Functional Analysis of a Magdalenian site from the Spanish Northern Meseta: a case study of endscrapers from la Peña de Estebanvela (Ayllón, Segovia).

  1. Ignacio Martín Lerma 1
  2. Carmen Cacho Quesada
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Book:
International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012
  1. João Marreiros (ed. lit.)
  2. Nuno Bicho (ed. lit.)
  3. Juan F. Gibaja (ed. lit.)

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

ISBN: 1-4438-6816-7,  978-1-4438-6816-7

Year of publication: 2014

Pages: 249-263

Congress: International Conference on Use-Wear Analysis : Use-Wear 2012 : held at the University of Algarve, Faro, October 10, 11 and 12th 2012

Type: Conference paper

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Abstract

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.