Stones in Motion: Cost units to understand flint procurement strategies during the Upper Palaeolithic in the south-western Pyrenees using GIS

Stones in Motion: Cost units to understand flint procurement strategies during the Upper Palaeolithic in the south-western Pyrenees using GIS

Studies on lithic resource management –mainly flint– by prehistoric groups south of the western Pyrenees have significantly increased during the past decades. These studies usually focus on identifying outcrops and characterising the different varieties found at archaeological sites. However, the un...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Prieto, Maite García-Rojas, Aitor Sánchez, Aitor Calvo, Eder Dominguez-Ballesteros, Javier Ordoño, Maite Iris García-Collado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
Subjects:
upper palaeolithic
south-western pyrenees
flint procurement
gis
cost
territorial management
mobility patterns
Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1310

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