RT journal article
T1 Early use of marine resources by Middle/Upper Pleistocene human societies: The case of Benzú rockshelter (northern Africa)
A1 Ramos Muñoz, José Francisco
A1 Cantillo Duarte, Juan Jesús
A1 Bernal Casasola, Darío
A1 Barrena-Tocino, Antonio
A1 Domínguez Bella, Salvador
A1 Vijande Vila, Eduardo
A1 Clemente-Conte, Ignacio
A1 Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Igor
A2 HistoriaGeografía y Filosofía
K1 Benzú
K1 Región histórica
K1 Estrecho de Gibraltar
K1 Pleistoceno
K1 Recursos marinos
AB This article examines the role played by marine resources for hunter-gatherer groups of the Middle/ Upper Pleistocenein the geohistorical regionaround the Straitsof Gibraltar, onthe basisof newevidence collected at the rock shelter of Benzú (North Africa). The stratigraphic sequence at Benzú has been dated to between 254 and 70 ka. The excavations have revealed the exploitation of marine gastropods and bivalves, alongside fish. The most common taxon in the sequence is the genus Patella. The analysis of the molluscs and their spatial distribution shows that these animals were purposely collected by humans, probably as a food source. In order to contribute to the debate about the origins and scale of the exploitation of marine resources during the Middle and Upper Pleistocene, the evidence collected at Benzú is interpreted within the broader context of North Africa and southern Europe. The similarity of groups of Homo sapiens sapiens in North Africa and Homo sapiens neanderthalensis in southern Europe in terms of lifestyle and subsistence strategies is interpreted as reflecting equally similar social and economic practices, in spite of the diversity of anthropological perspectives on the relationship between humans and the environment currently in vogue.
SN 1040-6182
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21415
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/21415
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 04-nov-2026