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| Title |
Variation in Lithic Technological Strategies among the Neanderthals of Gibraltar
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0065185 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ceri Shipton, Christopher Clarkson, Marco Antonio Bernal, Nicole Boivin, Clive Finlayson, Geraldine Finlayson, Darren Fa, Francisco Giles Pacheco, Michael Petraglia |
| Abstract |
THE EVIDENCE FOR NEANDERTHAL LITHIC TECHNOLOGY IS REVIEWED AND SUMMARIZED FOR FOUR CAVES ON THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR: Vanguard, Beefsteak, Ibex and Gorham's. Some of the observed patterns in technology are statistically tested including raw material selection, platform preparation, and the use of formal and expedient technological schemas. The main parameters of technological variation are examined through detailed analysis of the Gibraltar cores and comparison with samples from the classic Mousterian sites of Le Moustier and Tabun C. The Gibraltar Mousterian, including the youngest assemblage from Layer IV of Gorham's Cave, spans the typical Middle Palaeolithic range of variation from radial Levallois to unidirectional and multi-platform flaking schemas, with characteristic emphasis on the former. A diachronic pattern of change in the Gorham's Cave sequence is documented, with the younger assemblages utilising more localized raw material and less formal flaking procedures. We attribute this change to a reduction in residential mobility as the climate deteriorated during Marine Isotope Stage 3 and the Neanderthal population contracted into a refugium. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | 4 | 19% |
| Spain | 3 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 10% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 81% |
| Scientists | 4 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 89 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 84 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 25% |
| Researcher | 20 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Professor | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 17% |
| Unknown | 9 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities | 39 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 14 | 16% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 14 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 24. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2021.
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#1,583,005
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#19,517
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#13,026
of 210,568 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#454
of 4,620 outputs
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