Asturian culture

The Asturian culture is a mesolithic archaeological culture actually identified by a single fossil: the Asturian pick-axe, and found only in coastal locations of Iberia, especially in Eastern Asturias and Western Cantabria. It is believed that the Asturian tool was used for seafood gathering. This tool is a rather mysterious exception to generalized microlithism of this time.

References

• (Spanish) Barandiaran, I. et al.: "Prehistoria de la Península Ibérica". Ed. Ariel.
• (Spanish) Fernandez Tresguerres, J.: "Visión general del Epipalolítico Cantábrico" en "Homenaje al profesor Martín Almagro Basch", pp. 231–237. Ministerio de Cultura.
• (Spanish) Menendez Fernández, M. (coord.): "Prehistoria y Protohistoria de la Peninsula Ibérica I: Paleolítico y Mesolítico". UNED.