Aproximació tipotecnològica de la indústria lítica de l’estrat 2 de l’Abric dels Colls (Margalef de Montsant, Priorat, Tarragona) / Typo-technological approach of the lithic industry of level 2 of Abric dels Colls.

Núria Rodríguez Baylach

DOI: 10.1344/Pyrenae2014.vol45num2.1

This paper presents a typo-technological study of the lithic industry corresponding to level 2 of Abric dels Colls site (Margalef de Montsant, Priorat, Tarragona). The purpose of this paper is to present this barely known site, and more specifically to discuss the specificities of the lithic assemblage. We conclude that despite the larger size of the industry recovered at this site, the technology is consistent with the industries characteristic of the Final Upper Palaeolithic-Epipalaeolithic transition, dated on the 11th millennium BP. In addition, it is suggest that both the abundance and quality of raw material in the area become determining factors in the production of this lithic assembly.

KEYWORDS: UPPER PALEOLITHIC, CHAINE OPERATOIRE, TECHNOLOGY, TYPOLOGY, CHERT, MONTSANT