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The geochemical characterization of two long distance chert tracers by ED-XRF and LA-ICP-MS. Implications for Magdalenian human mobility in the Pyrenees (SW Europe)

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https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2017.1370842

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We geochemically characterize two chert formations outcropping in the Pyrenees and presenting similar characteristics at the visual and microscopic scale: The Montgaillard flysch cherts and the Montsaunès cherts. Cherts presenting identical textural and micropalaeontological features as both types have been found in several Magdalenian Pyrenean sites. We are face to a long distance chert type whose geochemical characterization is essential for knowing where the tracer comes from. Analyses have been done using Energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) and laser ablation inductivelycoupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Results show that despite obtaining similar data concerning major and minor elements, differences have been observed regarding trace elements. The establishment of differences between both formations at the geochemical level has allowed specifying the origin of this chert type recovered at the Magdalenian levels of Parco Cave (Alòs de Balaguer, Spain). Results demonstrate long lithic raw material circulation and thus, human mobility in the Pyrenees during the Upper Palaeolithic.

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Arqueologia, Petrologia, Geoquímica analítica, Magdalenià, Pirineu català (Catalunya), Parco, Cova del (Catalunya)

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Archaeology, Petrology, Analytical geochemistry, Magdalenian culture, Catalonian pyrenees (Catalonia), Parco, Cova del (Catalonia)

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SÁNCHEZ DE LA TORRE, Marta, et al. The geochemical characterization of two long distance chert tracers by ED-XRF and LA-ICP-MS. Implications for Magdalenian human mobility in the Pyrenees (SW Europe). STAR Science and Technology of Archaeological Research. 2017. Vol. 3, num. 2, pags. 15-27. ISSN 2054-8923. [consulted: 10 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/160533

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