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T1 It's getting hot in here – Microcontextual study of a potential pit hearth at the Middle Paleolithic site of El Salt, Spain
A1 Leierer, Lucia
A1 Carrancho Alonso, Ángel
A1 Pérez, Leopoldo
A1 Herrejón Lagunilla, Ángela
A1 Herrera Herrera, Antonio V.
A1 Connolly, Rory
A1 Jambrina Enríquez, Margarita
A1 Hernández Gómez, Cristo M.
A1 Galván, Bertila
A1 Mallol, Carolina
K1 Middle paleolithic
K1 Pit hearth
K1 Neanderthal
K1 Micromorphology
K1 Lipid biomarkers
K1 Archaeomagnetism
K1 Zooarchaeology
K1 Física
K1 Physics
K1 Arqueología
K1 Archaeology
AB By studying combustion structures, which conceal information about anthropogenic activity, we might learn about their makers. This is especially important for remote time periods like the Middle Paleolithic, whose archaeological record comprises numerous combustion structures. The majority of these are simple, flat, open hearths, although a small number of features situated in pit-like depressions have been recorded. Given that hearths built on a flat surface can result in pit-like color alteration of the underlying sediment, accurate identification of pit hearths is a crucial step prior to behavioral interpretation. Here we present a comprehensive study of a possible pit hearth from the Middle Paleolithic site of El Salt, Spain, using a microcontextual approach combining micromorphology, lipid biomarker analysis, archaeomagnetism and zooarchaeology. This pit hearth involves a true depression containing a thick plant ash deposit. It reached very high temperatures, possibly multiple burning events and long combustion times. Morphologically distinct combustion structures in a single archaeological context may indicate different functions and thus a diverse fire technology, pointing to Neanderthal behavioral variability.
PB Elsevier
SN 0305-4403
YR 2020
FD 2020-11
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5600
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5600
LA eng
NO ERC Consolidator Grant project PALEOCHAR – 648871 https://erc.europa.eu/funding/consolidator-grants, I + D Project HAR2008-06117/HIST, HAR2015-68321-P (MINECO-FEDER/UE), and the Cultural Heritage Department of the Valencia Government and the Archaeological Museum Camil Visedo of Alcoy, under the direction of Professor Bertila Galván of Universidad de La Laguna, Junta de Castilla y León (project BU235P18), the European Fund for Economic and Regional Development (EFRD) and the project PID2019-105796 GB-I00 of the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI/10.13039/501100011033)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 21-nov-2024