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31 Bilbao 2012 Zuzendaria - Director Ernesto Nolte Y Aramburu ® PALEOANTROPOLOGÍA 31 Bilbao 2012 ZUZENDARIA - DIRECTOR Ernesto Nolte y Aramburu IDAZLARITZA KONTSEILUA - CONSEJO DE REDACCIÓN - REDACTION COMMISION Juan María Apellániz Castroviejo. Universidad de Deusto Pedro Mª Castaños Ugarte. Aranzadi Natur Zientzien Elkarte / Sociedad de CCNN Aranzadi Néstor de Goikoetxea y Gandiaga. Revista KOBIE (Fundador) Ernesto Nolte y Aramburu. Revista KOBIE BATZORDE ZIENTIFIKOA - COMITÉ CIENTÍFICO - EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jesús Altuna Echabe (C.C.I. Materiales Arqueológicos de Guipúzcoa, San Sebastián) ® Agustín Azkarate Garay-Olaun (UPV/EHU, Vitoria) Ignacio Barandiaran Maeztu (UPV/EHU, Vitoria) Juan José Cepeda Ocampo (UNED, Bergara) Germán Delibes de Castro (Universidad de Valladolid) Philipe Fosse (C.R.N.S., Francia) Iñaki Gacía Camino (Arkeologi Museoa, Bilbao) Originales e intercambio: Juliá Maroto Genover (Universidad de Gerona) Arturo Morales Muñiz (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) Revista KOBIE José Antonio Múgica Alústiza (UPV/EHU, San Sebastian) Kultura Ondarearen Zerbitzua. Concepción de la Rúa Vaca (UPV/EHU, Bilbao) Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia Valentín Villaverde Bonilla (Universidad de Valencia) Servicio de Patrimonio Cultural. Lydia Zapata Peña (UPV/EHU, Vitoria) Diputación Foral de Bizkaia María Díaz de Haro, 11 - 6ª planta. 48013 Bilbao (Bizkaia) KOORDINATZAILEA - COORDINADOR - MANAGING EDITOR e-mail: [email protected] Mikel Unzueta Portilla. Kultura Ondarearen Zerbitzua BFA / Servicio de Patrimonio Cultural DFB Teléfonos Intercambio: 0034.94.4067723 Portada: Pecio de Laida I (Ibarrangelua, Bizkaia) Croquis. J. C. Zallo y M. Gómez Bravo Coordinador: 0034.94.4066957 Director: 0034.609.414102 http://www.bizkaia.eus/kobie Publicación de carácter anual. Depósito Legal: ISBN: Título clave: ISSN: ARGITARAZLEA - EDITOR BI-1340 - 1970 978-84-7752-470-X. KOBIE 0214 - 7971 FOTOCOMPOSICION E IMPRESIÓN: Flash Composition SL www.flashcomposition.com SUMARIO Página Orrialdea YACIMIENTO PALEONTOLÓGICO DE LA VERTIENTE SUR DE PEÑA CABARGA-PICO DEL CASTI- LLO (MEDIO CUDEYO, CANTABRIA) Palaeontological site from sud slope of Peña Cabarga-Pico del Castillo (Medio Cudeyo, Cantabria) Por Pedro Castaños Ugarte, Trinidad de Torres Pérez-Hidalgo, José Eugenio Ortiz Menéndez, Ramón Montes Barquín, Emilio Muñoz Fernández, José Manuel Morlote Expósito, Silvia Santamaría Santamaría, Jone Castaños de la Fuente ....................................................................................... 5 EL PRIMER POBLAMIENTO HUMANO EN LA REGIÓN CANTÁBRICA. REFLEXIONES Y SÍNTESIS EN TORNO AL PALEOLÍTICO ANTIGUO First human occupation in the Cantabrian region. Reflections and summary around the Ancient Palaeolithic Por David Álvarez-Alonso ......................................................................................................................................... 21 Nuevas LOCALIZACIONES DEL PALEOLÍTICO INFERIOR EN URIBE Kosta (BIZKAIA): LOS yacimientos DE MOREAGA (SOPELANA) Y Errementariena (BARRIKA) New locations of Lower Palaeolithic in Uribe Kosta (Biscay): The deposits of Moreaga (Sopelana) and Errementa- riena (Barrika) Por Joseba Rios-Garaizar, Iñaki Líbano Silvente, Diego Garate Maidagan .............................................................. 45 ANÁLISIS TECNO-FUNCIONAL DE LAS AZAGAYAS DE BASE HENDIDA EN EL ÁREA CENTRAL DE LA REGIÓN CANTÁBRICA. Techno-functional analysis of the splint base point from the central area to the Cantabrian region. Por Daniel Garrido Pimentel ...................................................................................................................................... 57 LAS INDUSTRIAS LÍTICAS DE ECHABARRI EN EL EMBALSE DE URRÚNAGA (ÁLAVA) The lithic industries of Echabarri, Urrunaga reservoir (Alava) Por Javier Fernández Eraso, Maite García Rojas, David Larreina García, Mónica Alonso Eguíluz ..................... 73 UN TALLER DE INDUSTRIA ÓSEA EN EL YACIMIENTO DE ÉPOCA ROMANA DE RUBINA (NANCLA- RES DE LA OCA, IRUÑA DE OCA, ARABA/ÁLAVA) Bone industry in the Roman archaeological site of Rubina (Nanclares de Oca, Iruña de Oca, Araba/Álava) Por Paquita Sáenz de Urturi Rodríguez ...................................................................................................................... 105 EL OPPIDUM DE MONTE BERNORIO EN LA CANTABRIA HISTÓRICA. NUEVE SIGLOS DE HISTO- RIA. Monte Bernorio hillfort in the historical Cantabria. Nine centuries of History. Por Jesús Francisco Torres-Martínez (Kechu), Antxoka Martínez Velasco, Susana de Luis Mariño ...................... 137 EL YACIMIENTO ARQUEOLÓGICO DE PICO JANO (VEGA DE LIÉBANA, CANTABRIA): DE POSIBLE BARRACÓN MILITAR ROMANO A ESTRUCTURA MINERA MODERNA The archaeological site of Pico Jano (Vega de Liébana, Cantabria): from possible Roman military barracks to modern mining structure Por Rafael Bolado del Castillo, Sergio Corro Trives ................................................................................................. 157 EL USO DE LAS CUEVAS NATURALES EN CANTABRIA DURANTE LA ANTIGÜEDAD TARDÍA Y LOS INICIOS DE LA EDAD MEDIA (SIGLOS V-X) The use of natural caves in Cantabria during Late Antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages (5th to 10th cen- turies AD) Por Enrique Gutiérrez Cuenca, José Ángel Hierro Gárate ......................................................................................... 175 EVALUACIÓN ARQUEOLÓGICA DE LOS PECIOS LAIDA I Y LAIDA II (RIA DE MUNDAKA, BIZ- KAIA) Archaeological assessment of Laida I and Laida II shipwrecks (Mundaka stuary, Biscay) Por Juan Carlos Zallo Uskola, Mercedes Gómez Bravo ............................................................................................ 207 ARQUEOZOOLOGÍA DE YACIMIENTOS BAJOMEDIEVALES Y MODERNOS DEL CASCO HISTÓRICO DE VITORIA-GASTEIZ (ÁLAVA) Archaeozoology of the Late Middle Ages and modern sites from Historic Center of Vitoria-Gasteiz (Álava) Por Pedro Castaños Ugarte, Jone Castaños de la Fuente, Paquita Sáenz de Urturi Rodríguez ................................. 227 Nuevas estrategias para LA puesta EN valor DEL patrimonio MEGALÍTICO. LA esta- CIÓN DOLMENICA DE HAIZKO, KARRANTZA (BIZKAIA). New strategies for the value enhancement of the megalithic heritage. Haizko dolmenic route, Karrantza, (Biscay) Por Fernando Bazeta Gobantes, Ainhoa Rodríguez López ........................................................................................ 247 CRÍTICAS Y RESEÑAS RUIZ REDONDO, A. 2011. Convenciones gráficas en el arte parietal del Paleolítico Cantábrico: la perspectiva de las figuras zoomorfas. Trabajos de Prehistoria, 68, nº 2 julio-diciembre, p. 259-274. ................. 267 NORMAS A LOS AUTORES PARA LA ADMISIÓN DE ORIGINALES EN LA REVISTA KOBIE ................... 273 FONDO KOBIE ......................................................................................................................................................... 278 NÚMEROS PUBLICADOS ...................................................................................................................................... 279 YACIMIENTO PALEONTOLÓGICO DE LA VERTIENTE SUR DE PEÑA CABARGA-PICO DEL CASTILLO (MEDIO CUDEYO, CANTABRIA) 5 KOBIE SERIE PALEOANTRO P OLOGÍA Nº 31: 5-20 Bizkaiko Foru Aldundia-Diputación Foral de Bizkaia Bilbao - 2012 ISSN 0214-7971 YACIMIENTO PALEONTOLÓGICO DE LA VERTIENTE SUR DE PEÑA CABARGA-PICO DEL CASTILLO (MEDIO CUDEYO, CANTABRIA) Palaeontological site from sud slope of Peña Cabarga-Pico del Castillo (Medio Cudeyo, Cantabria) Pedro Castaños Ugarte1 Trinidad de Torres Pérez-Hidalgo2 José Eugenio Ortiz Menéndez2 Ramón Montes Barquín3 Emilio Muñoz Fernández3 José Manuel Morlote Expósito3 Silvia Santamaría Santamaría3 Jone Castaños de la Fuente4 (Recibido 15.III.2012) (Aceptado 2.IV.2012) Palabras clave: Mamíferos. Morfometría. Norte de España. Paleontología. Pleistoceno Medio-Superior. Key words: Mammals. Morphometry. Nothern Spain. Palaeontology. Middle-Upper Pleistocene. Gako-hitzak: Ugaztunak. Morfometria. Ipar Espainia. Paleontologia. Erdi-Goi Pleistozenoa. RESUMEN Se estudian los restos paleontológicos pleistocénicos del yacimiento situado en la vertiente sur de Peña Cabarga-Pico del Castillo (Cantabria, España). Se describe el contexto geológico y se ofrece su datación por el método de racemización de aminoácidos. Se ofrece la morfometría del material y su atribución taxonómica con una atención especial a los restos de caballo. Se comparan los resultados con otros hallazgos del contexto más próximo. Finalmente se realiza una evaluación biogeográfica y cronológica de este yacimiento. 1 S. C. Aranzadi. Geo-Q. Santimami Auzoa, 41, Leioa. [email protected] 2 Laboratorio de Estratigrafía Biomolecular. E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Minas. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 2.minas.upm.es/inv/LEB/Lab. Biomolecular.htm 3 Gabinete de Arqueología GAEM. gaemarqueologos.com 4 Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Apartado 644, E-48080 Bilbao. [email protected] P. Castaños Ugarte; T. DE TORRES PÉREZ-HIDALGO, J. E. OrtiZ MENÉNDEZ, R. MONTES BARQUÍN, E. MUÑOZ FERNÁNDEZ, 6 J. M. MORLOTE Expósito, S. Santamaría Santamaría, J. Castaños DE LA FUENTE SUMMARY The palaeontological remains of middle-upper Pleistocene from the southern slope of Peña Cabarga Pico del Castillo (Cantabria, Spain) are studied. The geological context is described and the data made by aminoacid racemization analysis is also offered. Furthermore material morphometry and his taxonomic attributions are given but paying a special attention to horse remains. The results are compared to
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