Cortés-Sánchez, M. et al. (2017) Multi-purpose fossils? The reappraisal of an Elephas antiquus molar from El Pirulejo (Magdalenian; Córdoba, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 9(6), pp. 1287-1303. (doi: 10.1007/s12520-016-0324-1)
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Abstract
Fossil gathering by humans has been rarely documented in the Iberian Peninsula. In the present paper, a multidisciplinary approach has been taken to analyze a straight-tusked elephant (Elephas antiquus) molar retrieved in a Magdalenian deposit at the rock shelter of El Pirulejo in southern Spain. The taphonomical analyses revealed a multifarious use of a tooth that had not only been worked into an anvil-sort-of-tool but also used as a core and partly tainted with a composite pigment. The dating and geochemical analyses further evidenced that the molar derived from an animal that had lived in a rather arid landscape with a temperature range between 12.3 and 14.3 °C coincident with a cold episode within marine isotope stage (MIS) 6.6 and probably fed on herbaceous plants. These analyses evidence the potential fossils from archaeological sites bear for addressing a wide range of issues that include both the cultural and paleoenvironmental realms.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Garcia-Alix Daroca, Dr Antonio |
| Authors: | Cortés-Sánchez, M., Morales-Muñiz, A., Jiménez-Espejo, F., Évora, M., Simón-Vallejo, M. D., García-Alix, A., Aguirre, A. M., Riquelme-Cantal, J. A., P. Odriozola, C., Giráldez, R. P., and Álvarez-Lao, D. J. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences |
| Publisher: | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| ISSN: | 1866-9557 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1866-9565 |
| Published Online: | 10 March 2016 |
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