Raw material economy in Salento (Apulia, Italy): new perspectives on Neanderthal mobility patterns |
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Authors: | Enza Elena Spinapolice |
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Institution: | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Deutscher Platz 6, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany |
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Abstract: | This paper presents a case study that questions the behavioral model of a “non-modern” provisioning of raw materials by Neanderthals. The Salento is a peninsula in south eastern Italy rich in Mousterian sites and Neanderthal remains. This region is particularly suitable for raw material economy studies, for its peninsular status and the scarceness of good raw materials. Surveys made in 2006 showed the pattern of utilization of different local raw materials (limestone, siliceous limestone) and the absence of good quality raw materials, that are present in archaeological record. A very long distance provisioning is supposed to be at the origin of their presence in Mousterian Salento sites. |
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Keywords: | Apulia (Italy) Mousterian Neanderthals Raw material Mobility |
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