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Spanish Aurignacian Projectile Points: An Example of the First European Paleolithic Hunting Weapons in Osseous Materials

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Osseous Projectile Weaponry

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Projectile points constitute the main component of osseous equipment in the Spanish Aurignacian. Two different types follow one after the other chronologically: split-based points during the Early Aurignacian and then simple-based point during the evolved Aurignacian. With rare exceptions, antler is the chosen material to produce these projectile points. Contrary to bone work—which uses fragments recovered from food activities to make domestic tools—antler exploitation is unconnected to food activities and is instead driven by projectile production. This form of antler exploitation integrates, for the first time during the European Paleolithic, an organic material into the technical sphere. The limited availability of this material and the complex processes applied in its transformation, are reflected in the systematic shaping and resharpening of the projectile points. Issues surrounding these processes in Spanish Aurignacian split-based and simple-based points are outlined and discussed.

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The author’s research has been supported by a Beatriu de Pinós grant co-funded by the Catalan Government and European Community via the Marie Curie Actions of Seventh Framework Program for Research and Technological Development. This research is also part of the HAR2014-55131 research projects of the MICINN and the Quality Research Group of the Generalitat de Catalunya SGR2014-108. I’m very grateful to Marianne Christensen, Aline Averbouh, Nejma Goutas, Jean-Marc Pétillon, Boris Valentin, Michelle Langley and the two anonymous reviewers for providing useful comments about Upper Paleolithic hunting weapons. I also want to thank the Editor of this volume, Michelle Langley, for editing early drafts of this manuscript and for correcting the English, with any remaining errors being my own responsibility.

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Tejero, JM. (2016). Spanish Aurignacian Projectile Points: An Example of the First European Paleolithic Hunting Weapons in Osseous Materials. In: Langley, M. (eds) Osseous Projectile Weaponry. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0899-7_5

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