Artículo sobre la tecnología de Modo 3 en Benzú y su relación con el ecosistema adyacente

Almisas, Sergio

Barrena, Antonio

Bernal Casasola, Darío

Cantillo-Duarte, Juan Jesús

Clemente-Conte, Ignacio

Domínguez Bella, Salvador

Gutiérrez Zugasti, Igor

Ramos Muñoz, José

Soriguer, Milagrosa

Vijande Vila, Eduardo

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Ramos Muñoz, José Francisco

Barrena-Tocino, Antonio

Clemente Conte, Ignacio

Cantillo Duarte, Juan Jesús

Almisas Cruz, Sergio

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Middle Paleolithic Mode 3 lithic technology in the rock shelter Benzú (North Africa) and its inmediate enviromental relationships

José Ramos-Muñoz

Darío Bernal-Casasola

Antonio Barrena-Tocino

Salvador Domínguez-Bella

Ignacio Clemente-Conte

Eduardo Vijande-Vila

Juan Jesús Cantillo-Duarte

Sergio Almisas-Cruz

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Middle Palaeolithic Mode 3 lithic technology in the rock-shelter of Benzú (North Africa) and its immediate environmental relationships

This article examines the role played by marine resources for hunter-gatherer groups of the Middle/Upper Pleistocene in the geohistorical region around the Straits of Gibraltar, on the basis of new evidence collected at the rock shelter of Benzú (North Africa). The stratigraphic sequence at Benzú has been dated to between 254 and 70 ka. The excavations have revealed the exploitation of marine gastropods and bivalves, alongside fish. The most common taxon in the sequence is the genus Patella. The analysis of the molluscs and their spatial distribution shows that these animals were purposely collected by humans, probably as a food source. In order to contribute to the debate about the origins and scale of the exploitation of marine resources during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene, the evidence collected at Benzú is interpreted within the broader context of North Africa and southern Europe. The similarity of groups of Homo sapiens sapiens in North Africa and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in southern Europe in terms of lifestyle and subsistence strategies is interpreted as reflecting equally similar social and economic practices, in spite of the diversity of anthropological perspectives on the relationship between humans and the environment currently in vogue.We wish to thank the Spanish Ministry of Culture (Madrid, Spain) for the permission to carry out the excavation (2006: SGPPH/LLB/lms73/06), (2007: SGPPH/LLB/Tmc92/7), (2008: SGPPH/LMS92/07), and the city of Ceuta for funding the project in agreement with the University of Cadiz (Grants numbers provided by the Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta are: 65.933/20 (01), 47.849/3 (03), 007086, 77.891/3 (09), 96.478/2 (2010), 0-094/2011, 124.111/3 (2011), 23.685/(13)). The excavation also has the support of project HAR2013-43599-P (MINECO).Peer Reviewe

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Early use of marine resources by Middle/Upper Pleistocene human societies: the case of Benzú rockshelter (northern Africa)

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Middle Paleolithic Mode 3 lithic technology in the rock shelter Benzú (North Africa) and its inmediate enviromental relationships

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