The LithicUB project: A virtual lithotheque of siliceous rocks at the University of Barcelona
Keywords:
siliceous rocks, Charente Basin, Iberian Peninsula, Azraq Basin, Petroarchaeology
Abstract
The LithicUB project began in 2009 with two main objectives. The first objective was to make available to the scientific community the description and classification of a set of siliceous rocks that had been recovered from different surveys. The second to make public the lithotheque as a useful tool for archaeological research, related to the procurement and management of lithic raw materials in Prehistory. Thanks to several research projects that have been carried out, the number of samples is steadily increasing and diversifying, including siliceous rocks collected in Spain, Portugal, France, Jordan and Israel.
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Mangado, X., Morales, J.J., Oms, F.X., Rey, M. & Sánchez, M., 2012, Estudio de los restos líticos de la Cova Colomera (prepirineo de Lleida) entre 5220 y 1660 cal BC. Análisis arqueopetrológico de las materias primas silíceas y posibles áreas de captación, Rubricatum 5, Actes del Congrés Internacional Xarxes al Neolític: p. 155-161. (In Spanish) (“The study of lithic tools from Colomera Cave (Lleida Prepyrenees) between 5,220 and 1,660 cal BC. Petroarchaeological analysis of siliceous rocks and potential catchment areas”)
Mangado, X., Sánchez, M. & Delage, C., (in press), A preliminary note on chert availability and characterization in the Kharaneh Area, Azraq Depression, Jordan. In: The Seventh World Archaeological Congress, The Dead Sea – Jordan, 2013.
Rey, M., 2010, Aproximación al estudio arqueopetrológico de la litoteca de la cuenca de la Charente (Francia). Trabajo de fin de Máster, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 161 p. (In Spanish) (“Petroarchaeological study of the Charente Basin’s Lithotheque”)
Roman, D., 2010, El jaciment epimagdalenià de la Balma de la Roureda (Vilafranca, Els Ports, País Valencià), Pyrenae 41 (2): p. 7-28. (In Catalan) (“The epimagdalenian site of La Balma de la Roureda (Vilafranca, Els Ports, Valencian Country”)
Sánchez, M. & Mangado, X., 2013, La industria lítica de Cova Alonsé. Materias primas: tipos y aprovisionamiento, In: El asentamiento magdaleniense de Cova Alonsé (Estadilla, Huesca), (Montes, L. & Domingo, R. Eds.), Monografías Arqueológicas, Prehistoria, Vol. 48, Universidad de Zaragoza: p. 41-53. (In Spanish) (“The lithic tools from Alonsé Cave. Raw materials: types and provisioning”)
Séronie-Vivien, M.-R. & Lenoir, M., 1987, Le silex de sa genèse à l’outil, In: Cahiers du Quaternaire, n. 17 Actes du Vo colloque international sur le silex (Vth international Flint symposium), Bordeaux, 17 sept- 2 octobre 1987, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Régional de Publication de Bordeaux: p. 200-235. (In French) (“Chert from its genesis to a lithic tool”)
Vera, J. A. (Ed.), 2004, Geología de España, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Sociedad Geológica de España, Madrid, 884 p. (In Spanish) (“Geology of Spain”)
Published
15-Mar-2014
How to Cite
Sánchez, M., Rey, M., Rodríguez, N., Casado, A., Medina, B., & Mangado, X. (2014). The LithicUB project: A virtual lithotheque of siliceous rocks at the University of Barcelona. Journal of Lithic Studies, 1(1), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.2218/jls.v1i1.756
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