摘要：En este trabajo presentamos un candil de ciervo decorado recuperado en el nivel III, Magdaleniense superior, de la cueva de Santa Catalina(Lekeitio, Bizkaia). Hacemos su estudio tecnológico y el análisis de las representaciones grabadas
其他摘要：In this work we present a decorated upper part of a deer antler found in the Upper Magdalenian Level III, in Santa Catalina Cave (Lekeitio,Bizkaia). It is studied technologically and its engraved representations are analysed.An outstanding portable art object was found in Level III in the archaeological deposit in Santa Catalina (Bizkaia, Spain), and is attributedto the upper Magdalenian. AMS radiocarbon dates of 12,345 ± 85 BP (14,007-14,945 cal BP) and 12,425 ± 90 BP (14,093-15,024 cal BP) wereobtained for the base of this level.The material used to make the object was a red deer antler point, whose natural surface has not been conserved. The end opposite thepoint is rounded, and next to the end the antler is cut back in a concave shape. The decoration occupies both sides of the object. On one sidea whole figure of a red deer hind is represented, while the other side displays two series of curved, inclined and parallel grooves. This secondmotif, although it appears to be non-figurative, is reminiscent of some schematic representations of deer antlers found both on portable art objectsand in parietal art.The technological study was able to reproduce the work carried out to prepare the object. The antler surface displays unorganised markssuggesting that the natural surface was removed by cutting it with a flint blade. The same implement may have been used to create the concaveshape at one end of the object. Finally, the end was rounded by rubbing it on a limestone cobble.From the functional point of view, the traces it displays and the little weight of the object mean that it cannot have been used as a workingtool. The presence of some marks on the part that has been cut back suggest this part was used to haft the object or in some systemof suspension. All together, the detailed results of this study seem to indicate that it should be interpreted as a prestige object or that it hada ritual use.It is a unique artefact because of its shape and its careful decoration. The most similar objects known are two items from the Pyrenean caveof La Vache (France).
关键词：Portable art; engraving; Upper Magdalenian; Basque Country
其他关键词：Arte mobiliar; grabado; Magdaleniense superior; País Vasco
