A comparative study of the lithic technology, subsistence and bioclimatic settlement patterns of neanderthals in the Iberian peninsula (Cantabrian and Betic regions)
This thesis investigates Neanderthal lithic technical, subsistence practices and bioclimatic settlement patterns behaviour comparison between two different bioclimatology and biogeografically regions of the Iberian Peninsula - the Cantabrian region to the north, and the Betic region to the south - during the late Pleistocene Period. The principal aim is to test whether or not hominid groups of the same species (Homo neanderthalensis) behave, exploit and occupy their territory in similar or different ways under different environmental conditions. Three different approaches were undertaken to test the proposition. The first was a technological study of eight lithic assemblages from the latest Mousterian levels in the Cantabrian region: Axlor, Esquilleu, Morin, El Castillo; and the Betic region: Abrigo 3, Carihuela, Zafarraya, GorhamAÌ Ìs Cave, in order to establish whether any distinctive patterns emerge in both areas of study. Subsistence practices, through a study of faunal remains, was the second dataset for this comparative study. A faunal database was constructed from the literature pertaining to Middle Palaeolithic sites in both regions focusing on large and small game, cannibalism practices and evidence
Bernal, Marco Antonio
A comparative study of the lithic technology, subsistence and bioclimatic settlement patterns of neanderthals in the Iberian peninsula (Cantabrian and Betic regions). This thesis investigates Neanderthal lithic technical, subsistence practices and bioclimatic settlement patterns behaviour comparison between two different bioclimatology and biogeografically regions of the Iberian Peninsula - the Cantabrian region to the north, and the Betic region to the south - during the late Pleistocene Period. The principal aim is to test whether or not hominid groups of the same species (Homo neanderthalensis) behave, exploit and occupy their territory in similar or different ways under different environmental conditions. Three different approaches were undertaken to test the proposition. The first was a technological study of eight lithic assemblages from the latest Mousterian levels in the Cantabrian region: Axlor, Esquilleu, Morin, El Castillo; and the Betic region: Abrigo 3, Carihuela, Zafarraya, GorhamAÌ Ìs Cave, in order to establish whether any distinctive patterns emerge in both areas of study. Subsistence practices, through a study of faunal remains, was the second dataset for this comparative study. A faunal database was constructed from the literature pertaining to Middle Palaeolithic sites in both regions focusing on large and small game, cannibalism practices and evidence
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