The Significance of Subtlety: Contrasting Lithic Raw Materials Procurement and Use Patterns at the Oldowan Sites of Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain)

The Significance of Subtlety: Contrasting Lithic Raw Materials Procurement and Use Patterns at the Oldowan Sites of Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain)

Situated in southern Spain’s Guadix-Baza basin, Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (Orce, Andalusia, Spain) are two of the most important western European Oldowan archeological sites. After 30 years of quasi-uninterrupted excavations, these two occurrences have yielded exceptional lithic and faunal re...

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Main Authors: Deborah Barsky, Stefania Titton, Robert Sala-Ramos, Amèlia Bargalló, Sophie Grégoire, Thibaud Saos, Alexia Serrano-Ramos, Oriol Oms, Jose-Antonio Solano García, Isidro Toro-Moyano, Juan Manuel Jiménez-Arenas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
Orce
lithic raw materials
technology
stone tools
hominin behavior
Oldowan
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.893776/full

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