SILICEOUS RAW MATERIALS IN THE PREHISTORY OF WESTERN ANDALUSIA
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In the last two decades different investigations have been developed in Western Andalusia, aimed at the characterization of mineral raw materials utilized by different societies that lived in this geographic area in prehistory. The so-called “Gibraltar Strait Historical Region” and generally, the environment of the middle and lower Guadalqui- vir Valley with its margins in the South of Sierra Morena and the Western end of the Betic Cordillera, represent a wide geographical and geological region. It is of great interest in the development of prehistoric societies and their temporal evolution. This is particularly relevant when it is considered its proximity to the African continent and its more than possible status of bridge between continents and transit area of human groups throughout history.