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THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 ADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. No s'autoritza la seva reproducció o altres formes d'explotació efectuades amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva comunicació pública des d'un lloc aliè al servei TDX. Tampoc s'autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). 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UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 PICIN ANDREA The technologicaal change in the western Mediterranean during the MIS 3 TESIS DOCTORAL Dirigida por Dr. Manuel Vaquero Rodríguez DEPARTAMENT D’HISTÒRIA I HISTÒRIA DE L’ART TARRAGONA 2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI Departament d’Història I Història de l’Art Avda. Catalunya, 35. 43002 Tarragona. Tel: 977 55 95 95. Fax: 977 55 83 86 FAIG CONSTAR que aquest treball, tiitulat “The technological change in the western Mediterranean during the MIS 3”, que presenta Andrea Picin per a l’oobtenció del títol de Doctor, ha estat realitzat sota la meva direcció al Departament d’Història i Història de l’Art d’aquesta universitat . Tarragona, 8 de Enero de 2014 El director de lla Tesis Doctoral Dr. Manuel Vaquero Rodríguez UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 To my Mother and my Father UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 Acknowledgements I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisor Manuel Vaquero for his stimulating support during these years and for his patient assistance during the compilation of this PhD thesis. I would like to thank also Prof. Gerd-Christian Weniger that encouraged me during these three years of study and his invaluable comments. I would extend my appreciation to Prof. Eudald Carbonell for his advice and inspiration during the writing of this thesis and the constructive suggestions on the Mousterian lithic technologies. I would thank Marco Peresani for the access to the lithic collections of Fumane Cave and Marina Mosquera for the access to the experimental lithic assemblages. I would express my gratitude to my mother and my father that never stop to support and encourage me during these years of study. I would thank also my sister Sabina and my nephew Riccardo for their encouragement and deep affection. I have furthermore to thank the whole staff of IPHES that made me feels forthwith welcome in the institute. I would like to express my thanks to Loli García Antón and Gema Chacón for their interest, their hints to my research questions and their kind help during my stay in Tarragona. A special thanks to Susana Alonso for the drawings of level O and for her lasting friendship during these years. I thank also Gemma Sebares for her kindness and the translation in Spanish of the abstract. In addition I would thank Jordi Rosell, Ruth Blasco and Florent Rivals for their friendship and the invaluable conversations about the Neanderthals subsistence strategies. I would thank you also Behrouz Bazgir for his friendship and the interesting discussions about the Paleolithic archaeology in Iran. In addition I would extend my gratitude to Marina Mosquera, Ethel Allué, Andreu Ollé, Josep Maria Vergès, Xose Pedro Rodríguez and Robert Sala for their encouragements and helps during these years of study. Outside the department, I thank Yvonne Tafelmaier, Isabel Schmidt, Marcel Bradtmöller, Andreas Pastoors and the whole staff of Neanderthal Museum for their support and kind help during these last three years. I would thank Marcello Mannino and Stefano Benazzi for their advices and friendship during my stay in Germany. I thank also Enza Spinapolice, Nicolas Zwyns, Damien Flas, Peng Fei, Morgon Roussel, Andrei Krivoshapkin, Ksenia Kolobova, Victor Chabai, Jordi Serangeli, Steven Kuhn, Shannon McPherron and Thorsten Uthmeier for their friendship and engaging conversations during congresses and excavations. I am most grateful to la mia bella Gioia, who deserve so much than a thank you, for her precious hints, comprehension and love during the compilation of this PhD. In addition I would thank my best friend Massimiliano for his sincere friendship and for his patience in paying attention to the progress of this PhD as well as for the rounds of Black Russians that helped me to figure out better the problematic. I thank also Chiara, Barbara, Francesca, Naike, Alessandro, the refund friends Manuel and his wife Manuela, Alex and Andrea for their friendship and encouragement. This PhD dissertation has been founded by the Fuhlrott Research Fellowship of the Neanderthal Museum Foundation to which I am indebted and grateful. UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI THE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE MIS 3 Andrea Picin Dipòsit Legal: T 970-2014 Index Index ........................................................................................................................................................................ i Resumen en Español ......................................................................................................................................... v 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Conceptual framework ..................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1 Mousterian lithic technologies ............................................................................................................... 7 2.1.1 Levallois technology .......................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Discoid technology ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.1.3 Quina technology ............................................................................................................................ 12 2.1.4 Laminar technology .......................................................................................................................