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64 MIGUEL ÁNGEL FANO & ESTEBAN ÁLVAREZ-FERNÁNDEZ Cat. number Unit Taxon Number of Location of Perforation Use wear Ochre Perforations Perforation Technique N32.7.2 1 Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure No No N32.371 1 Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure ? Yes N32.7.1 1 Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure ? No N32.365 1 Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure Yes Yes M32.522 1 or 2? Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure No No N32.831 1 Turritella sp. 1 6 broken Pressure Yes No N32.817 1 Turritella sp. 1 2b Pressure ? No N32.5.1 1 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure ? Yes N32.357.1 1 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure ? Yes N32.1065.1 1 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure Yes No N32.361 1 N. lapillus 1 2c Scraping and rotation Yes Yes N32.964.1 1 L. obtusata 1 2c Abrasion ? Yes M32.718.1 1 N. incrassatus 1 2c Pressure ? No N32.1005 1 N. reticulatus 1 2b Abrasion ? Yes M33.30.14 1-2 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure Yes Yes M33.29.7 1-2 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure ? Yes N33.49.10 1-2 N. incrassatus 1 2c Pressure ? Yes N33.49.9 1-2 L. obtusata 1 2c Pressure ? No M33.30.15 2 Turritella sp. 1 6 broken Pressure No No N32.379.2 2 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure ? Yes N33.54.1 2 Trivia sp. 2 Trivia type Pressure ? Yes N33.53.1 2 N. reticulatus 1 2c ? ? No N33.51.3 3 Turritella sp. 1 2c Pressure No No N33.51.4 3 Turritella sp. 1 2c Pressure ? Yes Table 2. Summary of some results of the shell beads analysis. The table includes information already published (Vanhaeren et al. 2005) together with data from the last excavation seasons. The four specimens from Level 1-2, probably ascribable to the LFM are also included. (Object N33.54.1 was cited as N32.54.1 in the previous publication.) The Nassarius mutabilis specimen should probably be included within the personal ornamentation assemblage at El Horno, as when this species is found at archaeological sites it has usually been made into a shell bead, such as at Le Figuier (Gard, France), in a context with the same chronology as El Horno (Taborin 1993, Álvarez-Fernández 2006). However, the specimen from El Horno is fragmented and decalcified and it is difficult to reach a definite conclusion in this respect. 4. LOCAL AND REGIONAL CONTEXT 4.1. In the case of the Asón Valley, archaeomalacological analyses of greater or lesser detail have been made for four sites: El Perro, La Chora 2 , El Otero and El Horno. Other sites are currently being studied (La Fragua and El Mirón). We cannot take the data from the excavations at El Valle into account, because of the dubious chronological attribution of the material 3 . Except at El Horno, in the cited deposits with available information, the malacological fauna is dominated by species with dietary interest. Although Mytilus sp., Ostrea sp. and Cerastoderma sp. are present at El Horno, in the lower part of the valley, taxa with no ornamental value predominate. Thus, in Levels 2 and 3 at El Otero, almost all the species have dietary value, and Ostrea edulis and Patella sp. are the most abundant molluscs (Madariaga 1966). At El Perro, nearly 95% of the MNI are of dietary interest, with a predominance of Patella sp., followed by Littorina littorea and Mytilus galloprovincialis (Moreno 1994). At La Fragua, a similar 2 At this site, all the cited species, except Turritella sp. have dietary value, and Patella vulgata, Ostrea edulis and Crassostrea gigas are abundant. At least one of the Turritella sp. specimens had been made into a suspended object of adornment (Madariaga 1963). However, the chronological attribution of the archaeological remains is unsure, as a later revision of the material revealed that the deposit at La Chora also includes an Azilian occupation (González-Sainz 1989). 3 A Turritella sp. specimen was found, amongst other objects of adornment, during the original excavations carried out by H. Breuil and H. Obermaier between 1909 and 1912 (Álvarez-Fernández 2006). These objects were ascribed to a generic Magdalenian, probably late Magdalenian. Similarly, the scarce objects (1 specimen of Turritella sp. (NR:1) and 1 valve of Veneridae family (NR:1)) found by more recent excavations, which we have examined in the MRPAC, come from the G1C2/1 sondage, Level 1, strata 1.7, a context difficult to attribute chronologically (García-Gelabert and Talavera 2004, 163). MUNIBE Suplemento - Gehigarria 31, 2010 S.C. <strong>Aranzadi</strong>. Z.E. Donostia/San Sebastián
Magdalenian marine shells from El Horno Cave (Ramales, Cantabria, Spain) in the regional context 65 percentage of molluscs possess dietary value, with a predominance of Patella vulgata (Gutiérrez, in prep.). As regards the species with no dietary value, the taxa used by the Magdalenian groups at El Horno to make their adornments are also found, to a lesser or greater extent, at the other sites in the Asón Valley. The data that has been published about El Mirón show the use of Trivia sp. and Littorina obtusata shells to make shell beads. The technological study of these objects indicates that the perforations in the three specimens were made by abrasion. The holes are located, in the case of the two Littorina obtusata specimens, in the area at the base of the shell; in the case of the Trivia sp. adornment, one near the siphonal canal and the other at the base of the shell. By observing the holes with a binocular magnifying-glass, no use-wear marks could be identified, nor any remains of ochre (Álvarez-Fernández 2006). A few specimens that could have been gathered to make ornaments have been cited for El Otero. Based on the list of species given by B. Madariaga (1966), we suppose that these can possibly be identified as the marine gastropod Charonia rubicunda. Shell beads were found at La Fragua, made from taxa with no dietary interest (Nassarius reticulatus, Trivia sp. and Turritella sp.) (Gutiérrez, pers. comm.). In the case of El Perro, shells of the same species 4 found at El Horno have been cited, but the author of the study (Moreno 1994: 268) only indicates they are “possible materials for the manufacture of ornaments” without giving any further details about their possible modification. The above-mentioned finds at La Fragua confirm the need for a re-assessment of the malacological assemblage from El Perro. The data we possess for shell beads in the Asón Valley, based on the direct study of material from El Horno and El Mirón, show differences in the location of the perforation in the case of the Littorina obtusata specimens. The two examples from the former site are perforated on the edge of the labrum, while the two objects found at El Mirón possess perforations at the base of the shell. In addition, at El Horno, the full chaîne opératoire can be reconstructed (presence of raw material, shells fractured during the process of manufacturing the perforation, and perforated shells with and without use-wear marks). In this way, it is likely that some of the beads were being made at the site, while others were abandoned in the cave after being used. In contrast, at El Mirón, based on the available information (Álvarez Fernández 2006), only part of the chaîne opératoire is represented (complete shell beads). 4.2. As occurs in the Asón Valley, the archaeological deposits in the interior of Cantabrian Spain with LFM occupations have yielded a small number of molluscs with and without dietary interest (Álvarez- Fernández <strong>2008</strong>,). In general, most of the malacological remains have been made into suspended objects of adornment. In contrast, at sites located nearer the present-day coast line (10km) for which quantitative data is available are: Las Caldas, Los Canes, Rascaño, Piélago I, Piélago II, El Horno and Erralla. At these sites the MNI is low, and the presence of suspended objects of adornment is common. At two locations (Los Canes and El Horno), the objects made into beads outnumber the unmodified shells. At sites near or next to the present-day shore (
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