The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)

The excavations at “Cova del Randero” (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain) began in 2007 within the programme of archaeological interventions of the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. The cavity, located in one of the valleys that connect the coast with the inland mountains, presents a wide sequence of occu...

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Autores principales:	Roca de Togores Muñoz Consuelo, Sirvent Cañada Laura M., Amorós Silvia Martínez, Pérez Olga Gómez, González Virginia Barciela, García Carlos Ferrer, Iborra Miguel Benito, Soler Díaz Jorge A.
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	fire cave settlement neolithic epicardial Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6b2859e9617e44c8abdb98878f33c4d72021-12-05T14:11:00ZThe First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0206https://doaj.org/article/6b2859e9617e44c8abdb98878f33c4d72021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0206https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560The excavations at “Cova del Randero” (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain) began in 2007 within the programme of archaeological interventions of the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. The cavity, located in one of the valleys that connect the coast with the inland mountains, presents a wide sequence of occupations that begins in the Upper Palaeolithic and continues throughout the different phases of the Neolithic. The results of a multidisciplinary study, carried out in an archaeological context associated with the first Neolithic presence of the cavity, are presented here. This occupation is defined by a unique combustion structure to which a set of artefacts and biofacts are linked. This archaeological context, probably of a specific nature, is related to the first agro-pastoral communities settled in the area. The fireplace is well defined stratigraphically and sedimentologically because of its reddish soil, which corresponds to hunter-gatherer occupation levels of the cavity, and under the greyish sediments that characterise the use of the cave as a fold during the Middle Neolithic. This occupation event was dated both by the associated materials, among which a fragment of cardial ceramic was found, and by radiocarbon dating of a metacarpus of Ovis aries around 5075–4910 cal BC (epicardial Early Neolithic). This data allows us to link the occupation of the cavity at this time with pastoral activity in a medium mountain environment. However, it also allows us to infer the environmental characteristics in which the first farming communities of the mountains of Alicante were developed.Roca de Togores Muñoz ConsueloSirvent Cañada Laura M.Amorós Silvia MartínezPérez Olga GómezGonzález Virginia BarcielaGarcía Carlos FerrerIborra Miguel BenitoSoler Díaz Jorge A.De GruyterarticlefirecavesettlementneolithicepicardialArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1492-1505 (2021)
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spellingShingle	fire cave settlement neolithic epicardial Archaeology CC1-960 Roca de Togores Muñoz Consuelo Sirvent Cañada Laura M. Amorós Silvia Martínez Pérez Olga Gómez González Virginia Barciela García Carlos Ferrer Iborra Miguel Benito Soler Díaz Jorge A. The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
description	The excavations at “Cova del Randero” (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain) began in 2007 within the programme of archaeological interventions of the Archaeological Museum of Alicante. The cavity, located in one of the valleys that connect the coast with the inland mountains, presents a wide sequence of occupations that begins in the Upper Palaeolithic and continues throughout the different phases of the Neolithic. The results of a multidisciplinary study, carried out in an archaeological context associated with the first Neolithic presence of the cavity, are presented here. This occupation is defined by a unique combustion structure to which a set of artefacts and biofacts are linked. This archaeological context, probably of a specific nature, is related to the first agro-pastoral communities settled in the area. The fireplace is well defined stratigraphically and sedimentologically because of its reddish soil, which corresponds to hunter-gatherer occupation levels of the cavity, and under the greyish sediments that characterise the use of the cave as a fold during the Middle Neolithic. This occupation event was dated both by the associated materials, among which a fragment of cardial ceramic was found, and by radiocarbon dating of a metacarpus of Ovis aries around 5075–4910 cal BC (epicardial Early Neolithic). This data allows us to link the occupation of the cavity at this time with pastoral activity in a medium mountain environment. However, it also allows us to infer the environmental characteristics in which the first farming communities of the mountains of Alicante were developed.
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author	Roca de Togores Muñoz Consuelo Sirvent Cañada Laura M. Amorós Silvia Martínez Pérez Olga Gómez González Virginia Barciela García Carlos Ferrer Iborra Miguel Benito Soler Díaz Jorge A.
author_facet	Roca de Togores Muñoz Consuelo Sirvent Cañada Laura M. Amorós Silvia Martínez Pérez Olga Gómez González Virginia Barciela García Carlos Ferrer Iborra Miguel Benito Soler Díaz Jorge A.
author_sort	Roca de Togores Muñoz Consuelo
title	The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
title_short	The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
title_full	The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
title_fullStr	The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
title_full_unstemmed	The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)
title_sort	first neolithic occupation of la cova del randero (pedreguer, alicante, spain)
publisher	De Gruyter
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/6b2859e9617e44c8abdb98878f33c4d7
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The First Neolithic Occupation of La Cova del Randero (Pedreguer, Alicante, Spain)

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