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

Calvo A, Arrizabalaga A (2021)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Oxford Journal of Archaeology Blackwell Publishing Inc.

DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12229

Abstract

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 were a group that travelled from the continental Basque Country across the Pyrenean mountain passes and the Ebro basin to procure flint from the nearest outcrop at Urbasa.

Authors with CRIS profile

Aitor Calvo Professur für Ur- und Frühgeschichte

Involved external institutions

University of Basque Country / Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV) / Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea (EHU) ES Spain (ES)

How to cite

APA:

Calvo, A., & Arrizabalaga, A. (2021). LOST IN THE QUEST FOR FLINT: A GRAVETTIAN HUNTING CAMP (USATEGI, BASQUE COUNTRY). Oxford Journal of Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12229

MLA:

Calvo, Aitor, and Alvaro Arrizabalaga. "LOST IN THE QUEST FOR FLINT: A GRAVETTIAN HUNTING CAMP (USATEGI, BASQUE COUNTRY)." Oxford Journal of Archaeology (2021).

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