Inserción de objetos en las paredes de la cueva de La Pasiega B (Puente Viesgo, Cantabria)

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ID19412209
AuthorsD Garate (0000-0001-6685-9588, Universidad de Cantabria, corresponding author), Joseba Rios-Garaizar (0000-0001-8474-2156, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana, corresponding author), Sahra Talamo (0000-0002-2406-3132, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume83
Issue0
Pages187
Publication date2019-06-10
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueZephyrvs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0514-7336 • E-ISSN: 2386-3943
PublisherEdiciones Universidad de Salamanca (PUBLISHER • ES)
DOI10.14201/zephyrus201983187199
OpenAlexW2949530413
LanguageES
Citations received2
References cited15

The interest for documenting the insertion or deposit of objects in the crevices, shelves and orifices of the decorated caves throughout the Upper Palaeolithic is quite recent and this phenomenon has almost only been documented in the Northern Pyrenean sites. During an exhaustive survey, we have identified similar evidence in the cave of La Pasiega b, Puente Viesgo, Cantabria with 31 objects –29 bones and 2 flints– in the closest sector to the old blocked entrance. The sampling and dating of one of the bones has allowed us to obtain an ultrafiltered radiocarbon date corresponding to the Middle Magdalenian, in accordance with one of the decoration phases in this sector. The presence of hinked objects, preferably bones, in areas of habitat, sharing space with decorated walls, is a constant that is repeated in other sites such as Isturitz or Gargas. There is currently no functional explanation for such evidence, so a symbolic purpose for them is proposed

Archaeology · Art · Cave · Geography · Magdalenian · Middle Paleolithic · Radiocarbon dating · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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