Perspectives méthodologiques de l'analyse fonctionnelle des ensembles lithiques du Pléistocène inférieur et moyen d'Atapuerca (Burgos, Espagne)

Non-masticatory uses of anterior teeth of Sima de los Huesos individuals (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

“…An etiology by the above researchers is the processing of vegetable fibers. We cannot suggest that SH individuals .... ""rfn'rrn such tasks as the of nets or baskets, but we can suggest that they skins and sinews to make clothing or Vegetables have been processed to separate the bark from branches in order to manufacture digging sticks with which to obtain roots and tubers or to soften fibers for This hypothesis is supported by lithic microwear studies that have determined the presence of lithic wood-working in Sierra de Atapuerca's sites of similar chronology to SH (Marquez et al, 2001 ;. The striations of the occlusal surface are likely related to the vestibular striations of the labial surface.…”

“…SH hominins had access to the sinews, nerves, and skins of the animals they hunted and scavenged (Huguet, 1997;Rosell, 2001;Ciceres, 2002). Evidence of the of leather has been found in lithic tools on levels TDlO-1a and TDl0 of the Gran Dolina site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain; Marquez et al, 2001) with a chro nology of 337 ± 29 ka and 377 ± 29 ka (Uranium series and ESR;. Similarly, at Sierra de Atapuerca the hominins would have had access to herbaceous and arboreal plants for processing vegetable fibers.…”

“…Similarly, at Sierra de Atapuerca the hominins would have had access to herbaceous and arboreal plants for processing vegetable fibers. Pollen have identified, in levels of similar chronol ogy to SH, Pinus, Olea, and Qu ercus Anton, The pro cessing of vegetables for domestic use has also been determined by analysing the wear of lithic tools from Sierra de Atapuerca sites (Marquez et al, 2001).…”

Use-wear analysis of an Amudian laminar assemblage from the Acheuleo-Yabrudian of Qesem Cave, Israel

“…Lower Paleolithic sites usually give the poorest results [10], since their lithic assemblages frequently experience intensive alteration [3,17,18]. Nevertheless, recent studies [20] suggest that the detection potential of SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) can improve the interpretation of use-wear altered by postdepositional processes.…”

The recognition of a new type of bone tools in Early Aurignacian assemblages: implications for understanding the appearance of osseous technology in Europe

“…To this must be added the indirect testimony supplied by microwear and traces left on stone tools (e.g. edge-wear and hafting traces) suggesting that the wood has long been a material frequently used (Keeley, 1980;Anderson, 1980;Beyries, 1987;Marquez et al, 2001). The systematic absence of certain components of the Aurignacian spears is another indication of the place held by the wood in material culture.…”