Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal) and the Solutrean in southwestern iberia

Located at the crossroads of two rather different ecological and cultural worlds (Mediterranean Spain and Portuguese Atlantic), the site of Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal) is a crucial element in understanding the economic and social traits of the communities that inhabited Southwestern Iberia during t...

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Autores: Cascalheira, João, Bicho, Nuno, Marreiros, João, Pereira, Telmo, Évora, Marina, Cortés Sánchez, Miguel, Gibaja Bao, Juan Francisco, Manne, Tiina, Regala, Frederico, Gonçalves, Célia, Monteiro, Patrícia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/31908
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11441/31908
https://doi.org/10.5944/etfi.5.2012.5376
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Vale Boi
Solutrean
Portugal
Last Glacial Maximum
Solutrense
Último Máximo Glacial
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Sumario:Located at the crossroads of two rather different ecological and cultural worlds (Mediterranean Spain and Portuguese Atlantic), the site of Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal) is a crucial element in understanding the economic and social traits of the communities that inhabited Southwestern Iberia during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Combining an open-air with a rockshelter component, Vale Boi presents a lengthy Solutrean record starting with a Proto-Solutrean phase followed by a set of occupations in the 25 to 20.3 ka cal BP time-span. The very rich and well preserved assemblages proved that the site was treated, throughout, as a seasonal residential camp and although a striking combination of exogenous cultural traits has been identified, regional adaptive idiosyncrasies are quite evident. This paper focuses on the results of the lithics, fauna, beads and portable art analysis from Vale Boi, and their impact on the comprehension of the LGM ecodynamics in Southwestern Iberia.