Times of Neolithic Transition along the Western Mediterranean

412 Pages·2017·10.7 MB·English

by  Oreto García-Puchol

Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
Oreto García-Puchol
Domingo C. Salazar-García Editors
Times of Neolithic
Transition along
the Western
Mediterranean
Fundamental Issues in Archaeology
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Oreto Garc´ıa-Puchol
Domingo C. Salazar-Garc´ıa
Editors
Times of Neolithic
Transition along the
Western Mediterranean
Editors
OretoGarc´ıa-Puchol DomingoC.Salazar-Garc´ıa
PREMEDOCResearchGroup GrupodeInvestigacio´nen
DepartamentdePrehisto`ria PrehistoriaIT-622-13
ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga (UPV-EHU)/IKERBASQUE-Basque
UniversitatdeVale`ncia FoundationforScience
Vale`ncia,Spain Vitoria,Spain
DepartmentofArchaeology
UniversityofCapeTown
CapeTown,SouthAfrica
DepartmentofArchaeogenetics
Max-PlanckInstitutefortheScience
ofHumanHistory
Jena,Germany
ISSN1567-8040
FundamentalIssuesinArchaeology
ISBN978-3-319-52937-0 ISBN978-3-319-52939-4 (eBook)
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Contents
1 CurrentThoughtsontheNeolithisationProcess
oftheWesternMediterranean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DomingoC.Salazar-Garc´ıaandOretoGarc´ıa-Puchol
PartI NewDiscoveriesandNewIdeasAbouttheMediterranean
Neolithic
2 TheNeolithicTransition:FromtheEasterntotheWestern
Mediterranean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
JeanGuilaine
3 NewApproachestotheNeolithicTransition:TheLastHunters
andFirstFarmersoftheWesternMediterranean. . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
JoaquimJuan-CabanillesandBernatMart´ıOliver
PartII ReconstructingTimesandModelingProcesses
4 TimingtheWesternMediterraneanLastHunter-Gatherers
andFirstFarmers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
OretoGarc´ıa-Puchol,Agust´ınA.DiezCastillo,
andSalvadorPardo-Gordo´
5 AlternativeStoriesofAgriculturalOrigins:
TheNeolithicSpreadintheIberianPeninsula. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
SalvadorPardo-Gordo´,SeanM.Bergin,JoanBernabeuAuba´n,
andC.MichaelBarton
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PartIII LandscapeInteractions:FarmingandHerding
6 NeolithicHumanSocietiesandWoodlands
intheNorth-WesternMediterraneanRegion:
WoodandCharcoalAnalysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
ErnestinaBadalGarc´ıa,YolandaCarrio´nMarco,LucieChabal,
IsabelFigueiral,andSte´phanieThie´bault
7 EvidenceforEarlyCropManagementPractices
intheWesternMediterranean:LatestData,
NewDevelopmentsandFuturePerspectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
GuillemPe´rez-Jord(cid:1)a,LeonorPe~na-Chocarro,
JacobMoralesMateos,andLydiaZapata
8 FarmingPracticesintheEarlyNeolithicAccording
toAgriculturalTools:EvidencefromLaDraga
Site(NortheasternIberia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
XavierTerradas,RaquelPique´,AntoniPalomo,FerranAntol´ın,
OriolLo´pez,JordiRevelles,andRamonBuxo´
9 FarmingwithAnimals:DomesticatedAnimals
andTaxonomicDiversityintheCardialNeolithic
oftheWesternMediterranean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
SarahB.McClureandMartinH.Welker
PartIV DietarySubsistenceofEarlyFarmingCommunities
10 DietaryPracticesattheOnsetoftheNeolithicintheWestern
MediterraneanRevealedUsingaCombinedBiomarker
andIsotopicApproach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
CynthianneSpiteri,ItaloM.Muntoni,andOliverE.Craig
11 ATerrestrialDietClosetotheCoast:ACaseStudyfromthe
NeolithicLevelsofNerjaCave(Ma´laga,Spain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
DomingoC.Salazar-Garc´ıa,ManuelPe´rez-Ripoll,PabloGarc´ıa-Borja,
Jesu´sF.Jorda´ Pardo,andJ.EmiliAuraTortosa
PartV HumanDispersalMechanismsandCulturalTransmission
12 TheMesolithic-NeolithicTransitioninEurope:
APerspectivefromAncientHumanDNA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
E.Ferna´ndez-Dom´ınguezandLukeReynolds
13 PathsandRhythmsintheSpreadofAgricultureintheWestern
Mediterranean:TheContributionoftheAnalysisofHarvesting
Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
JuanJose´ Iba´~nez-Este´vez,JuanFranciscoGibajaBao,
BernardGassin,andNiccoloMazzucco
Contents vii
14 SpatialandTemporalDiversityDuringtheNeolithic
SpreadintheWesternMediterranean:
TheFirstPotteryProductions. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 373
JoanBernabeuAuba´n,ClaireManen,andSalvadorPardo-Gordo´
15 TheRevolutioninStudiesoftheNeolithicTransition
intheWestMediterranean. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
StephenShennan
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
About the Editors
OretoGarc´ıa-Puchol receivedherPh.D.inHistoryfromUniversitatdeVale`ncia
in2002.From2010to2015shewasaRamonyCajalresearcherattheDepartment
of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History (Universitat de Vale`ncia), where
currentlysheisaPh.D.researcherintegratedinthePREMEDOCResearchGroup.
She specializes in socioecological dynamics during the recent Prehistory in the
Western Mediterranean. Her research interests include the Mesolithic, Neolithic
transition,culturaltransmission,lithictechnology,theemergenceofsocialhierar-
chies, Mesolithic and Neolithic funerary practices and 3D Archaeology. She has
directed archaeological fieldworksin the Mediterranean basin of Iberia, including
atFalgueraRockShelter,PastoraCaveandatCocinaCave.Currentlysheheadsthe
EVOLPASTResearchProjectfundedbytheGovernmentofSpain.
Domingo C. Salazar-Garc´ıa (born Valencia, 1981; Ph.D. Leipzig-Valencia,
2012)isabiomoleculararchaeologistwhoseresearchfocusesonthereconstruction
oflifestyles fromprehistoricandearly historic time periods. Especially interested
inthetransitiontofarming,heisworkingmainlyonprojectsintheMediterranean,
South America and Southern Africa. He tracks human diet, health and migration
through biogeochemical (isotope and proteomic analysis) and microscopic tech-
niquesonarangeofhumantissues(bone,teeth,hair,dentalcalculus).Hisresearch
careerhasbeenstronglyinternational, atinstitutionsliketheUniversityofValen-
cia, the Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the University of
Cape Town, the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the
UniversityoftheBasqueCountry.
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Contributors
Ferran Antol´ın Department of Environmental Sciences, Integrative Prehistory
andArchaeologicalScience,IPNA/IPAS,BaselUniversity,Basel,Switzerland
J. Emili Aura Tortosa PREMEDOC Research Group, Departament de
Prehistoria,ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Ernestina Badal Garc´ıa PREMEDOC Research Group, Departament de
Prehistoria,ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
C.MichaelBarton SchoolofHumanEvolution&SocialChange,ArizonaState
University,Tempe,AZ,USA
Sean M. Bergin School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State
University,Tempe,AZ,USA
Joan Bernabeu Auba´n PREMEDOC Research Group, Departament de
Prehistoria,ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeValencia,Valencia,Spain
RamonBuxo´ Museud’ArqueologiadeCatalunya,Girona,Spain
Yolanda Carrio´n Marco PREMEDOC Research Group, Departament de
Prehistoria,ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Lucie Chabal Institut des Sciences de l’E´volution de Montpellier (UMR 5554
CNRS/UM/IRD/EPHE),Montpellier,France
OliverE.Craig UniversityofYork,BioArCh,York,UK
Agust´ın A. Diez Castillo GRAM Research Group, Departament de Prehisto`ria,
ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Eva Ferna´ndez-Dom´ınguez Department of Archaeology, Durham University,
Durham,UK
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Isabel Figueiral Institut des Sciences del’E´volution deMontpellier (UMR 5554
CNRS/UM/IRD/EPHE),Montpellier,France
INRAPMe´diterrane´e,Paris,France
Pablo Garc´ıa-Borja Universidad Nacional de Educacio´n a Distancia, Valencia,
Spain
OretoGarc´ıa-Puchol PREMEDOCResearchGroup,DepartamentdePrehisto`ria,
ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Bernard Gassin UMR 5608, TRACES, Universite´ de Toulouse II—Le Mirail,
Toulouse,France
Juan Francisco Gibaja Bao Institucio´n Mila´ y Fontanals, Spanish National
ResearchCouncil(CSIC),Barcelona,Spain
JeanGuilaine Colle`gedeFrance,Paris,France
Juan Jose´ Iba´n~ez-Este´vez Institucio´n Mila´ y Fontanals, Spanish National
ResearchCouncil(CSIC),Barcelona,Spain
Jesu´s F. Jorda´ Pardo Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueolog´ıa, Universidad
NacionaldeEducacio´naDistancia,Madrid,Spain
Joaquim Juan-Cabanilles Servei d’Investigacio´ Prehisto`rica, Museu de
Prehisto`riadeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Oriol Lo´pez Department of Prehistory, Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona,
Bellaterra,Spain
ClaireManen CNRS,UMR5608TRACES,Toulouse,France
BernatMart´ıOliver Serveid’Investigacio´ Prehisto`rica,MuseudePrehisto`riade
Vale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain
Niccolo Mazzucco Institucio´n Mila´ y Fontanals, Spanish National Research
Council(CSIC),Barcelona,Spain
SarahB.McClure DepartmentofAnthropology,ThePennsylvaniaStateUniver-
sity,StateCollege,PA,USA
Jacob Morales Mateos Department of Historical Sciences, Research Group
Tarha,LasPalmas,Spain
Italo M. Muntoni Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Puglia,
CentroOperativoperl’archeologiadellaDaunia,Foggia,Italy
Antoni Palomo Department of Prehistory, Universitat Auto`noma de Barcelona,
Bellaterra,Spain
Salvador Pardo Gordo´ PREMEDOC Research Group, Departament de
Prehisto`ria,ArqueologiaiHisto`riaAntiga,UniversitatdeVale`ncia,Vale`ncia,Spain