Fallen and Lost into the Abyss? A Mesolithic Human Skull from Sima Hedionda IV (Casares, Málaga, Iberian Peninsula)
Author:
Martinez-Sanchez Rafael M.1ORCID, Bretones-García María Dolores2, Valdiosera Cristina3ORCID, Vera-Rodríguez Juan Carlos4ORCID, López Flores Inmaculada5, Simón-Vallejo María D.6, Ruiz Borrega Pilar7, Martínez Fernández María J.4ORCID, Romo Villalba Jorge L.8, Bermúdez Jiménez Francisco7, Martín de los Santos Rafael8, Pardo-Gordó Salvador9ORCID, Cortés Sánchez Miguel6
Affiliation:
1. Department of History, University of Cordoba , Filosophy and Letters, Pl. Cardenal Salazar 3 , Cordoba , Córdoba 14003 , Spain 2. Territorial Delegation of Cultural Heritage, C/Martínez-Montañés 8 , 23007 Jaén , Spain 3. Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Comunicación, Universidad de Burgos , Burgos , Spain 4. Departamento de Historia, Geografía y Antropología, Universidad de Huelva , Huelva , Spain 5. Independent Researcher , Sevilla , Spain 6. Departamento de Prehistoria y Arqueología, Universidad de Sevilla , Sevilla , Spain 7. Independent Researcher , Córdoba , Spain 8. Independent Researcher , Málaga , Spain 9. Departamento de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de La Laguna , Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Spain
Abstract
Abstract
The presence of scattered prehistoric human bones in caves and sinkholes is common in many regions of Iberia. These are usually interpreted as erratic elements coming from burial contexts, usually collective associations. These burial contexts are very frequent in karst areas of the Iberian Peninsula since the Early Neolithic, mostly in the Late Neolithic, and Copper Age, while findings from earlier chronologies are much more unusual. In this work, we present partial remains of a human skull from the Mesolithic period, recovered from a cave in the Strait of Gibraltar area. Although there is no conclusive evidence pointing to a dismantled burial context, this constitutes an isolated find, where its final location appears to be consistent with gravitational fall followed by water transportation.
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Education,Archeology,Conservation
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