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The Lithic Assemblage of Level J

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We present in this chapter the lithic assemblage of level J. Bearing in mind the temporal issues involved in the interpretation of archeological assemblages, we have organized this chapter according to two different analytical levels. On the one hand, we have studied the technological and functional characteristics of the assemblage-as-a-whole, paying special attention to raw material provisioning, knapping strategies and tool manufacture. Raw material provisioning was basically local, although the nearest materials were not the most exploited. Core reduction strategies show a high variability due to the dominance of expedient criteria aimed at the production of small flakes. Finally, tool manufacture was characterized by the clear dominance of denticulates and notches, which were used at different tasks, but especially at hideworking. On the other hand, the second analytical level is focused on the event level and tryes to identify as much single technical episodes as possible. This approach is based on refitting and the identification of Raw Material Units. The spatial distribution of these events allows discussing the temporal dynamics in the formation of the lithic assemblages, highlighting the time-dependent nature of assemblage variability.

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Acknowledgments

We are very grateful to Pablo Sañudo for the distribution maps included in this chapter, Susana Alonso for the drawings of lithic artifacts and Gerard Campeny for the photographs. We would also like to thank Gala G. Merino for providing us the analytical data of the galena fragments. We also thank Javier Baena, Steven L. Kuhn and Marco Peresani for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this chapter.

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    Manuel Vaquero, María Gema Chacón, Mª Dolores García-Antón, Bruno Gómez de Soler & Kenneth Martínez

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    María Gema Chacón

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Vaquero, M., Chacón, M.G., Cuartero, F., García-Antón, M.D., Gómez de Soler, B., Martínez, K. (2012). The Lithic Assemblage of Level J. In: Carbonell i Roura, E. (eds) High Resolution Archaeology and Neanderthal Behavior. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3922-2_7

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