Functional Analysis of a Magdalenian site from the Spanish Northern Meseta: a case study of endscrapers from la Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia).
- Ignacio Martín Lerma 1
- Carmen Cacho Quesada
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Universidad de Murcia
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- João Marreiros (ed. lit.)
- Nuno Bicho (ed. lit.)
- Juan F. Gibaja (ed. lit.)
Editorial: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1-4438-6816-7, 978-1-4438-6816-7
Año de publicación: 2014
Páginas: 249-263
Congreso: International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012 : held at the University of Algarve, Faro, October 10, 11 and 12th 2012
Tipo: Aportación congreso
Resumen
Use-wear analysis techniques were applied to 160 end scrapers, selected from the lithic assemblage unearthed at La Peña de Estebanvela between 1999 and 2009. This functional study is aimed at assessing the use/function of this very typical Magdalenian tool type which is particularly abundant at the site. Use-wear analysis results indicate that end scrapers were mainly used for hide-working, but also for working harder materials, like wood, bone and antler.