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Title: | A 39,600-year-old leather punch board from Canyars, Gavà, Spain |
Author: | Doyon, Luc Faure, Thomas Sanz Borràs, Montserrat Daura Luján, Joan Cassard, Laura D'Errico, Francesco |
Keywords: | Evolució humana Excavacions arqueològiques Restes arqueològiques Catalunya Paleolític Utensilis d'os Human evolution Archaeological excavations Antiquities Catalonia Paleolithic period Bone implements |
Issue Date: | 12-Apr-2023 |
Publisher: | American Association for the Advancement of Science |
Abstract: | Puncture alignments are found on Palaeolithic carvings, pendants, and other fully shaped These marks were interpreted as abstract decorations, system of notations, and features and animal depictions. Here, we create an experimental framework for the analysis and human-made punctures and apply it to a highly intriguing, punctured bone fragment found at Early Upper Palaeolithic coastal site from Catalonia, Spain. Changes of tool and variation in the and orientation of punctures are consistent with the interpretation of this object as the earliest- work punch board recording six episodes of hide pricking, one of which was to produce a linear results indicate that Aurignacian hunters-gatherers used this technology to produce leather tailored clothes well before the introduction of bone eyed needles in Europe 15,000 years later. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg0834 |
It is part of: | Science Advances, 2023, vol. 9, num.15 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/207151 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adg0834 |
ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Història i Arqueologia) |
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