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Radiometric dates and micromorphological evidence for synchronous domestic activity and sheep penning in a Neolithic cave: Cueva de El Toro (Málaga, Antequera, Spain)

Égüez, Natalia ; Mallol, Carolina ; Martín-Socas, Dimas ; Camalich, M. Dolores

Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 2016-03, Vol.8 (1), p.107-123 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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  • Título:
    Radiometric dates and micromorphological evidence for synchronous domestic activity and sheep penning in a Neolithic cave: Cueva de El Toro (Málaga, Antequera, Spain)
  • Autor: Égüez, Natalia ; Mallol, Carolina ; Martín-Socas, Dimas ; Camalich, M. Dolores
  • Assuntos: Anthropology ; Archaeology ; Caves ; Chemistry/Food Science ; Cohabitation ; Combustion ; Domestic animals ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Earth Sciences ; Food production ; Geography ; Life Sciences ; Living space ; Neolithic ; Original Paper ; Sheep
  • É parte de: Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 2016-03, Vol.8 (1), p.107-123
  • Descrição: We present radiocarbon dates and preliminary micromorphological information from the Neolithic cave site of Cueva del Toro (Antequera, Málaga, Spain). This site has yielded a rich early and late Neolithic archaeological record. The late Neolithic assemblage reflects specialized handcraft activity including in situ ceramic manufacture, textile production, and food processing along with sheep and goat penning, suggesting that the cave occupants and their domestic animals shared the same living space. Until now, dating of the stratigraphic sequence was incomplete, and the function of the combustion activities carried out at the cave remained unclear. New absolute dates from the main late Neolithic domestic activity area, corresponding to the most intense Neolithic occupation of the cave, allow us to place the entire sequence between 5320 and 5170 BP (or 4250–3950 to 2σ Cal BC). Micromorphological results show that many combustion features from this site represent recurrently burnt episodes on sheep/goat stabling deposits all along the sequence, corroborating human-goat/sheep cohabitation. This practice had not been previously documented in southern Spain for such early dates. Our results exemplify the importance of characterizing archaeological deposits at a microstratigraphic scale of observation.
  • Editor: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Idioma: Inglês
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