Is the Macroscopic Classification of Flint Useful? A Petroarchaeological Analysis and Characterization of Flint Raw Materials From the Iberian Neolithic Mine of Casa Montero*

Bustillo, Ma Ángeles; Castañeda, Nuria; Capote, Marta; Consuegra, Susana; Criado, Cristina; Díaz-del-Río, Pedro; Orozco, T.; Pérez-Jiménez, José Luis; Terradas, Xavier

doi:10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00403.x

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“…Bárez y Pérez-González (2007), diferencian dos miembros en la Unidad Intermedia en el entorno de Casa Montero, uno inferior compuesto por unos 12 m (Bustillo y Pérez-Jiménez, 2005;Bustillo et al 2009). La Unidad Intermedia se encuentra deformada, presentando morfologías de domos y cubetas generadas por disolución de las facies evaporíticas de la Unidad Inferior, que llegan a formar áreas subsidentes de escala variable (Bárez y Pérez-González, 2007).…”

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Aprendiendo a Excavar: El Yacimiento Paleolítico De Los Ahijones-Sector G Como Modelo De Investigación Y Formación. Learning to Dig: The Paleolithic Site of Los Ahijones-Sectore G as Sample of Investigations and Education.

Baena¹,

Bárez²,

Torres³

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ResumenDurante los últimos años y gracias a la estrecha colaboración del Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, la empresa Argea S.L y la Dirección General de Patrimonio de la Comunidad de Madrid, se viene desarrollando un modelo mixto de formación e investigación en el yacimiento paleolítico de Los Ahijones (Vicávaro-Madrid) en el que los alumnos de prácticas de campo del Máster de Arqueología y Patrimonio de nuestra Universidad participan activamente. En este trabajo presentamos tanto las metodologías docentes aplicadas en dicho yacimiento, como los resultados preliminares de la investigación resultado de las campañas de 2013-15. Los datos obtenidos muestran la enorme y compleja actividad de talla que los grupos achelenses pusieron en práctica en las zonas del interfluvio Jarama-Manzanares a lo largo de la segunda mitad del Pleistoceno medio.Palabras clave: Achelense, interfluvio, Ahijones, talleres, sílex. AbstractDuring the last years, thanks to the collaboration between the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology, Argea S.L company and the Direccción General de Patrimonio of the Community of Madrid, a mixed model of practical learning and research has been developed in the Paleolithic site of Los Ahijones (Vicávaro-Madrid). In that site, the students of the Master of Archaeology and Heritage of our University practice fieldwork methodologies and actively participate in the general research. In this contribution, we present the teaching methods applied in the field, as well as some data obtained in the research from the 2013-15 campaigns. The preliminary results demonstrate the enormous and complex activity developed by acheulian groups in the interfluvial areas of the Jarama and Manzanares rivers during the second half of Middle Pleistocene.

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Aprendiendo a Excavar: El Yacimiento Paleolítico De Los Ahijones-Sector G Como Modelo De Investigación Y Formación. Learning to Dig: The Paleolithic Site of Los Ahijones-Sectore G as Sample of Investigations and Education.

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Bárez²,

Torres³

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“…Luedtke 1992;Bustillo et al 2009;Tarriño and Terradas 2013). The chert samples have also been characterized using rock magnetic methods which have proved useful for assessing chert quality and provenance in previous studies from the Basque-Cantabrian basin ) and other regions in Portugal, in North America and the United Kingdom (Borradaile et al 1998;Thacker and Ellwood 2002).…”

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The chert from the Castelltallat Formation (south-central Pyrenees): archaeometric characterisation and archaeological implications

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Pau

Ibáñez

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Chert from the limestones and marly limestones of Castelltallat Formation (Ebro Basin) was widely used throughout prehistoric times in north-eastern Iberia to produce stone tools due to its properties and accessibility.A rough estimate indicates that this rock -either as raw material or as lithic products-was distributed mainly to the north of the outcrops, over an area of 6000-8000km 2 . However, other rocks in the area have similar characteristics which can lead to confusion in the interpretation of its prehistoric use and distribution. In order to establish useful archaeometric criteria for differentiating this chert from other similar, the Castelltallat chert is characterised in petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical terms.The chert nodules are found to be homogenous at the macro-and microscopic level, with a significant presence of bioclasts, thus indicating they might be formed in a freshwater lake environment by the early diagenetic replacement of carbonates in shallow waters. The mineralogical composition is homogeneously uniform and of a flint type, characterised by an almost exclusive predominance of quartz, without any opaline phases, and a variable proportion of moganite. The iron oxide content is very low, whereas its chemical composition is unusually high in uranium which correlates positively with carbonate content and negatively with silica.Archaeometrical parameters are provided to reach a proper identification of tools knapped with this chert. This way, chert from Castelltallat Formation turns out to be a valuable lithological marker to evaluate the range of mobility of the human groups who lived in the north-eastern Iberia and their contacts with neighbouring areas.

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“…Additionally, XRD patterns were also used to calculate the IC of quartz considering the degree of resolution of the quintuplet at 2θ zone 67°-69°and the intensity of the peak at 2θ =67.74°. [19,4] …”

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“…Over the past years, a great variety of analytical methods have been applied to identify the sources of flint artefacts found in different archaeological contexts. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The objective of these studies is to determine the chemical composition of geological and archaeological flint samples and to obtain element correspondences to establish the probable geological source of origin for archaeological artefacts.…”

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Identification of local and allochthonous flint artefacts from the Middle Palaeolithical site ‘Abrigo de la Quebrada’ (Chelva, Valencia, Spain) by macroscopic and physicochemical methods

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This work summarizes the characterization of flint artefacts from the Middle Palaeolithic site 'Abrigo de la Quebrada' (Chelva, Valencia, Spain) and flint geological samples collected in the Chelva area. Additionally, some flint artefacts located outside this geographical zone were also analysed and compared with the samples from the Abrigo de la Quebrada site. Flint samples have been studied using methods of macroscopic description and physicochemical analysis [energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (EDXRF) and X-ray diffraction (XRD)]. Multivariate statistical analysis of the EDXRF data and the determination of the crystalline index of quartz, obtained from the XRD patterns, are suitable methods to discriminate between local and allochthonous flint artefacts in agreement with the macroscopic classification. These results provide new analytical information of the flint artefacts on a geographical area that had not been studied so far.

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Is the Macroscopic Classification of Flint Useful? A Petroarchaeological Analysis and Characterization of Flint Raw Materials From the Iberian Neolithic Mine of Casa Montero*

Cited by 45 publications

References 11 publications

Aprendiendo a Excavar: El Yacimiento Paleolítico De Los Ahijones-Sector G Como Modelo De Investigación Y Formación. Learning to Dig: The Paleolithic Site of Los Ahijones-Sectore G as Sample of Investigations and Education.

Aprendiendo a Excavar: El Yacimiento Paleolítico De Los Ahijones-Sector G Como Modelo De Investigación Y Formación. Learning to Dig: The Paleolithic Site of Los Ahijones-Sectore G as Sample of Investigations and Education.

The chert from the Castelltallat Formation (south-central Pyrenees): archaeometric characterisation and archaeological implications

Identification of local and allochthonous flint artefacts from the Middle Palaeolithical site ‘Abrigo de la Quebrada’ (Chelva, Valencia, Spain) by macroscopic and physicochemical methods

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