Geoarchaeological prospection of the Prebetic of Alicante: First data on the supply of flint during Prehistoric times.

In this paper we present the first results obtained in the geoarchaeological survey of the sector.
geomorphological area known as the Alicante Prebetic. Ten geological levels with silicifications have been documented.
The relevant data cover a wide chronological span: from the Upper Jurassic to the Upper Miocene. It also
have located raw material supply areas in the vicinity of geological outcrops containing flint.
silica. Their study is providing data to infer possible siliceous raw material uptake patterns.
of the prehistoric human groups that inhabited the study area.