Los objetos de adorno del Sector C de Cova Fosca (Castellón)

Abstract

The

ornaments from the Sector C of Cova Fosca are presented in this

paper. The assemblage of 166 pieces is

distributed in different cultural and chronological categories. In the Epipalaeolithic and Mesolithic layers they are mostly perforated shells of the Columbella rustica type. From the Neolithic 1B onwards an array of better crafted elements and more diverse raw materials are documented, such as discoidal beads of the Cerastoderma sp. type and bracelets of Glycymeris sp, tooth and stone pendants, as well as pins and even one idol. At the end of the sequence (Neolithic 1C), the set of ornaments is less varied in quantity and diversity but they still show the same quality of manufacture.