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

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 Spondylus gaederopus, as traces of use preserved...

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Published inSaguntum (Valencia) Vol. 44; pp. 39 - 46
Main Authors Ignacio Clemente Conte, Teresa Orozco Köhler
Format Journal Article
LanguageCatalan
Published Universitat de València 01.02.2013
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Summary: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 Spondylus gaederopus, as traces of use preserved at the edge that allows us to define the tool as an adze.
ISSN:0210-3729
2174-517X
DOI:10.7203/SAGVNTVM.44.1773