@misc{10498/39383,
year = {2025},
month = {11},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39383},
abstract = {The use of lithotheques, libraries or collections of rocks is relatively recent in archaeological research in Spain. These collections have mostly been formed through isolated initiatives in different institutions, without any scientific strategy to guide their development and growth. The perspective in the last few years has changed substantially as these infrastructures are now regarded as a scientific resource of great interest and potential in research on the mobility of human groups, their contacts, interactions, and subsistence strategies throughout prehistory. However, owing to their territorial scale, the collections had not developed joint initiatives to share data on integrated digital platforms that may be consulted in accordance with a policy of open science. This article presents the first results of a thematic network that aims to solve these deficiencies in Spain. Its first action has been to gather information from thirteen lithotheques of siliceous rocks. The results allow a first diagnosis of their potential and shortcomings, as an initial step towards the development of more extensive future collaborative strategies.},
keywords = {archaeological research},
keywords = {scientific reference collections},
keywords = {lithotheques},
keywords = {siliceous rocks},
keywords = {open science},
title = {Archaeological Lithotheques of Siliceous Rocks in Spain: First Diagnosis of the Lithotheque Thematic Network},
doi = {10.1515/OPAR-2025-0063},
author = {Ortega, David and Arrizabalaga, Álvaro and Aura, Emili and Baena, Javier and Belmonte Mas, Daniel and Brià, Judit and Domingo, Rafael and Dominguez-Bella, Salvador and Duarte-Matías, Elsa and Eixea, Aleix and Fuertes, Natividad and García-Puchol, Oreto and García-Simón, Luis M. and Gómez de Soler, Bruno and Herrero-Alonso, Diego and Lombera-Hermida, Arturo and Mangado, Xavier and Molina-Hernández, Francisco Javier and Morgado, Antonio and Orue, Iñigo and Ramírez-Amador, José L. and Ramos Muñoz, José Francisco and Rasilla, Marco de la and Roqué, Carles and Sánchez de la Torre, Marta and Soto, María L. and Tarriño, Antonio and Torres, Concepción and Terradas, Xavier},
}