Prehistoric Herders and Farmers: A Transdisciplinary Overview to the Archeological Record from El Mirador Cave [Paperback]

This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the El Mirador cave located on the Atapuerca karstic system, one of the longest Pleistocene and Holocene archaeopaleontological deposits in Iberia. This book presents the results including new unpublished and published data to discuss different aspects related to the prehistoric herders and farmers that occupied this territory. 

Divided into four parts, the book covers site presentation and the paleoenvironmental reconstruction covering a chronological span between 7060 ? 40-3040 ? 40 yrs. The history of the excavation and the excavation methodology is detailed in this part including new unpublished recording techniques using 3D scanning and photogrammetry and a very meticulous sampling strategy. The book presents formation processes of the deposit which are key to understanding the successive occupations of the caves regarding its use as sheepfold cave as well as human remains that are part ofdifferent funerary contexts in the cave. In the last section, the book covers material culture found in the cave including lithic tools and pottery. This interdisciplinary work is of interest to scholars in anthracology, zooarchaeology, paleoanthropology, lithic technology, and experimental archaeology.

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Ethel Allu?, Patricia Mart?n, Josep M. Verg?s).- Part I: The site and its palaeoenvironment.- Chapter 2. El Mirador cave: biogeographical setting and site description (Josep M. Verg?s, Marta Fontanals, Manuel Vaquero, Josep Zaragoza, Diego E. Angelucci, Sergio Moral, Artur Cebri?, Juan Ignacio Morales, Anna Rodr?guez, Patricia Mart?n, Ethel Allu?).- Chapter 3. Vegetation and climate at El Mirador cave: exploring the beginning of cultural landscapes (Isabel Exp?sito, Ethel Allu?, Francesc Burjachs).- Chapter 4. Smal³,