RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Quartz and Quartzite lithic raw material studies: problems and challenges
A1 Abrunhosa, Ana
A1 Santonja, Manuel
A1 Pérez González, Alfredo José
A1 Panera Gallego, Joaquín
A1 Méndez-Quintas, Eduardo
A1 Rubio Jara, Susana
A1 Aubry, Thierry
A1 Don Anjos Ribeiro, María
A1 Dinuccio, Luca A.
AB Most of the lithic tools made during Prehistory in the Iberian Peninsula are mainly composed of three main siliceous rock types: chert, quartzite, and quartz. While the methodologies for the characterization and provenance of raw materials made on chert (and obsidian) have been developed with well-established and widely used protocols, the same does not apply to quartzite and quartz veins. Here we present recent developments in characterization and provenance analysis of quartzite and quartz through two case studies: (1) establishing and testing an analytical protocol for the quartzite available in the Côa River Valley region (Portugal) to be applied in future archaeological studies; (2) understanding the quartzite variability within the archaeological assemblage of the El Sotillo site (Spain). These two case studies allow us to highlight some of the main problems and challenges linked to the study of quartzite (raw material and lithic industry) in Paleolithic contexts.
SN 978-17138-6798-2
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101405
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101405
LA eng
NO European Commission
DS Docta Complutense
RD 13 abr 2025