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RESEARCH PRODUCT

El uso de conchas marinas como soporte de útiles pulimentados: una pieza recuperada en Costamar (Castellón)

Teresa Orozco KöhlerIgnacio Clemente Conte

subject

Mediterranean NeolithicShell toolsanálisis funcionalArcheologyprehistoriaFunctional analysisprehistoria; instrumental sobre concha; análisis funcional;Utillaje pulimentadoPolished toolsinstrumental sobre conchaNeolítico mediterráneoAnálisis funcionalInstrumental sobre concha

description

[EN] The uniqueness of a polished tool discovered from the Neolithic levels of the prehistoric site of Costamar (Castellón, Spain) raised a detailed analysis both the nature of the support, which has been identified as a sea shell concerning the species Spondylus gaederopus, as well as traces of use preserved at the edge that allows us to define the tool as an adze.

https://doi.org/10.7203/sagvntvm.44.1773