Extended Data Fig. 2: Cores, hammerstones and anvils. Levels 2 and 3, Cueva Des-Cubierta.
From: A symbolic Neanderthal accumulation of large herbivore crania
Black arrows on each tool point to battering marks. a) Quartz hammerstone re-used as a core (17/26/CDC/101/K’37/29) (Level 3); b) Detail of battering on the back of a bifacial core of orthogonal bipolar direction (16/12/CDC/E’48/Brecha5/32) (Level 2); c) Granitic hammerstone with different battered surfaces, associated with a cranium (18/ 29/CDC/H’44/101/68) (Level 3); d) Quartz hammerstone re-used as a unifacial core (19/34/L’39/100/98) (Level 3); e) Hammerstone fragment (18/29/CDC/K’38/101/2). Battering marks (Level 3); f) Broken quartz hammerstone (18/29/CDC/H’44/101.2/121) (Level 3); g) Tabular quartz anvil (17/26/CDC/101/I’43/40) (Level 3). Photo credit: Alfonso Dávila (c, e and f) and Mario Torquemada/MAPCM (a, d).
