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A Neanderthal's specialised burning structure compatible with tar obtention
Ochando, Juan; Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco J.; Giles-Guzmán, Francisco; Neto de Carvalho, Carlos; Carrión, Jose S.; Muñiz, Fernando; Rubiales, Juan ManuelHere we present multiproxy evidence of a new type of Neanderthal hearth discovered in Vanguard Cave (VC) (Gibraltar), which is dated ~ 65 kyr, and associated with Middle Paleolithic stone artefacts. The hearth structure coincides with predictions from theoretical studies which require the use of heating structures for obtaining birch tar, commonly used in hafting. We propose that the structure was used for heat...
Multi-purpose fossils? The reappraisal of an Elephas antiquus molar from El Pir...
Cortés-Sánchez, Miguel; Morales-Muñiz, Arturo; Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco; Évora, Marina; Simón-Vallejo, Maria Dolores; García-Alix, AntonioFossil gathering by humans has been rarely documented in the Iberian Peninsula. In the present paper, a multidisciplinary approach has been taken to analyze a straight-tusked elephant (Elephas antiquus) molar retrieved in a Magdalenian deposit at the rock shelter of El Pirulejo in southern Spain. The taphonomical analyses revealed a multifarious use of a tooth that had not only been worked into an anvil-sort-of...