (Sarsa de Surta, Huesca, Spain)

“…The Pre-Pyrenean mountain ranges were occupied throughout Prehistory due to the numerous caves and shelters (Montes and Domingo, 2014), the mixed valley and mountain environment (with a large diversity of natural resources) and milder climatic conditions compared to high mountain areas (González-Sampériz et al, 2017). Human occupation of the Pre-Pyrenees can be documented in every chronology: Middle Palaeolithic (e.g Utrilla et al, 2010;Mora et al, 2008;Domingo and Montes, 2016;Sola et al, 2016), Upper Palaeolithic (e.g. Utrilla and Mazo, 2014;Utrilla and Laborda, 2018;Martínez-Moreno et al, 2010), Mesolithic (e.g.…”