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

• Barandiaran, I. et al.: "Prehistoria de la Pen nsula Ib rica". Ed. Ariel.
• Fernandez Tresguerres, J.: "Visi n general del Epipalol tico Cant brico" en "Homenaje al profesor Mart n Almagro Basch", pp. 231 237. Ministerio de Cultura.
• Menendez Fern ndez, M. (coord.): "Prehistoria y Protohistoria de la Peninsula Ib rica I: Paleol tico y Mesol tico". UNED.

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