Creating frames of reference for chert exploitation during the Late Pleistocene in Southwesternmost Iberia.

ABSTRACT: Southwestern Iberia has played a key role in characterizing Late Pleistocene human ecodynamics. Among other aspects of human behavior, chert procurement and management studies in this region have received increasing attention in the past two decades, especially focusing on the sites showing repeated human occupation, such as the case of Vale Boi (Southern Portugal). However, these studies have been very limited in their geographical scope, and mostly focused on brief macroscopic descriptions of the raw materials. To further our knowledge of the relationship between regional availability of raw materials and its impact on human adaptations and mobility, a more detailed approach to characterizing geological sources is needed. This paper characterizes chert raw materials location, diversity,

SUBMITTER: Belmiro J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10588902 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature