Experimental study on flint hammerstone use in Discoid-Levallois technologies

A comparison with the workshop assemblages of the central Iberian Peninsula

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ID19554005
AuthorsVíctor Lamas Navarro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Sara Díaz Pérez, Sara Pérez (0000-0002-0666-2289, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Guillermo Bustos‐Pérez (0000-0002-1089-818X, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Guillermo Bustos-Pérez, Felipe Cuartero Monteagudo (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Concepción Torres Navas (0000-0001-5543-2271, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Javier Baena Preysler (0000-0002-6373-8286, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Year2016
Volume3
Issue2
Pages597-615
Publication date2016-09-15
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Lithic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2055-0472 • E-ISSN: 2055-0472
PublisherEdinburgh University Library (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2218/jls.v3i2.1442
OpenAlexW2596124154
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited4

The basins of the Manzanares and Jarama rivers have been connected to human activity since the early Palaeolithic. At the boundary between these rivers the abundance of flint has given place to exploitation and mining activities even in historical times. In recent years, projects related to urban expansion in the southeast of Madrid have brought to light various Palaeolithic deposits associated with workshops and tool production. These sites do not have evidence of river pebbles of quartzite, quartz or sandstone in the immediate environment that could have been used as hammerstones, meaning that hammerstones in these raw materials had to be transported and introduced into the sites from large distances. Given this situation, attention was paid to flint elements that show clear signs of being used as hammerstones. The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of flint as hammerstone, testing whether the use of this raw material is indifferent to other rock types or if you have limitations or advantages in this regard. An experimental protocol was developed, allowing to observe specific knapping behaviours and justifying them in the archaeological and technological context in which they are located

Archaeology · Geography · Knapping · Paleoethnobotany · Peninsula · Structural basin · Archaeological and Geological Studies · Archaeological and Historical Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Paleontology

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