Hunting and fisching weapons, land and marine resources, technology and ways of life in the Neolithic sites of the Strait of Gibraltar region

  1. Ignacio Clemente-Conte 1
  2. José Ramos-Muñoz 2
  3. Eduardo Vijande-Vila 2
  4. Juan Jesús Cantillo-Duarte 27
  5. José Antonio Riquelme Cantal 8
  6. Niccolò Mazzucco 1
  7. Diego Fernández-Sánchez 2
  8. José María Corona Borrego 2
  9. Milagrosa Soriguer-Escofet 4
  10. Remedios Cabrera-Castro 4
  11. David Cuenca-Solana 56
  12. María Sánchez Aragón 3
  13. Antonio Barrena-Tocino 2
  1. 1 Arqueología de las dinámicas sociales. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)- Institución Milá y Fontanals (IMF) (Barcelona, Spain)
  2. 2 Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Área de Prehistoria (Cádiz, Spain)
  3. 3 Arqueóloga. M.S.A. Arqueología. Cádiz
  4. 4 Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Departamento de Biología (Cádiz, Spain); Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR). Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEIMar)
  5. 5 Instituto Internacional de Investigaciones Prehistóricas de Cantabria (Universidad de Cantabria, Gobierno de Cantabria, Grupo Santander), Edificio Interfacultativo de la Universidad de Cantabria, Santander (Spain)
  6. 6 UMR-6566, Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH), Rennes (France)
  7. 7 Museo de Vejer (Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz, España)
  8. 8 Universidad de Cordoba, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Área de Prehistoria (Córdoba, Spain)
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Libro:
Hunting and Fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic. Weapons, Techniques and Prey

Editorial: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-78969-466-6

Año de publicación: 2024

Páginas: 272-298

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

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Resumen

This chapter presents the interdisciplinary study (involving research on prehistoric archaeology, terrestrial fauna and marine fauna by the Universities of Cadiz, Córdoba, Cantabria and CSIC-Barcelona) of hunting and fishing implements from various periods of prehistory in the region around the Strait of Gibraltar, including along both European and North African shores. Recently excavated Neolithic sites include Benzú Cave (Ceuta) in North Africa, Campo de Hockey (San Fernando, Cádiz), La Esparragosa (Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz) and SET Parralejos (Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz), on the Spanish coast. Using carbon dating, these sites have been dated to the 6th-4th millennium BC. The economies of thesesites were largely agriculture based, but the hunting and fishing instruments are of special interest owing to proximity of the coast. This study investigates a wide range of issues, from the archaeobotanical,terrestrial and marine fauna records to lithic technology and functionality studies. Together with hunting, the exploitation of marine resources (fish and shellfish) was important for people’s diet in thisAtlantic–Mediterranean region.