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84 JESÚS F. JORDÁ, J. EMILI AURA, CARLOS MARTÍN & BÁRBARA AVEZUELA Figure 2. A: Distribution of the molluscs from the archaeological levels of Vestíbulo chamber of Nerja Cave in % Number of Remains (NR) / m3 of sediment. B: Gravettian personal ornaments: 1, Dentalium sp.; 2, singular hanging object whose nature we have been unable to identify, with two lateral marks; 3 and 4, Littorina obtusata; 5 and 6, Theodoxus fluviatilis. C: Solutrean personal ornaments: 1, Dentalium sp.; 2, L. obtusata; 3, Cyclope neritea; 4, T. fluviatilis. D: Magdalenian personal ornaments: 1, Patella sp.; 2, Nucella lapillus; 3, Trivia arctica; 4, C. neritea; 5, T. fluviatilis. MUNIBE Suplemento - Gehigarria 31, 2010 S.C. <strong>Aranzadi</strong>. Z.E. Donostia/San Sebastián
Archaeomalacological remains from the Upper Pleistocene – Early Holocene record of the Vestíbulo of Nerja Cave (Malaga, Spain) 85 there are 10 examples of Dentalium sp. Some new species of gastropods were used as personal ornaments such as 16 Cyclope (2 neritea, 10 pellucida, 4 sp.), 1 C. rustica, 1 L. saxatalis, 1 indeterminate complete specimen and 1 undetermined fragment. - Magdalenian (Fig. 2.D): The most frequently represented species in the previous levels are also present in the Magdalenian. Among these, the most common species is Cyclope: in its neritea variant, 15 specimens; in pellucida, 11 speciments. We found also 2 fragments of L. obtusata, 10 T. fluviatilis, 2 Patella sp., 1 N. lapillus and 1 T. arctica. Except Dentalium, which because of its morphology does not need a perforation to be suspended, all the examples have only one perforation, which is not always complete. In many cases we identified the techniques used to make the perforations but in other cases because of the eroded condition of the shells’ surface and the wearing down of the perforations, we have not been able to establish these techniques. We do not show the results of the technological analysis of the perforations here because of the lack of space but we will do it soon in a more detailed publication. The origin of the species used, except the T. fluviatilis which is a freshwater gastropod, is marine and could be Mediterranean, so they could have been gathered on the coast closest to the site. The only species to which this might not apply is L. obtusata and N. lapillus. In the present, this species are only present along the Atlantic coast. This factor makes the presence of this species and the possible Mediterranean origin of the collection more problematic. The first hypothesis to explain its presence is that in cold periods, species that today are found only in the Atlantic may have colonized the Mediterranean Sea (Álvarez-Fernández 2006, Taborin 1993). Another hypothesis would involve long distance trade or other contact. We do not have any data to reject either of the hypotheses, so for the moment both explanations stand. 4. CONCLUSIONS - Nerja Cave archaeological record is distinguished by the abundant presence of human transported marine and continental molluscs: 86 taxa and more than 136,000 specimens (more than 78 kg) of Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. - Terrestrial snails were consumed as food during Gravettian and Solutrean. Marine molluscs were consumed from Late Solutrean and Mediterranean Upper Magdalenian through the Mediterranean Microblade Epipalaeolithic, with development during this period of an important shell midden. - Others molluscs, like snails and scaphopods, were used as personal ornaments, from the Gravettian to Magdalenian and the Epipalaeolithic. The species most represented throughout the sequence (L. obtusata, T. fluviatilis and Dentalium sp.) appear in all levels, except C. neritea and pellucida which are absent during the Gravettian. All these species appear recurrently in Palaeolithic levels of several European sites. - Finally, some species were introduced in the cave accidentally. 5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The archaeological excavations in Nerja Cave directed by Professor Francisco Jordá Cerdá were subsidized by the Nerja Cave Foundation and authorized by the cultural authorities of Andalusia. This work is result of the research project Estudio de los restos malacológicos procedentes de las excavaciones arqueológicas sistemáticas en la Sala del Vestíbulo de la Cueva de Nerja, campañas de 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 y 1987 directed by Jesús F. Jordá Pardo and supported by the Nerja Cave Foundation in 1996. Finally, we want to express our thanks to the organizers of the congress, Esteban Álvarez and Diana Carvajal, for the facilities that they gave to us to present this research, and to the two anonymous referees whose indications have served to improve this text. 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY ALVAREZ-FERNANDEZ, E. 2006 Los objetos de adorno-colgantes del Paleolítico superior y del Mesolítico en la Cornisa Cantábrica y en el Valle del Ebro: una visión europea. Universidad de Salamanca. (Colección Vitor, 195). Salamanca. D’ÁNGELLO, G. & GARGIULLO, S. 1978 Guida delle conchiglie mediterranee. Fabri Editori. Milano. AURA, J.E.; JORDÁ, J.F. & ROGRIGO, M.J. 1993 “Variaciones en la línea de costa y su impacto en la explotación de los recursos marinos en el límite Pleistoceno Holoceno. El ejemplo de la Cueva de Nerja (Málaga)”. El Cuaternario de España y Portugal. I.T.G.E. - AEQUA, Madrid: 369–377. BRUSCHI, A.; CEPPODOMO, I.; GALLI, C. & PIANI, P. 1985 Caratterizzazione ecotipologica delle coste italiane. Catalogo dei molluschi conchiferi viventi nel Mediterraneo. ENEA, Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e per lo Sviluppo dell'Energia Nucleare e delle Energia Alternative. Roma. MUNIBE Suplemento - Gehigarria 31, 2010 S.C. <strong>Aranzadi</strong>. Z.E. Donostia/San Sebastián
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