In 2011 a project of investigation began after the discovery of parietal art in Pedreguer’s Cova ... more In 2011 a project of investigation began after the discovery of parietal art in Pedreguer’s Cova del Comte (Alicante). This project contemplates the excavation of the archaeological levels and the study of the artistic representations that receive documents both in the walls of the cavity and in the archaeological record. Up to the moment they have revealed themselves near a hundred of motives identical or engraved, distributed in nineteen panels, which detailed description has been published recently and two platelets with engravings and one with remains of ocher (Casabó et al. 2018). The process of spatial capture of information and the planimetric record of the Cova del Comte has been realized by means of aerial map-making. The last aim of this procedure is to incorporate three-dimensional models to the process of spatial documentation, which allows us to obtain a series of valid formats of information both for analysis of information and for representations and spreading. The advance that we incorporate is the utilization of the three-dimensional models to coordinate and to be located spatially each of the documented motives of simple and precise form. From this location, with the space “support” transformed into a Digital Model and with the acquisition of a precise point of each one of the motives we can generate analytical information (Esquembre and Ortega, 2017). This article tries to expose the initial results of the first interventions, in relation to the disposition and location of the documented motives.
espanolEn el presente trabajo se analiza la industria litica de superficie recuperada en el abrig... more espanolEn el presente trabajo se analiza la industria litica de superficie recuperada en el abrigo del Corral de les Paleres (Crevillent). Este analisis tiene dos vertientes, en primer lugar de caracter tecnotipologico con el objetivo de encuadrar la industria cronologicamente. La presencia o ausencia de determinados utiles, asi como las caracteristicas morfologicas de la industria senalan su adscripcion al Paleolitico superior –Magdaleniense–, no descartandose una ocupacion que pudo iniciarse hacia finales del Solutrense. En segundo lugar se analizan las caracteristicas de la materia prima silicea con el objetivo de determinar los principales tipos de silex empleados en este habitat. Cruzando estos datos con los obtenidos en los trabajos geoarqueologicos desarrollados en la zona desde 2016, se han podido establecer las fuentes de aprovisionamiento de silex mas proximas. El dato mas relevante a este respecto es que casi el 90% pudo haber sido captado en un radio no superior a 10 km....
Nuevos datos para el conocimiento de la prehistoria en la comarca de La Marina Alta, Alicante. Jorge A. Soler Díaz, Josep A. Casabó Bernad (Coord.), 2017
This paper reports a palaeodietary investigation of the human remains found in the collective Bro... more This paper reports a palaeodietary investigation of the human remains found in the collective Bronze Age burial cave from Vall d'Uixó (Castelló, Spain). Dental pathology, tooth wear as well as buccal dental microwear were analysed. Percentages of dental pathologies were compared with Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites from the same territory. Dental caries, ante-mortem tooth loss, periodontal disease and abscess frequencies indicate a diet rich in carbohydrate foods. However, dental calculus percentages and macroscopic wear patterns suggest a diet not exclusively relying on agricultural resources. In addition, buccal dental microwear density and length by orientation recorded on micrographs using a scanning electron microscope showed inter-group differences with regard to carnivorous hunter-gatherers and farming populations related to the amount of abrasives in the diet that could correspond to a different dependence on agricultural resources or food preparation technology.
The lithic record from the Ros shelter (Orihuela): new data for the analysis of the solutrean set... more The lithic record from the Ros shelter (Orihuela): new data for the analysis of the solutrean settlement in southern Alicante (Spain) In this work we present a new habitat site in a karst environment located in the Cabezo de Lo Ros (Orihuela), belonging to the Upper Paleolithic. The techno-typological study of the industry indicates an ascription to the last phase of the Solutrean period, characterized by the presence of pointed weapons of various types, scrapers and burins. The Abrigo de Lo Ros provides, on a regional scale, relevant information that allows new appraisals regarding the Solutrean population in the south of Alicante to be made. In this way, and from recent works published within this research project, the presence of an occupation is concluded much more relevant than what was known until a few years ago. Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic; Solutrense; Orihuela; south of Alicante.
Información del artículo El yacimiento magdaleniense superior de Cova Matutano (Villafamés, Caste... more Información del artículo El yacimiento magdaleniense superior de Cova Matutano (Villafamés, Castellón). Estudio del sondeo estratigráfico 1979.
El yacimiento conocido como La Cava * se halla situado en la partida del mismo nombre, muy cercan... more El yacimiento conocido como La Cava * se halla situado en la partida del mismo nombre, muy cercana al Cuartel de la Guardia Civil de La Vall d'Uixo (fig. num. 1).1 Su estrategica situacion, a 190 m. sobre el nivel del mar y a tan solo 90 m. sobre el cauce del rio Belcaire, constituye su especial caracteristica, ya que el yacimiento dista escasamente 1'5 Km. en II'nea recta de la Cava de Can Ballester,2 7'5 Km. de La Balsa de la Dehesa 3 y 4'5 y 8 del Colmenar 4 y los Estanys de Almenara,s respectivamente. Desde el punto de vista geologico, la cavidad se halla abierta en calizas triasicas y presenta importantes fenomenos erosivos en su superficie. Espeleologicamente se trata de· una cavidad de unos 15 m. de recorrido con dos bocas orientadas, respectivamente, al N. y E., que son los unicos restos visibles de un karst residual.
La Cova dels Blaus, es una cueva kárstica situada en las estribaciones orientales de la Sierra d&... more La Cova dels Blaus, es una cueva kárstica situada en las estribaciones orientales de la Sierra d'Espadá en la localidad de la Vall d'Uxió (Castelló). En 1987 se inician excavaciones arqueológicas, siendo en la campaña de 1995 cuando se documenta una fase de enterramientos cuya cronología es atribuida a la Edad del Bronce. El número mínimo de individuos es nueve (un varón, cuatro mujeres, un alofiso y tres infantiles). En este trabajo se discute entorno al diagnóstico diferencial de una serie de lesiones observadas en tres esqueletos adultos y dos infantiles, compatibles con tuberculosis. Se tratan de reacciones periósticas, aposiciones de hueso lamelar y cavidades osteolíticas localizadas en costillas, vértebras, coxales y huesos largos. La aparición de una lesión osteolítica en una falange de un esqueleto de 3-4 años es sugestiva de ser considerada como un probable caso de spina ventosa (tuberculosis dactílea infantil), lo que hace que se confirme la hipótesis infecciosa co...
In the Mediterranean watershed of the Iberian Peninsula, Palaeolithic rock art remains a rare phe... more In the Mediterranean watershed of the Iberian Peninsula, Palaeolithic rock art remains a rare phenomenon. Thanks to the discovery of the Cova del Comte, where the art is accompanied by an archaeological deposit, we are able to study it within a defined chronological context. The stylistic features of some of the figures correspond to ancient pre-Magdalenian art, which places it within the Gravettian and early Solutrean period; this information is consistent with the results of the excavation.
In 2011 a project of investigation began after the discovery of parietal art in Pedreguer’s Cova ... more In 2011 a project of investigation began after the discovery of parietal art in Pedreguer’s Cova del Comte (Alicante). This project contemplates the excavation of the archaeological levels and the study of the artistic representations that receive documents both in the walls of the cavity and in the archaeological record. Up to the moment they have revealed themselves near a hundred of motives identical or engraved, distributed in nineteen panels, which detailed description has been published recently and two platelets with engravings and one with remains of ocher (Casabó et al. 2018). The process of spatial capture of information and the planimetric record of the Cova del Comte has been realized by means of aerial map-making. The last aim of this procedure is to incorporate three-dimensional models to the process of spatial documentation, which allows us to obtain a series of valid formats of information both for analysis of information and for representations and spreading. The advance that we incorporate is the utilization of the three-dimensional models to coordinate and to be located spatially each of the documented motives of simple and precise form. From this location, with the space “support” transformed into a Digital Model and with the acquisition of a precise point of each one of the motives we can generate analytical information (Esquembre and Ortega, 2017). This article tries to expose the initial results of the first interventions, in relation to the disposition and location of the documented motives.
espanolEn el presente trabajo se analiza la industria litica de superficie recuperada en el abrig... more espanolEn el presente trabajo se analiza la industria litica de superficie recuperada en el abrigo del Corral de les Paleres (Crevillent). Este analisis tiene dos vertientes, en primer lugar de caracter tecnotipologico con el objetivo de encuadrar la industria cronologicamente. La presencia o ausencia de determinados utiles, asi como las caracteristicas morfologicas de la industria senalan su adscripcion al Paleolitico superior –Magdaleniense–, no descartandose una ocupacion que pudo iniciarse hacia finales del Solutrense. En segundo lugar se analizan las caracteristicas de la materia prima silicea con el objetivo de determinar los principales tipos de silex empleados en este habitat. Cruzando estos datos con los obtenidos en los trabajos geoarqueologicos desarrollados en la zona desde 2016, se han podido establecer las fuentes de aprovisionamiento de silex mas proximas. El dato mas relevante a este respecto es que casi el 90% pudo haber sido captado en un radio no superior a 10 km....
Nuevos datos para el conocimiento de la prehistoria en la comarca de La Marina Alta, Alicante. Jorge A. Soler Díaz, Josep A. Casabó Bernad (Coord.), 2017
This paper reports a palaeodietary investigation of the human remains found in the collective Bro... more This paper reports a palaeodietary investigation of the human remains found in the collective Bronze Age burial cave from Vall d'Uixó (Castelló, Spain). Dental pathology, tooth wear as well as buccal dental microwear were analysed. Percentages of dental pathologies were compared with Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites from the same territory. Dental caries, ante-mortem tooth loss, periodontal disease and abscess frequencies indicate a diet rich in carbohydrate foods. However, dental calculus percentages and macroscopic wear patterns suggest a diet not exclusively relying on agricultural resources. In addition, buccal dental microwear density and length by orientation recorded on micrographs using a scanning electron microscope showed inter-group differences with regard to carnivorous hunter-gatherers and farming populations related to the amount of abrasives in the diet that could correspond to a different dependence on agricultural resources or food preparation technology.
The lithic record from the Ros shelter (Orihuela): new data for the analysis of the solutrean set... more The lithic record from the Ros shelter (Orihuela): new data for the analysis of the solutrean settlement in southern Alicante (Spain) In this work we present a new habitat site in a karst environment located in the Cabezo de Lo Ros (Orihuela), belonging to the Upper Paleolithic. The techno-typological study of the industry indicates an ascription to the last phase of the Solutrean period, characterized by the presence of pointed weapons of various types, scrapers and burins. The Abrigo de Lo Ros provides, on a regional scale, relevant information that allows new appraisals regarding the Solutrean population in the south of Alicante to be made. In this way, and from recent works published within this research project, the presence of an occupation is concluded much more relevant than what was known until a few years ago. Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic; Solutrense; Orihuela; south of Alicante.
Información del artículo El yacimiento magdaleniense superior de Cova Matutano (Villafamés, Caste... more Información del artículo El yacimiento magdaleniense superior de Cova Matutano (Villafamés, Castellón). Estudio del sondeo estratigráfico 1979.
El yacimiento conocido como La Cava * se halla situado en la partida del mismo nombre, muy cercan... more El yacimiento conocido como La Cava * se halla situado en la partida del mismo nombre, muy cercana al Cuartel de la Guardia Civil de La Vall d'Uixo (fig. num. 1).1 Su estrategica situacion, a 190 m. sobre el nivel del mar y a tan solo 90 m. sobre el cauce del rio Belcaire, constituye su especial caracteristica, ya que el yacimiento dista escasamente 1'5 Km. en II'nea recta de la Cava de Can Ballester,2 7'5 Km. de La Balsa de la Dehesa 3 y 4'5 y 8 del Colmenar 4 y los Estanys de Almenara,s respectivamente. Desde el punto de vista geologico, la cavidad se halla abierta en calizas triasicas y presenta importantes fenomenos erosivos en su superficie. Espeleologicamente se trata de· una cavidad de unos 15 m. de recorrido con dos bocas orientadas, respectivamente, al N. y E., que son los unicos restos visibles de un karst residual.
La Cova dels Blaus, es una cueva kárstica situada en las estribaciones orientales de la Sierra d&... more La Cova dels Blaus, es una cueva kárstica situada en las estribaciones orientales de la Sierra d'Espadá en la localidad de la Vall d'Uxió (Castelló). En 1987 se inician excavaciones arqueológicas, siendo en la campaña de 1995 cuando se documenta una fase de enterramientos cuya cronología es atribuida a la Edad del Bronce. El número mínimo de individuos es nueve (un varón, cuatro mujeres, un alofiso y tres infantiles). En este trabajo se discute entorno al diagnóstico diferencial de una serie de lesiones observadas en tres esqueletos adultos y dos infantiles, compatibles con tuberculosis. Se tratan de reacciones periósticas, aposiciones de hueso lamelar y cavidades osteolíticas localizadas en costillas, vértebras, coxales y huesos largos. La aparición de una lesión osteolítica en una falange de un esqueleto de 3-4 años es sugestiva de ser considerada como un probable caso de spina ventosa (tuberculosis dactílea infantil), lo que hace que se confirme la hipótesis infecciosa co...
In the Mediterranean watershed of the Iberian Peninsula, Palaeolithic rock art remains a rare phe... more In the Mediterranean watershed of the Iberian Peninsula, Palaeolithic rock art remains a rare phenomenon. Thanks to the discovery of the Cova del Comte, where the art is accompanied by an archaeological deposit, we are able to study it within a defined chronological context. The stylistic features of some of the figures correspond to ancient pre-Magdalenian art, which places it within the Gravettian and early Solutrean period; this information is consistent with the results of the excavation.
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In this work we present a new habitat site in a karst environment located in the Cabezo de Lo Ros (Orihuela), belonging to the Upper Paleolithic. The
techno-typological study of the industry indicates an ascription to the last phase of the Solutrean period, characterized by the presence of pointed weapons
of various types, scrapers and burins.
The Abrigo de Lo Ros provides, on a regional scale, relevant information that allows new appraisals regarding the Solutrean population in the south
of Alicante to be made. In this way, and from recent works published within this research project, the presence of an occupation is concluded much more
relevant than what was known until a few years ago.
Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic; Solutrense; Orihuela; south of Alicante.
In this work we present a new habitat site in a karst environment located in the Cabezo de Lo Ros (Orihuela), belonging to the Upper Paleolithic. The
techno-typological study of the industry indicates an ascription to the last phase of the Solutrean period, characterized by the presence of pointed weapons
of various types, scrapers and burins.
The Abrigo de Lo Ros provides, on a regional scale, relevant information that allows new appraisals regarding the Solutrean population in the south
of Alicante to be made. In this way, and from recent works published within this research project, the presence of an occupation is concluded much more
relevant than what was known until a few years ago.
Keywords: Upper Palaeolithic; Solutrense; Orihuela; south of Alicante.