Análisis funcional del utillaje laminar del neolítico antiguo de castillejos de montefrío (Granada)

Abstract

Castillejos de Montefrío (Granada) is an openair site located on the South of the Iberian Peninsula. This settlement is one of the most important sites to understand the neolithization process and the development of first farming societies for several millennia. In this paper we present the results of the use-wear analyses made on a selection of the flint blades (most of them without retouch) from the Early Neolithic levels. Our purpose, through the Traceology, is to recognize some activities developed in the settlement and provide some information about the site function. The results obtained show the importance of this kind of tools and reveal some economical aspects of the first farmers communities settled down in this region.