Patrícia O. S. Ramos, Thierry J. AubryPlease use the format "First name initials family name" as in "Marie S. Curie, Niels H. D. Bohr, Albert Einstein, John R. R. Tolkien, Donna T. Strickland"
<p>Cardina-Salto do Boi (Guarda, Portugal) is one of the few studied sites with Middle Palaeolithic occupations in the Côa Valley. These span MIS 6 to MIS 3, which constitutes a favourable circumstance for studying dwelling dynamics diachronically. Most of the information regarding Neanderthal occupation of the site refers to the assemblages belonging to a 6 m2 area (H’/I’-17/19), where the excavation reached the bedrock, and the deposits were subject to absolute dating. </p>
<p>In this study, we tried to understand how the lithic assemblages of two other test areas N/O-15/17 and Z/A’-6/8 could relate to the findings of area H’/I’-17/19. The assemblages of all areas were revised and subject to raw material and technological analysis. These are mostly composed of quartz knapping remains, but a shift in the preferred type of quartz between ca. 80 ka - 51 ka and 51 ka - 39 ka could be identified. The vertical distribution of raw materials and the technological traits of the assemblages indicate that the most recent phase of Neanderthal-associated Middel Palaeolithic lithic technology occupation of the site is also present in areas N/O-15/17 and Z/A’-6/8.</p>
Cardina-Salto do Boi, Côa Valley, Lithic Technology, Quartz, Neanderthals
