@misc{10481/108986,
year = {2026},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/108986},
abstract = {In southeastern Iberia use-wear analyses have not been explored as a proxy for a better understanding of the social, economic and cultural meanings of prehistoric lithic tools. The recent excavation of nine dolmens in the Panoría cemetery (3600 − 2100 cal BC), four of them largely undisturbed, offers an excellent opportunity for a fine-grained study of lithic grave goods. Blades, arrowheads and geometric microliths were the types of objects selected to be deposited at the Panoría dolmens. Use-wear analysis shows the deposition of blades previously used in farming and textile activities or with no evidence of use but in optimal working conditions. Arrowheads and microliths use-wear indicate their use as projectiles. However, some arrowheads are also found without use-wear, probably having been specifically crafted for ritual purposes, especially those with extremely developed barbs. Cross-referencing lithic typology, frequency and use-wear from each tomb with the osteological analysis reveals a positive correlation between the activities identified by the blade use-wear analysis and the intense physical effort evidenced by musculoskeletal stress markers. In contrast, there is a negative correlation between the projectiles and traumatic injuries. Lithic tools found at Panoría can be linked to different social realms, from daily activities to more restricted ritual purposes.},
organization = {CRUE-CSIC (Open Access)},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
title = {Use-wear analysis of lithic tools from the megalithic cemetery of Panoría (Granada, Spain)},
doi = {10.1007/s12520-025-02374-5},
author = {Gibaja, Juan F. and Aranda Jiménez, Gonzalo and Sánchez Romero, Margarita and Vílchez Suárez, Miriam and Becerra Fuello, Paula and Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta and Milesi García, Lara},
}