Search results for: Alvaro Arrizabalaga

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Looking for the most suitable method for the study of entheseal changes: Application to upper limb's fibrocartilaginous entheses in a human medieval sample

Uxue Perez‐Arzak, Sébastien Villotte, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Gonzalo J. Trancho

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology > 32 > 3 > 595 - 606

The study of entheseal changes (ECs), that is, osseous changes that occur at muscle attachment sites, has increased in recent years because they have been considered one of the most promising markers of activity in the human skeleton. Their aetiology is highly questioned because several factors unrelated to mechanical stress may be involved in their occurrence. Here, we test the validity of some methods...

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LOST IN THE QUEST FOR FLINT: A GRAVETTIAN HUNTING CAMP (USATEGI, BASQUE COUNTRY)

Aitor Calvo, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Oxford Journal of Archaeology > 40 > 4 > 325 - 341

Five decades ago, Usategi Cave (Basque Country) yielded a small Gravettian series that included an Isturitz‐type bone point. This paper presents the first ¹⁴C 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...

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Quartzite procurement in conglomerates and deposits: Geoarchaeological characterization of potential catchment areas in the central part of the Cantabrian Region, Spain

Alejandro Prieto, Iñaki Yusta, Maite García‐Rojas, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, more

Geoarchaeology > 36 > 3 > 490 - 510

Raw material characterization in Paleolithic archaeology has widened our knowledge of Middle Paleolithic societies. Procurement of raw material, specifically flint, has allowed the tracing of the mobility of both stones and people, as well as selective processes to obtain specific types or even extraction activities. The analysis of quartzite has also developed in recent years, providing an opportunity...

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Anthropic resource exploitation and use of the territory at the onset of social complexity in the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Western Pyrenees: a multi-isotope approach

Izaskun Sarasketa-Gartzia, Vanessa Villalba-Mouco, Petrus Roux, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, more

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences > 2019 > 11 > 8 > 3665-3680

Carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) stable isotope analyses from bone collagen provide information about the dietary protein input, while strontium isotopes (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) from tooth enamel give us data about provenance and potential territorial mobility of past populations. To date, isotopic results on the prehistory of the Western Pyrenees are scarce. In this article, we report human and faunal values...

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Selection and Exploitation of Macro‐Vertebrate Resources During the Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Spain. New Evidence from Coímbre Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias)

José Yravedra, David Álvarez‐Alonso, Verónica Estaca, Pablo López‐Cisneros, more

Oxford Journal of Archaeology > 36 > 4 > 331 - 354

The exploitation of ungulates in the Cantabrian region during the Upper Palaeolithic is characterized by the appearance of progressively specialized hunting strategies, especially during the Magdalenian. This specialization focused on either Iberian ibex or red deer, depending on environmental or topographic features. Red deer, for instance, was hunted mostly on the plains while ibex and/or chamois was hunted in rocky and mountainous areas. Here we present new zooarchaeological and taphonomic evidence from Coímbre cave (northern Spain), a site located in the rugged region between the Picos de Europa and Sierra del Cuera (Asturias) which has evidence for specialized ibex hunting. We discuss the possible reasons for such a selective hunting pattern. While the predominance of mountain species such as Iberian ibex or chamois in the Magdalenian levels suggests prey selection based on topographic or environmental criteria, the predominance of large bovids in the Gravettian level could imply that other alternatives were available. We also provide evidence of a pattern of rabbit exploitation which is unusual by comparison with other Upper Palaeolithic sites of northern Spain, and which taphonomic evidence suggests was due to human activity.

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The Proto-Aurignacian and Early Aurignacian retouchers of Labeko Koba (Basque Country, Spain). A techno-economic and chrono-cultural interpretation using lithic and faunal data

José-Miguel Tejero, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, Aritza Villaluenga

Comptes Rendus Palevol > 2016 > 15 > 8 > 994-1010

The so-called bone retouchers have been the subjects of numerous studies examining them from different points of view and in various chronological and geographic contexts. However, the study of these tools has rarely been carried out in conjunction with data from lithic typology and technology studies and archaeozoological research, to understand the context in which retouchers were made and used...

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A new Late Pleistocene non-anthropogenic vertebrate assemblage from the northern Iberian Peninsula: Artazu VII (Arrasate, Basque Country)

Aitziber Suárez-Bilbao, Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Jone Castaños, Pedro Castaños, more

Comptes Rendus Palevol > 2016 > 15 > 8 > 950-957

Late Pleistocene palaeontological sites without human intervention are limited in the Cantabrian region, and even more so those with a good state of preservation and rich biodiversity. A new vertebrate fossiliferous locality discovered at Kobate Quarry (Arrasate, northern Iberian Peninsula) is presented in this article. This site, in which remains of 40 different vertebrate taxa were accumulated,...

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The contribution of open-air sites to the environmental reconstruction of the Gravettian at the “Basque Crossroads” (North Iberia)

María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Quaternary International > 2016 > 412 > PA > 54-65

The reconstruction of the Cantabrian Gravettian and its palaeoenvironmental sequence is based on cave stratigraphies, which generally indicate a very rigorous climate (intense cold, occasionally dry and other times attenuated by the humidity). However, as open-air deposits are increasingly studied (Ametzagaina, Irikaitz and Mugarduia South), other situations are being detected in the Gravettian, with...

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Lithic cultural variability during the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region and the western Pyrenees: State of the art

Aitor Calvo, Marcel Bradtmöller, Lucía Martínez, Álvaro Arrizabalaga

Quaternary International > 2016 > 406 > PA > 25-43

The field and laboratory work carried out in recent decades have substantially changed our vision of various aspects of the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region and the western Pyrenees. The objective of this work is to carry out a critical synthesis of the available data for the lithic industry of the Gravettian in this region, according to raw material procurement, exploitation strategies and typological...

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The Magdalenian sequence at Coímbre cave (Asturias, Northern Iberian Peninsula): Adaptive strategies of hunter–gatherer groups in montane environments

David Álvarez-Alonso, José Yravedra, Jesús F. Jordá Pardo, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Quaternary International > 2016 > 402 > C > 100-111

The cave of Coímbre contains an important archaeological deposit divided into two different zones, of which most of the excavations carried out to date have taken place in Zone B. Coímbre B displays a full and very interesting Magdalenian sequence (with Lower, Middle and Upper Magdalenian levels), in addition to a Gravettian layer. The excavations were performed from 2008 to 2012. The hunter–gatherers...

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New evidence of bones used as fuel in the Gravettian level at Coímbre cave, northern Iberian Peninsula

José Yravedra, David Álvarez-Alonso, Verónica Estaca-Gómez, Pablo López-Cisneros, more

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences > 2017 > 9 > 6 > 1153-1168

The use of bone as fuel has been already documented in some sites dated to the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic. They contribute to a longer combustion time due to their durability; consequently, they are useful to reduce the need for firewood, a good advantage in open palaeoenvironmental contexts with limited arboreal vegetation. The use of bones as fuel can be identified by several lines of evidence...

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Through the Looking-Glass. The Most Recent Years of Cantabrian Research in the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition

Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Maria José Iriarte

Sourcebook of Paleolithic Transitions > Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transitions > 333-340

Using Carroll’s book (Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice found there) as a suggestive guide, the current trends of the research on the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition are described, for the Northern Iberian Peninsula. Some clear weaknesses are described in the patterns used to analyse the period, which should be corrected in order to improve the results of archaeologists’ work.

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Flint knapping and determination of human handedness. Methodological proposal with quantifiable results

Eder Dominguez-Ballesteros, Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports > 2015 > 3 > Complete > 313-320

The products of technological activity of our ancestors, and particularly the artefacts made by hand, are a potential source of information for a diachronic study of the handedness process in different human species. In the flint flakes, around the point of percussion, a system of fractures is developed in connection with the cone of percussion and the conical fracture of the flint. On this paper...

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The vegetational and climatic contexts of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain): implications related to human behavior

María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Gloria Cuenca-Bescós

Journal of Archaeological Science > 2015 > 60 > Complete > 66-74

This paper presents and discusses the results of the studies of pollen and micro-mammal remains associated with the human burial in El Mirón Cave, dated in the Lower Magdalenian. The sedimentological integrity of the deposit has been confirmed through its comparison with the penecontemporaneous level in other parts of the cave. From the environmental point of view, this unit, like others of the same...

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The return to the Iberian Peninsula: first Quaternary record of Muscardinus and a palaeogeographical overview of the genus in Europe

Naroa Garcia-Ibaibarriaga, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, María-José Iriarte-Chiapusso, Juan Rofes, more

Quaternary Science Reviews > 2015 > 119 > C > 106-115

Although the earliest record of the genus Muscardinus dates from the Middle Miocene in Spain, no mention has been reported since the Lower Pliocene in the Iberian Peninsula. In this paper, Quaternary fossil remains of a hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) are described, for the first time, in the Iberian Peninsula. These remains constitute the south-westernmost record of the genus in the Eurasian...

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The past is out there: Open-air Palaeolithic sites and new research strategies in the Cantabrian region (northern Iberia)

Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Joseba Rios-Garaizar, David Alvarez-Alonso

Quaternary International > 2015 > 364 > Complete > 181-187

The development of Paleolithic studies in the Cantabrian Region has been historically biased towards cave deposits. This can be explained by a concurrence of factors, as the richness of cave deposits, the heritage regulations, and the interest of researchers. This bias affects the way we interpret the archaeological record in order to understand paleolithic human behaviors, and environments. Nevertheless...

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Provenance study of endokarst fine sediments through mineralogical and geochemical data (Lezetxiki II cave, northern Iberia)

Martin Arriolabengoa, Eneko Iriarte, Arantza Aranburu, Iñaki Yusta, more

Quaternary International > 2015 > 364 > Complete > 231-243

The characteristics and provenance of the fine sediment forming the matrix of detrital endokarst fill can vary greatly, and their study provides valuable information about the paleoenvironment and the different sedimentary and diagenetic processes in which it was formed and deposited. This paper applies this study to the case of Lezetxiki II cave (Arrasate, Gipuzkoa). Using X-ray diffraction (XRD),...

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Haltes de chasse du Châtelperronien de la Péninsule Ibérique : Labeko Koba et Ekain (Pays Basque Péninsulaire)

Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Alvaro Arrizabalaga, Aritza Villaluenga

L'Anthropologie > 2012 > 116 > 4 > 532-549

Cet article a pour but de présenter deux niveaux possédant des indices d’occupation éphémère du Châtelperronien : Labeko Koba IX et Ekain X. Pour chacun des deux niveaux, la présence de carnivores est importante, et pour cela les interactions entre humains, herbivores et carnivores ont été évaluées d’un point de vue taphonomique. De cette manière, nous pourrons déchiffrer le rôle joué par chacun d’eux...

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The southwesternmost record of Sicista (Mammalia; Dipodidae) in Eurasia, with a review of the palaeogeography and palaeoecology of the genus in Europe

Juan Rofes, Naroa García-Ibaibarriaga, Xabier Murelaga, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, more

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology > 2012 > 348-349 > Complete > 67-73

We describe the southwesternmost specimen of Sicista betulina (Mammalia; Dipodidae) and of the genus Sicista found to date in Eurasia, which comes from the early Late Pleistocene (MIS 5) site of Lezetxiki II (Arrasate, Basque Country, Spain), in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Sicista is a relatively common taxon in Quaternary deposits, although not numerically abundant due to ecological and taphonomical...

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Current issues in late Middle Palaeolithic chronology: New assessments from Northern Iberia

Julià Maroto, Manuel Vaquero, Álvaro Arrizabalaga, Javier Baena, more

Quaternary International > 2012 > 247 > Complete > 15-25

The Iberian Peninsula plays a central role in the current debates on the Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition and the Neanderthal extinction. This is largely due to the chronological data which some authors have suggested show a clear divide between Northern Iberia, where the Upper Palaeolithic appeared as early as 36.5 ka ¹⁴ C BP, and Southern Iberia, where the Middle Palaeolithic survived...

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Search results for: Alvaro Arrizabalaga

Looking for the most suitable method for the study of entheseal changes: Application to upper limb's fibrocartilaginous entheses in a human medieval sample

LOST IN THE QUEST FOR FLINT: A GRAVETTIAN HUNTING CAMP (USATEGI, BASQUE COUNTRY)

Quartzite procurement in conglomerates and deposits: Geoarchaeological characterization of potential catchment areas in the central part of the Cantabrian Region, Spain

Anthropic resource exploitation and use of the territory at the onset of social complexity in the Neolithic-Chalcolithic Western Pyrenees: a multi-isotope approach

Selection and Exploitation of Macro‐Vertebrate Resources During the Upper Palaeolithic in Northern Spain. New Evidence from Coímbre Cave (Peñamellera Alta, Asturias)

The Proto-Aurignacian and Early Aurignacian retouchers of Labeko Koba (Basque Country, Spain). A techno-economic and chrono-cultural interpretation using lithic and faunal data

A new Late Pleistocene non-anthropogenic vertebrate assemblage from the northern Iberian Peninsula: Artazu VII (Arrasate, Basque Country)

The contribution of open-air sites to the environmental reconstruction of the Gravettian at the “Basque Crossroads” (North Iberia)

Lithic cultural variability during the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region and the western Pyrenees: State of the art

The Magdalenian sequence at Coímbre cave (Asturias, Northern Iberian Peninsula): Adaptive strategies of hunter–gatherer groups in montane environments

New evidence of bones used as fuel in the Gravettian level at Coímbre cave, northern Iberian Peninsula

Through the Looking-Glass. The Most Recent Years of Cantabrian Research in the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic Transition

Flint knapping and determination of human handedness. Methodological proposal with quantifiable results

The vegetational and climatic contexts of the Lower Magdalenian human burial in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, Spain): implications related to human behavior

The return to the Iberian Peninsula: first Quaternary record of Muscardinus and a palaeogeographical overview of the genus in Europe

The past is out there: Open-air Palaeolithic sites and new research strategies in the Cantabrian region (northern Iberia)

Provenance study of endokarst fine sediments through mineralogical and geochemical data (Lezetxiki II cave, northern Iberia)

Haltes de chasse du Châtelperronien de la Péninsule Ibérique : Labeko Koba et Ekain (Pays Basque Péninsulaire)

The southwesternmost record of Sicista (Mammalia; Dipodidae) in Eurasia, with a review of the palaeogeography and palaeoecology of the genus in Europe

Current issues in late Middle Palaeolithic chronology: New assessments from Northern Iberia

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