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Multi-purpose fossils? The reappraisal of an Elephas antiquus molar from El Pirulejo (Magdalenian; Córdoba, Spain)

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dc.contributor.authorCortés-Sánchez, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorMorales-Muñiz, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Espejo, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorÉvora, Marina
dc.contributor.authorSimón-Vallejo, Maria Dolores
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Alix, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorMartínez Aguirre, Aránzazu
dc.contributor.authorRiquelme-Cantal, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorOdriozola, Carlos P.
dc.contributor.authorParrilla Giraldez, Rubén
dc.contributor.authorÁlvarez-Lao, Diego J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-10T15:18:45Z
dc.date.available2025-07-10T15:18:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractFossil gathering by humans has been rarely documented in the Iberian Peninsula. In the present paper, a multidisciplinary approach has been taken to analyze a straight-tusked elephant (Elephas antiquus) molar retrieved in a Magdalenian deposit at the rock shelter of El Pirulejo in southern Spain. The taphonomical analyses revealed a multifarious use of a tooth that had not only been worked into an anvil-sort-of-tool but also used as a core and partly tainted with a composite pigment. The dating and geochemical analyses further evidenced that the molar derived from an animal that had lived in a rather arid landscape with a temperature range between 12.3 and 14.3 °C, coincident with a cold episode within marine isotope stage (MIS) 6.6, and probably fed on herbaceous plants. These analyses evidence the potential fossils from archaeological sites bear for addressing a wide range of issues that include both the cultural and paleoenvironmental realms.eng
dc.identifier.citationCORTÉS-SANCHEZ, M., MORALES-MUÑIZ, A., JIMÉNEZ-ESPJO, F., ÉVORA, M., SIMÓN-VALLEJO, M. D., GARCÍA-ALIX, A., MARTÍNEZ AGUIRRE, A., RIQUELME-CANTAL, J. A., ODRIOZOLA, C. P., PARRILA GIRÁLDEZ, R., ÁLVAREZ-LAO, D. J., (2016) Multi-purpose fossils? The reappraisal of an Elephas antiquus molar from El Pirulejo (Magdalenian; Córdoba, Spain), Archaeol Anthropol Sci 9, 1287–1303 (2017), Springer - Verlag, DOI 10.1007/s12520-016-0324-1
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12520-016-0324-1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/19994
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherSpringer - Verlag
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectTooth
dc.subjectTaphonomy
dc.subjectU/Th dating
dc.subjectIsotopes
dc.subjectIberian Peninsula
dc.subjectUpper Paleolithic
dc.subjectFossil gathering
dc.titleMulti-purpose fossils? The reappraisal of an Elephas antiquus molar from El Pirulejo (Magdalenian; Córdoba, Spain)eng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage1303
oaire.citation.startPage1287
oaire.citation.titleArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences
oaire.citation.volume(2017) 9
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person.familyNameÉvora
person.givenNameMarina
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