A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)

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Autor(a) principal: Daura, Joan
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Sanz, Montserrat, Deschamps, Marianne, Matias, Henrique, Igreja, Marina, Villaescusa, Lucia, Gómez, Sandra, Rubio, Angel, Souto, Pedro, Rodrigues, Filipa, Zilhão, João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36552
Resumo: tBifaces dominate the Acheulean stone tools recovered during the archaeological excavationof layer X of Gruta da Aroeira, dated to 389–436 ka. Faunal remains and a human craniumwere found in association with this lithic assemblage. The raw materials used are mostlyquartz and quartzite cobbles available in the vicinity of the site. Technological and system-atic analysis shows that there are no Levallois elements and suggests that on-site knappingconsisted of the reduction of centripetal cores. Flake cleavers are absent. Use-wear analysisindicates the processing of hard materials, mainly wood. Gruta da Aroeira represents one ofthe few Middle Pleistocene sites that provide securely dated diagnostic human remains andassociated Acheulean lithics, thus representing a major step forward in our understandingof the variability of westernmost Europe’s Acheulean and of the human populations thatmade it.
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spelling A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)Industrie acheuléenne datée de 400 000 ans associée au crâne humain Aroeira-3 (Gruta da Aroeira, système karstique de l’Almonda, Portugal)Lower PalaeolithicMiddle PleistoceneMIS 11BifacesArchaic humansPaléolithique inférieurPléistocène moyenHumains archaïquestBifaces dominate the Acheulean stone tools recovered during the archaeological excavationof layer X of Gruta da Aroeira, dated to 389–436 ka. Faunal remains and a human craniumwere found in association with this lithic assemblage. The raw materials used are mostlyquartz and quartzite cobbles available in the vicinity of the site. Technological and system-atic analysis shows that there are no Levallois elements and suggests that on-site knappingconsisted of the reduction of centripetal cores. Flake cleavers are absent. Use-wear analysisindicates the processing of hard materials, mainly wood. Gruta da Aroeira represents one ofthe few Middle Pleistocene sites that provide securely dated diagnostic human remains andassociated Acheulean lithics, thus representing a major step forward in our understandingof the variability of westernmost Europe’s Acheulean and of the human populations thatmade it.éLa description de l’industrie lithique acheuléenne issue de la couche X de la Grutada Aroeira, datée de 389–436 ka, révèle un pourcentage élevé de bifaces. Les fouillesarchéologiques ont mis au jour un crâne humain associé aux vestiges lithiques et fauniques.L’approvisionnement en matières premières est dominé par le quartz et le quartzite. Lesanalyses typo-technologiques révèlent des séquences de production à partir de nucléuscentripètes. Aucun élément diagnostique Levallois n’a été identifié. Les bifaces dominentl’outillage, alors que les hachereaux sont absents. Les analyses tracéologiques ont permisd’identifier une activité principale liée à la transformation du bois et d’autres types dematériaux durs. La Gruta da Aroeira est l’un des rares sites du Pléistocène moyen à fournir àla fois des restes humains diagnostiques et une industrie datés de manière fiable. Elle signifiedonc un apport important à la compréhension de la variabilité des industries acheuléenneset des populations du Pléistocène moyen dans la partie la plus occidentale de l’Europe.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaDaura, JoanSanz, MontserratDeschamps, MarianneMatias, HenriqueIgreja, MarinaVillaescusa, LuciaGómez, SandraRubio, AngelSouto, PedroRodrigues, FilipaZilhão, João2019-01-18T15:39:16Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/36552eng1631-068310.1016/j.crpv.2018.03.003metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-03-17T14:02:22Zoai:repositorio.ulisboa.pt:10451/36552Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-29T03:01:06.562660Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
Industrie acheuléenne datée de 400 000 ans associée au crâne humain Aroeira-3 (Gruta da Aroeira, système karstique de l’Almonda, Portugal)
title A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
spellingShingle A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
Daura, Joan
Lower Palaeolithic
Middle Pleistocene
MIS 11
Bifaces
Archaic humans
Paléolithique inférieur
Pléistocène moyen
Humains archaïques
title_short A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
title_full A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
title_fullStr A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
title_full_unstemmed A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
title_sort A 400,000-year-old Acheulean assemblage associated with the Aroeira-3 human cranium (Gruta da Aroeira, Almonda karst system, Portugal)
author Daura, Joan
author_facet Daura, Joan
Sanz, Montserrat
Deschamps, Marianne
Matias, Henrique
Igreja, Marina
Villaescusa, Lucia
Gómez, Sandra
Rubio, Angel
Souto, Pedro
Rodrigues, Filipa
Zilhão, João
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author2 Sanz, Montserrat
Deschamps, Marianne
Matias, Henrique
Igreja, Marina
Villaescusa, Lucia
Gómez, Sandra
Rubio, Angel
Souto, Pedro
Rodrigues, Filipa
Zilhão, João
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author
author
author
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author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Daura, Joan
Sanz, Montserrat
Deschamps, Marianne
Matias, Henrique
Igreja, Marina
Villaescusa, Lucia
Gómez, Sandra
Rubio, Angel
Souto, Pedro
Rodrigues, Filipa
Zilhão, João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Lower Palaeolithic
Middle Pleistocene
MIS 11
Bifaces
Archaic humans
Paléolithique inférieur
Pléistocène moyen
Humains archaïques
topic Lower Palaeolithic
Middle Pleistocene
MIS 11
Bifaces
Archaic humans
Paléolithique inférieur
Pléistocène moyen
Humains archaïques
description tBifaces dominate the Acheulean stone tools recovered during the archaeological excavationof layer X of Gruta da Aroeira, dated to 389–436 ka. Faunal remains and a human craniumwere found in association with this lithic assemblage. The raw materials used are mostlyquartz and quartzite cobbles available in the vicinity of the site. Technological and system-atic analysis shows that there are no Levallois elements and suggests that on-site knappingconsisted of the reduction of centripetal cores. Flake cleavers are absent. Use-wear analysisindicates the processing of hard materials, mainly wood. Gruta da Aroeira represents one ofthe few Middle Pleistocene sites that provide securely dated diagnostic human remains andassociated Acheulean lithics, thus representing a major step forward in our understandingof the variability of westernmost Europe’s Acheulean and of the human populations thatmade it.
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