Papers-Conferences by Jesús Altuna
Resumen: En este trabajo se presentan los materiales obtenidos en las excavaciones llevadas a cab... more Resumen: En este trabajo se presentan los materiales obtenidos en las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en la entrada de la cueva de Aitzbitarte III (Renteria, Gipuzkoa, País Vasco), bajo la dirección de Jesús Altuna, entre 1996 y 2002. Su estratigrafía ha otorgado varios niveles estratigráficos (Va, IV y III) con material asociable a lo que se ha venido denominando como Gravetiense en la región cantábrica. En concreto se describen las principales características tecnotipológicas y faunísticas de dichos niveles gravetienses ofreciendo, además, una interpretación en conjunto de los diferentes tipos de evidencias.
Papers by Jesús Altuna
La cueva de Aitzbitarte III, sita en Rentería (País Vasco) a 10 km de la costa actual, es una de ... more La cueva de Aitzbitarte III, sita en Rentería (País Vasco) a 10 km de la costa actual, es una de las 5 cuevas existentes en el lugar. De ellas tres tienen yacimiento arqueológico, la III, la IV y la V. Esta última no ha sido excavada. Es en la IV donde Harlé determinó a comienzos del s. XX restos de reno por vez primera para la Península Ibérica. A comienzos de los años 60 del mismo siglo esta cueva IV fue excavada por J. M. de Barandiaran.
Archaeological and Anthropological Science, 2019
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope research on past populations in the Iberian Neolithic has emph... more Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope research on past populations in the Iberian Neolithic has emphasized the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. This study provides the first isotopic insights into the diet and subsistence economy of Early and Middle Neolithic populations from open-air sites in interior north-central Iberia. We present bone collagen carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope ratios for 44 humans and 33 animals recovered from six cemeteries of the Ebro valley and the northern Iberian Plateau. The results obtained are consistent with the C 3 terrestrial diets typical of other contemporary southwestern European populations, but the spacing between human and herbivore values from Los Cascajos and Paternanbidea sites is higher than expected, and a significant positive correlation is identified between the δ13C and δ15N human values at both. Moreover, the results clearly differ from those of the Late Neolithic/Early Chalcolithic in the same region, which show significantly lower δ13C and δ15N values. These findings contribute to an understanding of the implementation of an agro-pastoral economy in interior Iberia, suggesting a stronger reliance on animal foods among the first Neolithic groups of inner Iberia than in subsequent periods as well as differential access to some resources (possibly suckling herbivores) in the diet, which may point to the existence of early social or economic inequalities that do not seem to be linked to age and sex parameters or to mortuary treatment.
Journal of World Prehistory , 2016
Research projects undertaken in the Cantabrian region since 1980 have produced new, high-quality ... more Research projects undertaken in the Cantabrian region since 1980 have produced new, high-quality information about the neolithisation process(es) in this area. It is
now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early Neolithic in the Cantabrian region. It summarizes recent research on neolithisation in the region, and assesses the impact of this process during the early Neolithic, and its later consolidation. Although the available information is still incomplete, it is now possible to identify the focal point of the introduction of elements characteristic of the Neolithic way of life in the region. Current evidence suggests that it is in the eastern sector, where the earliest arrival of domesticates and new technologies such as
pottery has been attested. The existence of continuities—such as sustained reliance on hunting and gathering and the coexistence of old and new funerary rites—suggests the persistence of native populations, which gradually participated in the neolithisation process after an ‘availability phase’.
Current …, Jan 1, 1981
Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears... more Each copy of any part of a JSTOR transmission must contain the same copyright notice that appears on the screen or printed page of such transmission.
Scientific American, 1980
Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Straus, Lawrence Guy; Clark, Geoffrey A.; Altuna, Jesus; Ortea, Jesus A. Title Article/Chapter: "Ice ...
Current Anthropology, 2003
Comptes Rendus Palevol, 2014
Labeko Koba by Jesús Altuna
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now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early Neolithic in the Cantabrian region. It summarizes recent research on neolithisation in the region, and assesses the impact of this process during the early Neolithic, and its later consolidation. Although the available information is still incomplete, it is now possible to identify the focal point of the introduction of elements characteristic of the Neolithic way of life in the region. Current evidence suggests that it is in the eastern sector, where the earliest arrival of domesticates and new technologies such as
pottery has been attested. The existence of continuities—such as sustained reliance on hunting and gathering and the coexistence of old and new funerary rites—suggests the persistence of native populations, which gradually participated in the neolithisation process after an ‘availability phase’.
Labeko Koba by Jesús Altuna
now necessary to review this archaeological information and test the main hypotheses put forward to explain it. This paper presents an update on the archaeological evidence (sites, chronological dates, archaeozoological, archaeobotanical and technological information) for the early Neolithic in the Cantabrian region. It summarizes recent research on neolithisation in the region, and assesses the impact of this process during the early Neolithic, and its later consolidation. Although the available information is still incomplete, it is now possible to identify the focal point of the introduction of elements characteristic of the Neolithic way of life in the region. Current evidence suggests that it is in the eastern sector, where the earliest arrival of domesticates and new technologies such as
pottery has been attested. The existence of continuities—such as sustained reliance on hunting and gathering and the coexistence of old and new funerary rites—suggests the persistence of native populations, which gradually participated in the neolithisation process after an ‘availability phase’.