The use of marine shells as raw material for making polished tools: an artifact discovered in Costamar (Castellón)

The use of marine shells as raw material for making polished tools: an artifact discovered in Costamar (Castellón)

<p>The uniqueness of a polished tool recovered from the neolithic levels of the prehistoric site of Costamar (Castellón, Spain) raised a detailed analysis of both the nature of the support, which has been identified as a sea shell concerning the species <em>Spondylus gaederopus</em>...

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Main Authors: Ignacio Clemente Conte, Teresa Orozco Köhler
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de València 2013-02-01
Series:Sagvntum
Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/saguntum/article/view/1773
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spelling doaj-b873633de95a4335aa767109f954fdb22020-11-24T21:01:27ZcatUniversitat de ValènciaSagvntum0210-37292174-517X2013-02-01440394610.7203/SAGVNTVM.44.17731890The use of marine shells as raw material for making polished tools: an artifact discovered in Costamar (Castellón)Ignacio Clemente Conte0Teresa Orozco Köhler1IMF – CSIC BarcelonaUniversitat de València<p>The uniqueness of a polished tool recovered from the neolithic levels of the prehistoric site of Costamar (Castellón, Spain) raised a detailed analysis of both the nature of the support, which has been identified as a sea shell concerning the species <em>Spondylus gaederopus</em>, as traces of use preserved at the edge that allows us to define the tool as an adze.</p>https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/saguntum/article/view/1773
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description <p>The uniqueness of a polished tool recovered from the neolithic levels of the prehistoric site of Costamar (Castellón, Spain) raised a detailed analysis of both the nature of the support, which has been identified as a sea shell concerning the species <em>Spondylus gaederopus</em>, as traces of use preserved at the edge that allows us to define the tool as an adze.</p>
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