TY - JOUR
T1 - The earliest basketry in southern Europe :
T2 - Hunter-gatherer and farmer plant-based technology in Cueva de los Murciélagos (Albuñol)
AU - Martínez-Sevilla, Francisco
AU - Herrero-Otal, Maria
AU - Martín-Seijo, María
AU - Santana-Cabrera, Jonathan
AU - Lozano Rodríguez, José A.
AU - Maicas Ramos, Ruth
AU - Cubas, Miriam
AU - Homs, Anna
AU - Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M.
AU - Bertin, Ingrid
AU - Barroso Bermejo, Rosa
AU - Bueno Ramírez, Primitiva
AU - de Balbín Behrmann, Rodrigo
AU - Palomo Pérez, Antoni
AU - Álvarez-Valero, Antonio M.
AU - Peña-Chocarro, Leonor
AU - Murillo-Barroso, Mercedes
AU - Fernández-Domínguez, Eva
AU - Altamirano García, Manuel
AU - Pardo-Martínez, Rubén
AU - Iriarte Cela, Mercedes
AU - Carrasco Rus, Javier L.
AU - Alfaro Giner, Carmen
AU - Piqué Huerta, Raquel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/9/27
Y1 - 2023/9/27
N2 - Plant material culture can offer unique insights into the ways of life of prehistoric societies; however, its perishable nature has prevented a thorough understanding of its diverse and complex uses. Sites with exceptional preservation of organic materials provide a unique opportunity for further research. The burial site of Cueva de los Murcielagos in southern Iberia, uncovered during 19th-century mining activities, contained the best-preserved hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, together with other unique organic artifacts associated with the first farming communities, such as sandals and a wooden hammer. We present 14 C-14 dates for the perishable artifacts (N = 76), situating the assemblage between the Early and Middle Holocene (c. 7500 to 4200 cal BCE). Our integrated analysis includes raw material determination and technological and chrono-cultural contextualization of this unique and important set of materials.
AB - Plant material culture can offer unique insights into the ways of life of prehistoric societies; however, its perishable nature has prevented a thorough understanding of its diverse and complex uses. Sites with exceptional preservation of organic materials provide a unique opportunity for further research. The burial site of Cueva de los Murcielagos in southern Iberia, uncovered during 19th-century mining activities, contained the best-preserved hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, together with other unique organic artifacts associated with the first farming communities, such as sandals and a wooden hammer. We present 14 C-14 dates for the perishable artifacts (N = 76), situating the assemblage between the Early and Middle Holocene (c. 7500 to 4200 cal BCE). Our integrated analysis includes raw material determination and technological and chrono-cultural contextualization of this unique and important set of materials.
KW - La draga banyoles
KW - Cordage
KW - Early neolithic site
KW - Wood
KW - Tools
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85172761180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/058e9ba8-5fe3-30e1-a52a-08bcdb269301/
UR - https://portalrecerca.uab.cat/en/publications/399dde1b-cb2c-4359-a2bc-d393d1231609
U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.adi3055
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.adi3055
M3 - Article
C2 - 37756397
SN - 2375-2548
VL - 9
JO - Science advances
JF - Science advances
IS - 39
M1 - eadi3055
ER -