RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Identifying activity areas in a neanderthal hunting camp (the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter, Spain) via spatial analysis
A1 Moclán Ramos, Abel
A1 Huguet Pàmies, Rosa
A1 Márquez Mora, Belén
A1 Álvarez Fernández, Ana
A1 Laplana Conesa, César
A1 Arsuaga, Juan Luis
A1 Pérez González, Alfredo
A1 Baquedano, Enrique
K1 Middle Palaeolithic
K1 Neanderthal
K1 Spatial analysis
K1 Hunting camp
K1 Zooarchaeology
K1 Lithic tools
K1 Arqueología
K1 Archaeology
AB Spatial analysis has been much used to examine the distribution of archaeological remains at Pleistocene sites. However, little is known about the distribution patterns at sites identified as hunting camps, i.e., places occupied over multiple short periods for the capture of animals later transported to a base camp. The present work examines a Neanderthal hunting camp (the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter in Pinilla del Valle, Madrid, Spain) to determine whether different activities were undertaken in different areas of the site. A spatial pattern was detected with a main cluster of materials (lithic tools, faunal remains, and coprolites) clearly related to the presence of nearby hearths—the backbone of the utilised space. This main cluster appears to have been related to collaborative and repetitive activities undertaken by the hunting parties that used the site. Spatial analysis also detected a small, isolated area perhaps related to carcasses processing at some point in time and another slightly altered by water.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1866-9557
YR 2023
FD 2023-03-21
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9241
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9241
LA eng
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. AM is funded by a grant from the Junta de Castilla y León, financed in turn by European Social Funds via the Consejería de Educación (BDNS 376062). AA-F is supported by a Ph.D. grant from the Reale Foundation via the Fundación Atapuerca. This research was conducted within projects under the auspices of the Dirección General de Investigación of the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades PGC 2018–094125-B-100 (MCIU/AEI/FEDER, UE), PGC 2018–093925-B-C32 (MICINN-FEDER), AGAUR (2017SGR1040 IPHES-URV), PGC 2018–093612-B-100, PID2021-122355NB-C31, PID2021-122355NB-C32 (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación—Agencia Estatal de Investigación), and funded by the I + D activities program for research groups run by the Education Secretariat of the Madrid Regional Government H2019/HUM-5840 (co-financed by the European Social Fund). The study was also partly funded by the Museo Arqueológico Regional de la Comunidad de Madrid (MAR) and Canal de Isabel II-Gestión.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 16-ago-2024