Lost in the quest for flint: a gravettian hunting camp (Usategi, Basque Country)

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2021-11
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Calvo Martínez de Guereñu, Aitor
Arrizabalaga Valbuena, Alvaro ORCID
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Oxford Journal of Archaeology 40(4) : 325-341 (2021)
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[EN]Five decades ago, Usategi Cave (Basque Country) yielded a small Gravettian series that included an Isturitz-type bone point. This paper presents the first C-14 dates for the assemblage and new data obtained by the study of the lithic raw materials, a high proportion of which came from north of the Pyrenees. The discussion of this new information leads to the hypothesis that the occupants of the cave were a group that travelled from the continental Basque Country across the Pyrenean mountain passes and the Ebro basin to procure flint from the nearest outcrop at Urbasa.
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