Raw materials · 2016-03-22 · Raw materials 2016, Faro 50 Chaînes Opératoires and lithic raw materials procurement of the Mousterian occupation in Abrigo del Molino (Segovia,

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RawmaterialsexploitationinPrehistory:sourcing,processinganddistribution

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ChaînesOpératoiresandlithicrawmaterialsprocurementoftheMousterianoccupationinAbrigodelMolino(Segovia,Spain)David Álvarez-Alonso1, María de Andrés Herrero2, Andrés Díez-Herrero3, Oscar FuenteFernández1,JulioA.RojoHernández11-Department of Prehistory & Archaeology. UNED/C.A. Asturias. Avda. Jardín Botánico 1345 (Calle interior), 33203(Spain);2-InstituteofPrehistoricArchaeology.UniversityofCologne(Germany)/NeanderthalMuseum3-GeologicalSurveyofSpain(IGME),Madrid(Spain)[email protected]:LithicTechnology,Flint,MiddlePalaeolithicIn thispaperwepresent thestateof theArtsof theresearchonthe lithicrawmaterialprocurementanditsuseinspecificChaînesOpératoiresinthissite.AbrigodelMolinoislocatedintheupperpartofEresmarivervalley(Segovia,Spain),inthenorthernslopeofCentralSystemmountainrange.Thesite isbeingexcavatedsince2013and it contains awide stratrigraphy inwhich threeMousterianoccupation levelshavebeenfound,withachronologybetween40and60Ka.

ThelithologicalvarietyoftheupperbasinofEresmafavorsthepresenceofaremarkablevarietyofrocksandmineralsinitsbed,whichhavebeenusedfordifferentpurposesinthe ChaînesOpératoires developed by differentNeanderthal groups in the rockshelter.Morphology,hardness, sizeor the facility tobeknappedofeveryoneof thesematerialshavemadethedifferentrawmaterialsappropriatefordifferentobjectives.

The presence of endogenous and exogenous materials, together with the selection ofthem,accordingtotheircharacteristics,showsahighdegreeofselectionandplanningoftheactivitiescarriedoutinAbrigodelMolino.