The Specific Patterns of Selection and Use of Hammerstones at the Middle Palaeolithic of the Iberian Peninsula. Cuartero Felipe
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, Laurence Bourguignon
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Fundaci´ on Atapuerca (FA) – Carretera de Logro˜ no, 44 - 09198 Ibeas de Juarros (Burgos, Espa˜ na), Spain Universidad Aut´ onoma de Madrid (UAM) – Facultad de Filosof´ıa y Letras, Campus de Cantoblanco, Calle Francisco Tom´as y Valiente, 1, 28049 Madrid, Spain
The hammerstones have been only roughly studied until the present times in scientific literature, probably because their unmodified nature and generally variate raw materials makes difficult a classification of the selection or use patterns. In the present work, we propose an approach to the analysis of these items in terms of technical attributes as volumetric modules, weight, indexes of compression or direction of use during the Middle Palaeolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. After our proposal of classification, we show that in this framework there is a specificity in the patterns of selection and use of hammerstones with a clear adaptation of these patterns to the knapping goals of each Technical System.
Keywords: Hammerstones, Middle Palaeolithic, Iberian Peninsula, selection patterns, use patterns
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