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Not Only Flint: Levallois on Quartzite and Limestone at Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): Implications for Neandertal Behavior

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Not Only Flint: Levallois on Quartzite and Limestone at Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): Implications for Neandertal Behavior

dc.contributor.author	Eixea, Aleix
dc.contributor.author	Villaverde Bonilla, Valentín
dc.contributor.author	Zilhão, João
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-13T07:59:01Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-14T04:45:05Z
dc.date.issued	2016	es_ES
dc.identifier.citation	Eixea, A, Villaverde, V, Zilhão, J. (2016). Not Only Flint: Levallois on Quartzite and Limestone at Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): Implications for Neandertal Behavior. Journal of Anthropological Research, 72, 24-57.	es_ES
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10550/80451
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the application of the Levallois technique to the knapping of nonflint raw materials (limestone and quartzite) in the upper levels of the Abrigo de la Quebrada rockshelter (Chelva, Valencia, Spain). Besides highlighting the significant flexibility that characterized Neandertal behavior, such an application is of singular interest because goodquality flint—lacking fissures and impurities and presenting a compact and homogeneous texture—is abundant in the site’s immediate vicinity. In other assemblages, the scarcity or poor quality of flint often suffices to explain the recourse to alternatives, but in these Quebrada levels raw material choice must be primarily determined by other factors. Based on the dimensions of the different blank types, the percentage of Levallois blanks that were retouched into formal tools, and the presence of use-wear damage, combined with inferences derived from the study of the faunal remains, the hearths, and the spatial distribution of finds, it is proposed that such factors concern the length and function of the occupations and the wider systems of settlement, subsistence, and mobility of which such occupations were a part	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This paper investigates the application of the Levallois technique to the knapping of nonflint raw materials (limestone and quartzite) in the upper levels of the Abrigo de la Quebrada rockshelter (Chelva, Valencia, Spain). Besides highlighting the significant flexibility that characterized Neandertal behavior, such an application is of singular interest because goodquality flint—lacking fissures and impurities and presenting a compact and homogeneous texture—is abundant in the site’s immediate vicinity. In other assemblages, the scarcity or poor quality of flint often suffices to explain the recourse to alternatives, but in these Quebrada levels raw material choice must be primarily determined by other factors. Based on the dimensions of the different blank types, the percentage of Levallois blanks that were retouched into formal tools, and the presence of use-wear damage, combined with inferences derived from the study of the faunal remains, the hearths, and the spatial distribution of finds, it is proposed that such factors concern the length and function of the occupations and the wider systems of settlement, subsistence, and mobility of which such occupations were a part	es_ES
dc.language.iso	en	es_ES
dc.subject	Lithic technology, Levallois, limestone, quartzite, Middle Paleolithic, Neandertal behavior, Iberian Peninsula	es_ES
dc.title	Not Only Flint: Levallois on Quartzite and Limestone at Abrigo de la Quebrada (Valencia, Spain): Implications for Neandertal Behavior	es_ES
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.subject.unesco	UNESCO::HISTORIA	es_ES
dc.identifier.doi	10.1086/685265	es_ES
dc.identifier.idgrec	106786	es_ES
dc.accrualmethod	-	es_ES
dc.embargo.terms	0 days	es_ES
dc.relation.projectID	PROMETEOII/2013/016	es_ES
dc.relation.projectID	FFI 2008-01200/FISO	es_ES
dc.relation.projectID	HAR 2008-04273-E/HIST	es_ES