Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)

M. J. Walker; D. Anesin; D. E. Angelucci; A. Avilés-Fernández; F. Berna; A. T. Buitrago-López; Y. Fernández-Jalvo; M. Haber-Uriarte; A. López-Jiménez; M. López-Martínez; I. Martín-Lerma; J. Ortega-Rodrigáñez; J. L. Polo-Camacho; S. E. Rhodes; D. Richter; T. Rodríguez-Estrella; J. L. Schwenninger; A. R. Skinner

doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.91

Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)

M. J. Walker
, D. Anesin
, D. E. Angelucci
, A. Avilés-Fernández
, F. Berna
, A. T. Buitrago-López
, Y. Fernández-Jalvo
, M. Haber-Uriarte
, A. López-Jiménez
, M. López-Martínez
, I. Martín-Lerma
, J. Ortega-Rodrigáñez
, J. L. Polo-Camacho
, S. E. Rhodes
, D. Richter
, T. Rodríguez-Estrella
, J. L. Schwenninger
, A. R. Skinner

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Abstract

Control of fire was a hallmark of developing human cognition and an essential technology for the colonisation of cooler latitudes. In Europe, the earliest evidence comes from recent work at the site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar in south-eastern Spain. Charred and calcined bone and thermally altered chert were recovered from a deep, 0.8-million-year-old sedimentary deposit. A combination of analyses indicated that these had been heated to 400-600°C, compatible with burning. Inspection of the sediment and hydroxyapatite also suggests combustion and degradation of the bone. The results provide new insight into Early Palaeolithic use of fire and its significance for human evolution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	571-589
Number of pages	19
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	90
Issue number	351
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.91
State	Published - 01 Jun 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acheulean
Early Pleistocene
Palaeolithic
cognitive evolution
combustion

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Walker, M. J., Anesin, D., Angelucci, D. E., Avilés-Fernández, A., Berna, F., Buitrago-López, A. T., Fernández-Jalvo, Y., Haber-Uriarte, M., López-Jiménez, A., López-Martínez, M., Martín-Lerma, I., Ortega-Rodrigáñez, J., Polo-Camacho, J. L., Rhodes, S. E., Richter, D., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., Schwenninger, J. L., & Skinner, A. R. (2016). Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain). Antiquity, 90(351), 571-589. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.91

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Combustion at the late Early Pleistocene site of Cueva Negra del Estrecho del Río Quípar (Murcia, Spain)

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