期刊
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 40, 期 5, 页码 2515-2537出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.017
关键词
Combustion; Neanderthal; Middle Palaeolithic; Microstratigraphy; Micromorphology; FT-IR; Phytoliths; El Salt
资金
- The Leakey Foundation
- ASPR
- Spanish I+D Project [HAR2008-06117/HIST]
- Cultural Heritage Department of the Valencia Government
Certain aspects of the formation processes of simple, flat archaeological combustion structures such as those present in the Middle Palaeolithic record remain unexplained. Such kind of combustion structures are commonly affected by postdepositional agents and often, their only distinct, well preserved component is a thin black lens on the ground. Hence, understanding the nature of this black lens is essential towards archaeological interpretation. From an interdisciplinary microstratigraphic approach, we present a case study in which for an entire experimental series of flat combustion structures the black layer represents the fire-altered topsoil on which the fire was made. Parallel analysis of archaeological Middle Palaeolithic combustion structures from the site of El Salt (Alicante, Spain) reveal similar patterns, leading to significant implications for archaeological interpretation. In the light of these results, special attention must be paid to the formation processes of flat Middle Palaeolithic combustion features, as black layers and the material contained in them are not necessarily linked with combustion but with preceding activities or events. In such cases, black layers represent intact remnants of occupation surfaces, concealing significant behavioural and palaeoenvironmental information relevant to the reconstruction of Middle Palaeolithic societies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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