From the jaws of the "Leviathan": A sperm whale tooth from the Valencina Copper Age Megasite.

From the jaws of the "Leviathan": A sperm whale tooth from the Valencina Copper Age Megasite.

During the excavations undertaken in 2018 at the Nueva Biblioteca sector of the Valencina Copper Age mega-site, in south-west Spain, an exceptional sperm-whale tooth was found inside a non-burial pit. This remarkable object is the first of its kind ever found for Late Prehistoric Iberia. Due to its...

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Main Authors: Samuel Ramírez-Cruzado Aguilar-Galindo, Miriam Luciañez-Triviño, Fernando Muñiz Guinea, Luis Miguel Cáceres Puro, Antonio Toscano Grande, Marta Díaz-Guardamino, Juan Manuel Vargas Jiménez, Thomas Xavier Schuhmacher, Rafael María Martínez Sánchez, Santiago Guillamón Dávila, Joaquín Rodríguez Vidal, Leonardo García Sanjuán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323773
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