Ochre use during the Upper Palaeolithic: a continuous record from Finca Doña Martina and Abrigo de la Boja rock-shelters, Mula, Murcia, Spain

IF 2.9 1区地球科学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-21 DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2025.106342

Daniela Eugenia Rosso , Àfrica Pitarch Martí , François Orange , Josefina Zapata , João Zilhão

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Abstract

The use of colour is a common feature in Upper Palaeolithic sites. However, the analysis of ochre assemblages recovered in residential contexts is rarely the object of systematic analyses. Here we analyse two ochre assemblages, recovered in the Upper Palaeolithic levels of two sites, Abrigo de la Boja and Finca Doña Martina, located in Mula, Spain: 407 and 35 ochre pieces respectively, spanning the entire Upper Palaeolithic. We combined a technological analysis with an elemental and mineralogical characterisation of the archaeological ochre and natural ochre pieces collected in nearby outcrops. Our findings suggest that the inhabitants of the sites collected ochre of different compositions, from different proveniences. They consistently processed ochre using the same techniques throughout, probably to produce large quantities of powder and for a variety of purposes of a symbolic or functional nature.

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旧石器时代晚期赭石的使用：Finca Doña Martina和Abrigo de la Boja岩石庇护所的连续记录，穆拉，穆尔西亚，西班牙

色彩的使用是旧石器时代晚期遗址的一个共同特征。然而，对居住环境中发现的赭石组合的分析很少是系统分析的对象。在这里，我们分析了两个赭石组合，分别在位于西班牙穆拉的Abrigo de la Boja和Finca Doña Martina两个遗址的旧石器时代晚期发现：407块和35块赭石，跨越了整个旧石器时代晚期。我们将技术分析与在附近露头收集的考古赭石和天然赭石的元素和矿物学特征相结合。我们的发现表明，这些遗址的居民从不同的产地收集了不同成分的赭石。他们始终如一地使用相同的技术加工赭石，可能是为了生产大量的粉末，并出于各种象征性或功能性的目的。

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Journal of Archaeological Science 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

7.10%

发文量

112

审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Archaeological Science is aimed at archaeologists and scientists with particular interests in advancing the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. This established monthly journal publishes focus articles, original research papers and major review articles, of wide archaeological significance. The journal provides an international forum for archaeologists and scientists from widely different scientific backgrounds who share a common interest in developing and applying scientific methods to inform major debates through improving the quality and reliability of scientific information derived from archaeological research.