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dc.contributor.authorMéndez-Quintas, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorSantonja, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorArnold, Lee J
dc.contributor.authorCunha-Ribeiro, João Pedro
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Pedro Xavier
dc.contributor.authorDemuro, Martina
dc.contributor.authorDuval, Mathieu
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Alberto
dc.contributor.authorMeireles, José
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro-Rodrigues, Sérgio
dc.contributor.authorPérez-González, Alfredo
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-18T06:05:50Z
dc.date.available2020-09-18T06:05:50Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn2520-8217
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s41982-020-00057-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/397671
dc.description.abstractThis article provides a synthesis of the Middle Pleistocene hominin record of West Iberia, which comprises sites displaying abundant concentrations of large flake Acheulean (LFA) assemblages, as well as isolated examples of Early Middle Palaeolithic (EMP) technology. These sites typically have age ranges spanning marine isotopic stages (MIS) 11–6, within the second half of the Middle Pleistocene, and are primarily located in fluvial environments related to the main regional river basins. The LFA sites display extensive occurrences of handaxes and cleavers on flake blanks (detached from large cores), with a large number of knapping remains, such as flakes or small-medium cores, showing simple reduction patterns. Over the identified age range of these sites, especially during the MIS 9–6 interval, we observe constant technological stability, without strong variations over time, and independent of the functionality of individual sites. These fixed technological and behavioural patterns reinforce the African affinities of the southwestern European Acheulean, in contrast to Acheulean assemblages identified in the northernmost areas of Europe.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Paleolithic Archaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchArchaeology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4301
dc.titleThe Acheulean Technocomplex of the Iberian Atlantic Margin as an Example of Technology Continuity Through the Middle Pleistocene
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMéndez-Quintas, E; Santonja, M; Arnold, LJ; Cunha-Ribeiro, JP; da Silva, PX; Demuro, M; Duval, M; Gomes, A; Meireles, J; Monteiro-Rodrigues, S; Pérez-González, A, The Acheulean Technocomplex of the Iberian Atlantic Margin as an Example of Technology Continuity Through the Middle Pleistocene, Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
dc.date.updated2020-09-18T06:04:46Z
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDuval, Mathieu


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