Los arpones del magdaleniense superior mediterráneo. Valoración tipológica y cronoestratigráfica a partir de nuevas piezas halladas en La Cova de les Cendres (Teulada-Moraira, País Valenciano)

Abstract

Latest excavations in the Cova de les Cendres have recovered a serie of ten new harpoons, representing a total of 19 issues. This is one of the largest collections of the Mediterranean peninsula. Because we have a small number of harpoons in this area, the date obtained in Cova de les Cendres are of high importance for the characterization of the features of the Mediterranean Upper Magdalenian harpoons. It also presents a series of new absolute dates obtained for the level XI which show that the major occupation in the Upper Magdalenian was during the last third of the fourteenth millennium BP. With the available data (twelve sites that have provided 45 pieces) the Mediterranean Upper Magdalenian harpoon is characterized by a very different morphology, both in number of teeth as in their features, without a clear typological evolution.